Nomination proposals

UNESCO is currently examining the candidatures of

The Urban and Architectural Works of Le Corbusier
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

The procedure for presenting a candidate site for inclusion on the World Heritage List is precisely set out in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention, which serves as a kind of World Heritage instruction manual. Each State Party is entitled to submit two candidate sites per year.

To be included on the World Heritage List, a candidate site must first of all be entered on Switzerland's tentative list. Then, the Federal Office of Cultural Affairs (FOC) and the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), in consultation with the cantons concerned and the responsible local bodies, determine the timing for submitting the Nomination File. Together with the responsible local bodies, they closely monitor the compilation of the File and have it reviewed at the national level before forwarding it to the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to UNESCO in Paris for formal submission.