How is EoH 2.0 different from other management assessment methodologies?

EoH 2.0 offers a detailed management effectiveness methodology which is suitable to the specific needs of World Heritage properties and other heritage places. It is designed for internal evaluation and self-assessment at site-level, and is distinct and independent from statutory processes associated with the World Heritage Convention The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is an international treaty adopted by the UN in 1972 that defines the kind of natural or cultural sites which can be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List for their Outstanding Universal Value for all humankind. Commonly known as the World Heritage Convention, it establishes how the international community as a whole is responsible for
the protection of such heritage and sets out the duties of States Parties in identifying potential sites that may be eligible for inscription onto the World Heritage List and their role in protecting and preserving them. By signing the Convention, each country pledges to conserve not only the sites situated on its territory that have been recognized as being of Outstanding Universal Value, but also to protect its national heritage and to be involved in international efforts to protect, conserve and promote the heritage of humankind. – such as Periodic Reporting and Reactive Monitoring.

The Toolkit draws on and links with other existing management effectiveness methodologies and assessment tools – such as the IMET (Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool) (Paolini et al., 2006), IUCN’s World Heritage Outlook Assessment (Osipova et al., 2020) and the Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas (IUCN and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), 2017). While some of these methodologies may appear similar, they have different goals.

EoH 2.0 is different from the above methodologies in three important ways:

1. It is the only management effectiveness methodology specifically tailored to all types of heritage places. It has been developed to suit cultural and natural heritage places and, while there is a focus on World Heritage properties, it can be applied to all heritage places, regardless of designation(s) at international, national and/or local levels.
2. It is a fully self-assessed methodology. Unlike some of the other methodologies, which are externally led (such as the IUCN World Heritage Outlook Assessment), or need a level of external validation (such as the IUCN Green List), or share information with external actors (such as the Periodic Reporting exercise), EoH 2.0 is designed to be used directly by managers – generally without external support, validation or information sharing.
3. It is the most detailed and comprehensive management assessment methodology. EoH 2.0 contains a set of 12 practical tools tailored to make in-depth assessments of critical elements of the management system for a World Heritage property A cultural, natural or mixed heritage place inscribed on the World Heritage List and therefore considered to be of OUV for humanity. The responsibility for nominating a property to the World Heritage List falls upon the State(s) Party(ies) where it is located. The World Heritage Committee decides whether a property should be inscribed on the World Heritage List, taking into account the technical recommendations of the Advisory Bodies following rigorous evaluation processes.
   When used as a general term, World Heritage refers to all the natural, cultural and mixed properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. or other heritage place. It uses a participatory process to help you better understand the underlying reasons why certain elements of the management system may not be working as effectively as they could be.