UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards, also known as the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, is a regional flagship programme of UNESCO since 2000, in recognition of the achievement made by the private sector and public-private initiatives in conserving or restoring cultural heritage sites in the Asia-Pacific region.
The objective is to motivate the protection of cultural heritage sites initiated by the private sector or through public-private collaboration.
Award categories The Awards now consist of six categories. NamePrevious nameSinceRemarksAward of ExcellenceMost Excellent Project (only in 2000)Vacunt in 2014Award of DistinctionExcellent Project (only in 2000)Award of MeritOutstanding Project (only in 2000)Honourable MentionRemoved after 2019Award for New Design in Heritage ContextsHeritage Awards Jury Commendation for InnovationSpecial Recognition for Sustainable Development
Winners Since the winning project for Special Recognition for Sustainable Development are sometimes also the winner of another award, projects may repeat. To ease identification, those winning projects matching the above description will be marked with #.