Introduction
The proposed research seeks to quantify the economic and non-economic value generated by the multi-stakeholder partnerships held by the UK’s UNESCO sites. It is hoped the findings will lead to a better understanding of the role of UNESCO designation as an anchoring mechanism for cultural and creative communities.
The focus of the research will be the 61 UNESCO sites of the UK and its crown dependencies (7 Biosphere Reserves, 13 Creative Cities, 10 Global Geoparks, and 31 World Heritage Sites).
UKNC and Creative PEC are interested to learn from bidders which approaches to assessing value would be considered most effective, and are open to suggestions of different methodologies.
