People's houses / Workers' Assembly Halls (Transnational serial nomination)

Belgium

De Vooruit

De Vooruit binnenkort misschien Unesco Werelderfgoed

Denmark has launched a request to stimulate the People's Houses to join forces to go for world heritage status. The Danish initiators want to make an inventory of people's houses in order to get as many of them inscribed. The dossier will apparently be submitted in 2023.

Ireland

- The Cultural Landscape of the Burren Uplands
- Inis Cealtra

Clare sites in the running for UNESCO list

"A total of twelve places in eight countries have been proposed to be included in the nomination." Uppsala Page

More information about upcoming world heritage proposal.

"Before Sweden (together with other countries) can submit a joint nomination, more studies must be done on how historical sites fit into the criteria. As the World Heritage Committee's Cultural Heritage Experts (ICOMOS) have a lot to do, it is progressing slowly (March 2021)."

Mentioned in the UNESCO description, which make up the 8 countries (including Sweden).

Chelsea Physic Garden (UK)
Hortus Botanicus Leiden (Netherlands)
Jardin des plantes in Paris (France)
Bartram's Garden (United States)
Kamay Botany Bay National Park (Australia)
Hakone National Park - Hakone-juku (Japan)
Table Mountain National Park (South Africa) *already inscribed under natural criteria

It will be interesting to see if any of the sites above are included on their respective Tentative Lists.

There's been some recent investment at the Kurnell component of Kamay Botany Bay National to commemorate 250 years of Cook's landing in 2020 but muted due to COVID and aboriginal sensibilities. Not sure there'll be an appetite to progress t-listing.

Olympiapark
"Nach den Sommerferien entscheidet Bayerns Ministerrat, ob er den Antrag an die Kultusministerkonferenz des Bundes weitergibt. Und dort wird dann ein nationales Ranking erstellt, andere Bundesländer haben ja auch was anzubieten. Das dauert also noch, bis allein hierzulande alle Vorschläge abgearbeitet sind. Und das ist längst noch nicht das Ende."

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-unesco-weltkulturerbe-olympiapark-1.5356285

Rough translation: Bavarian government to review. Then pass onto national conference of culture ministeries to decide if this is added to the Tentative List of Germany. ICOMOS Germany is in favor.

Beginning of Oil Industry on WH List
That may be potentially interesting site on the list - the oldest surviving oil shaft in the world together with infrastructure and surrounding landscape
https://bobrka.pl/en/conference/

Ireland
updates on official webpages
https://www.worldheritageireland.ie/news/news-single-view/article/update-on-preparing-a-new-world-heritage-tentative-list-for-ireland/?cHash=8bd7fcbe9130b260345df6c0458d4ccd

- The Cultural Landscape of the Burren Uplands, County Clare;
- Iniscealtra (Inis Cealtra / Inishcaltra / Holy Island), County Clare;
- Trans-Atlantic Cable Ensemble: Valentia, County Kerry-Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada;
- Royal Sites of Ireland, Counties Kildare, Westmeath, Tipperary, Roscommon and Meath*; (*Note: the Royal Sites of Ireland envisages the inclusion of Navan Fort (Eamhain Macha), County Armagh as part of a transnational nomination of the Royal Sites of Ireland)
- The Passage Tomb Landscape of County Sligo; and
- Glendalough Valley, County Wicklow.

"It is intended that the EAG will complete its evaluation and make recommendations as to which properties should be considered for inclusion on a new Tentative List by September."
"It is envisaged that this new Tentative List of World Heritage Properties, which will replace the current Tentative List, will be submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre early in 2022."

I don't understand Ireland. They have their list which contains plenty of great additions idle for a decade. Instead of following up on great sites such as Dún Aonghasa and Clonmacnoise they simply reset the list and decide to start anew ....

It certainly is confusing, as you say Dún Aonghasa and Clonmacnoise are the stand out sites on the current list but they haven't pursued them. Also whilst I'm not 100% convinced on the Dublin tentative site, it is a surprise to see it dropped.

The Burren has just been sat on a tenattive list since 1992, it seems it can celebrate its 30th anniversay by being put back on the tentative list for another decade.