- Environment/Sustainable development
- Heritage
Riwaq’s main mission is to protect and develop the architectural heritage in Palestine, hence Riwaq’s objectives are:
- Renovate neglected historic buildings turning them into usable public places for the community and providing job opportunities for a large number of unemployed workers in Palestine.
- prepare protection plans for historic centres of towns and villages in the West Bank.
- Document the architectural heritage in Palestine.
- Implement preventive conservation for the historic centres of 50 most important towns and villages in the West Bank.
- Advocate for ratifying the Law of protecting the architectural Heritage in Palestine.
Current projects:
- “Job creation through conservation”
- Preparation of protection plans for old village centres in towns and villages.
- Riwaq’s Registry of historic buildings in Palestine. (Will be published soon)
- Community Outreach activities to spread awareness about architectural heritage in Palestine.
- Photo archive, collecting photographs of historic buildings in the West Bank and Gaza.
Future Projects:
- Preventive Conservation for historic centres of towns and villages.