And your report has to exhaustively discuss the development of settlements along the way, the current operational status, problems and shortcomings, and the views of local residents. The hidden agenda behind the report system is to determine whether or not the local government is doing a sound job in preparation for making the site a protected asset on the national level, and whether or not local people are actively cooperating in the preservation effort.
文化自覺世界遺產的審核過程相當嚴謹，提名之前，各個國家往往都經過長時間的準備工作。送達聯合國之後，世界遺產中心先檢查提名資料是否完整，然後文化資產由國際紀念物與歷史場所委員會、自然遺產由世界保育聯盟兩個非政府組織到現場評估。