International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
On November 27, ICCROM’s Director-General, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, met with Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah's Department of Government Relations (DGR), and Sheikh Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasimi, Director of DGR, at the House of Wisdom in Sharjah.
On 26 November 2024, ICCROM’s Director-General, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, met with H.E. Sheikh Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi, Minister of Culture of the United Arab Emirates, at the Ministry's headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
On November 27, ICCROM’s Director-General, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, met with H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Almusallam, Chairman of the Sharjah Institute for Heritage and former ICCROM Council member. The meeting focused on advancing their shared commitment to cultural heritage conservation and community empowerment.
The ICCROM Regional Centre in Sharjah organized a special ceremony to announce the winning projects of the 4th cycle of the ICCROM-Sharjah Award for Good Practices in the Preservation and Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Arab Region (2023-2024), and the 3rd cycle of the Arab Cultural Heritage Award for the Young, at the headquarters of the ICCROM Regional Centre in Sharjah - Centre for...
On 22 November 2024, ICCROM and ICOM renewed their longstanding partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their shared commitment to conserving, developing, and utilizing museum collections as invaluable assets for the benefit of humanity.
Today, we welcome officials from the Ministries of Culture of various African Union Member States, who are participants in the 4th African Union Commission Course, organized by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, with support from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
n the occasion of World Food Day, 16 October 2024, the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing ICCROM as the first partner of the FAO's Global Food and Agriculture Museum and Network.
On 19 September, on the margins of the G7 Culture Ministerial in Naples, Italy, the Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral and Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Lee Satterfield signed a grant agreement for $1 million grant through the U.S. State...
H.E. Mr. Jeffrey Prescott, Ambassador of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations Agencies based in Rome and ICCROM Director-General Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, visited the Herculaneum Archaeological Park on Thursday, 19 September 2024. On the margins of the G7 Ministerial Meeting on Culture taking place in Naples, Ambassador Prescott expressed special interest in visiting the World Heritage site...
In July 2024, India hosted the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee from 21 to 31 July at the Bharat Mandapam Convention Center in New Delhi. This event is of great importance to the global heritage community as it provides a forum to discuss international cooperation for the protection of heritage places, the state of conservation of listed sites and examine new nominations to the World...
