The Warsaw Recommendation on Recovery and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage was developed at the conference entitled “The Challenges of World Heritage Recovery,” held in Warsaw in May 2018. The event was attended by more than 200 participants representing all UNESCO regions. For the first time, in the capital of Poland, representatives of UNESCO, ICOMOS, ICCROM, UNISDR, the World Bank, and the Global Alliance for Urban Crises met to discuss challenges in the reconstruction and recovery of cultural heritage damaged as the result of natural disasters or conflict.
The Warsaw Recommendation has consolidated an approach to recovery viewed as a social process. It integrates cultural heritage preservation issues into the discourse on development and takes a stance in the debate concerning remembrance. These issues have recently gained greater importance as damage to human cultural heritage has increased due to armed conflicts and natural disasters.
We invite you to join the online “The Warsaw Recommendation – Introduction to Heritage Recovery” session. The workshop will be held in 3 sessions focusing on case studies, regional and institutional cooperation, and challenges and opportunities in digitization, documentation or holistic approach to heritage recovery. The event will be attended by experts from UNESCO, ICCROM, Marche Polytechnic University and the National Institute of Cultural Heritage.