International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
On 22 June 2023, the Director-General of ICCROM, Webber Ndoro, had the honour of receiving Alessandro De Pedys, Director General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI).
My name is Imam Khan Rajabi, and I am an archaeologist from Afghanistan. I have spent the last ten years working in the excavation, survey, and conservation of jars alongside national and international teams and institutions in Afghanistan. I recently graduated with my second Master’s: a degree in Geography, Spatial Management, and Heritage for International Cooperation from Florence University.
On 8 June 2023, ICCROM witnessed two distinguished former colleagues, whose lifelong commitment has been to safeguard and conserve cultural heritage, receive prestigious accolades. Gaël de Guichen, Special Advisor to the Director General of ICCROM, was honoured with the title of Officer of the National Order of Merit by the President of the French Republic, and Catherine Antomarchi, who was an...
As part of the international project Undertaking Business in Culture, a collaboration between ICCROM and the Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, applications are now open for suitable learning partners to join the Cultural Entrepreneurship Programme.
On 15 and 16 June, we welcomed Director General Kim Yeonsoo of the Republic of Korea’s National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) and a delegation of NRICH conservation scientists to ICCROM headquarters. The visit's purpose was to discuss areas to strengthen collaboration between ICCROM and NRICH and sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
On 15 June 2023, we signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Korea National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH), led by Director General Kim Yeonsoo, under the aegis of the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA). This five-year agreement will allow us to expand our efforts with the Republic of Korea to conserve and manage cultural and natural heritage.
From 6 to 9 June 2023, at the invitation of the Government of Mozambique and its partners, ICCROM facilitated a workshop on disaster risk management organized by UNESCO on the Island of Mozambique, a World Heritage site.
From 3 to 5 June 2023, ICCROM’s FAR programme, supported by its alumni and long-standing partner, the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation (EHRF), co-led an emergency workshop and forum at the Child Museum in Cairo, Egypt, aimed at supporting Sudan in safeguarding its heritage sites.
We are excited to announce that the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessment in a World Heritage context is now available in French, making it accessible to thousands more cultural and natural heritage custodians.
On 5 June 2023, ICCROM welcomed Dr Peter Fornaro and Dr Vera Chiquet, experts in the fields of Digital Humanities and Digital Cultural Heritage from the University of Basel. During their visit, they were introduced to ICCROM's new initiative, Sustaining Digital Heritage, presented by Aparna Tandon, Senior Programme Leader of First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis and...