International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Dr Zaki Aslan, Director of the ICCROM-Sharjah Regional Office, welcomed Mr Andrew Potts and Ms Haifaa AbdelalHaleem at our Regional Office in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mr Potts is the coordinator of the Climate Heritage Network and has previously served as ICOMOS Focal Point for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Ms AbdelalHaleem is an ICOMOS Jordan Heritage...
ICCROM expresses its concern regarding the recent damage sustained to the cultural heritage within the World Heritage Property of Brasília, including its buildings and the objects contained within them.
In the fourth quarter of 2022, in addition to those interns and fellows who continued their work, we welcomed two new interns and one visiting researcher at ICCROM headquarters.
The First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Handbook and Toolkit is now available in Georgian. The translation was made possible thanks to long-standing ICCROM-FAR partners Blue Shield Georgia and First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAC) course alumni.
One of Net Zero’s principal aims is to involve key United Nations agencies and decision makers to fast-track heritage-based climate action and advance the goal of net zero emissions. Building on this idea, ICCROM-FAR joined forces with UNESCO to hold a panel discussion – Learning from old tides to ride future waves – on 30 November at the Understanding Risk Global Forum (UR22) to highlight Net...
The first CollAsia course on sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals brought 20 participants from 12 countries together in Siem Reap, Cambodia, for three weeks of intensive learning that they can apply to their work in museums, libraries, archives and heritage sites.
As 2022 comes to an end, we extend our sincerest thanks to everyone who made this year possible. From our Member States to our worldwide network of heritage professionals, everyone played a part in making 2022 a success.
On 14 December 2022, ICCROM Director-General Dr Webber Ndoro had the honour of receiving The Head of the State Service for Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr Azad Jafarli and Mr Rustam Bayramov, Second Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Italy and Nazrin Mammadova, Head specialist of the...
A people-centred approach to heritage preservation can help reinstate peace and build disaster resilience, contributing to a sustainable recovery. The Alliance for Cultural First Aid, Peace, and Resilience project, conceived by ICCROM and the ALIPH Foundation, has helped provide strong evidence supporting this idea. ICCROM is grateful to the ALIPH Foundation, the implementing partners of the...
The Western Sudan Community Museums project was launched in 2018 by ICCROM-Sharjah, an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage, in collaboration with various local and international partners and funded by the British Council Cultural Protection Fund and ALIPH Foundation. The project aims to address the role of museums as hubs with heritage collections in...