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Since June 2022, widespread flooding and unprecedented torrential rains have left one-third of Pakistan underwater, leading to a humanitarian crisis impacting more than 33 million people, as well as inflicting severe damage to cultural heritage across the country. FAR organized a multi-disciplinary training workshop on conducting post-event, on-site damage and risk assessments for safeguarding...

On Monday, 12 September 2022, ICCROM Director-General Mr Webber Ndoro was honoured to meet the new Ambassador of Iraq to Italy, H.E. Mr Siwan Barzani, and Mr Zaid Tarik Al Ani, Counsellor at ICCROM Headquarters.

Heritage Recovery Programme activities in Mosul, Iraq, have been in full swing this summer. Heritage professionals (Track 1) started a new module on recovery planning, while young craftspersons (Track 2) wrapped up a workshop on traditional carpentry; others continued a workshop on carving, sculpting, restoring and alabaster building.

ICCROM extends its deep condolences to the Royal Family and the Commonwealth for the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

We present two new surveys to gather perceptions in Ibero-America on the physical and symbolic change of public spaces, and the specific interventions that occurred in them. We seek to collect information on existing practices and policies regarding the conservation and management of sculptural heritage in public spaces and how social changes are challenging its perception, meaning and use.

ICCROM’s Strategic Planning Unit is conducting new research on economic valuation methods used to support investment decisions for heritage. This research forms part of the Valuing Cultural Capital for Inclusive Sustainable Development project led by Prof Patrizia Riganti, University of Glasgow and ICCROM Research Fellow, in cooperation with ICCROM and Prof David Throsby, Macquarie University, and...

On Monday, 5 September, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro had the honour of welcoming Tokuko Nabeshima, Counsellor at the Embassy of Japan in Rome, Italy. Also present on behalf of ICCROM was Hirofumi Ikawa, Project Manager and Japanese secondment.

On Thursday, 1 September, ICCROM welcomed a delegation of 21 cultural heritage experts from Iceland to its headquarters, headed by the Director General of its national Cultural Heritage Agency.

PNC22 offered heritage practitioners, communities and decision-makers from all regions a platform to discuss how effectively managed World Heritage sites and heritage places can provide benefits and offer solutions for society and heritage itself.

ICCROM and the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea, in collaboration with Escuela Taller Foundation de Filipinas Foundation Inc., Philippines, are pleased to announce the release of the publication, A Story of Change 2 – Transforming Online Learning into Action for Disaster Risk Management of Heritage Collections, now available for free download.