Five People Nature Culture courses in English, French & Spanish in 2023
This year’s first edition of the People-Nature-Culture (PNC) course brought together 25 practitioners from 24 countries. There will be four more editions of PNC in 2023.
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property News
Visit from Ambassador of Spain
On the 6 March 2023, ICCROM Director-General Dr Webber Ndoro was honoured to welcome the Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Italy, H.E. Miguel Fernández-Palacios.
A section to enhance world heritage events around the world!
Do you work in the field of cultural heritage, or are you simply passionate about the field? Do you have events or projects to promote or resources and events to share? ICCROM's classifieds section is the right place for you!
ICCROM and Parks Canada
On 27 February 2023, our Director-General Webber Ndoro had the honour of meeting the President and CEO of Parks Canada, Ron Hallman, during a visit to Ottawa. Also present was Patricia Kell, Executive Director of Cultural Heritage at Parks Canada and member of the ICCROM Council.
Modern technology isn’t enough to reduce the risk of disaster: We need traditional & Indigenous knowledge
This blog post, authored by Rohit Jigyasu, ICCROM Project Manager, Urban Heritage, Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management, explains the importance of integrating Indigenous and traditional knowledge into Diaster Risk Reduction (DRR) plans.
The proceedings of the second Arab Forum for cultural heritage now available
The Arab region is home to diverse cultural heritage with many themes to consider. This complexity called for a continuation of the ICCROM Arab forum for Cultural Heritage, the second edition of which centred on the theme of “authenticity, community and heritage conservation.” The forum’s proceedings (in Arabic) are now available for free digital download.
Visit from Canadian architecture and conservation students
On 21 February, professor Lyette Fortin and her architecture and conservation students from Carleton University, Canada, visited us at ICCROM headquarters. Professor Fortin spent several months at ICCROM in 1986, participating in one of our foundational courses, the Architectural Conservation Course.
Bridging language gaps in conservation information: Search BCIN in French and Spanish
The Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN) – one of the most important tools for retrieving bibliographic information on cultural heritage conservation – is now available in French and Spanish.
Visit from representatives of the Stati Generali del Patrimonio Italiano
On 16 February 2023, our Director-General Webber Ndoro welcomed representatives of the Stati Generali del Patrimonio Italiano – President Prof. Ivan Drogo Inglese and General Counsel Carlo Magrassi – to ICCROM headquarters. Also present was Dr Iyad Hafez from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy to Italy.
Apply to take part in workshops and field projects with Our Collections Matter
Do you work with collections or in a collections-based institution such as a museum, archive or library? Would you like to unlock the full potential of these collections to make concrete contributions to sustainable development? Let us help you turn your aspirations into reality using the Our Collections Matter Toolkit!