Launching the Davos Baukultur Alliance
This past week, ICCROM has been in Davos, Switzerland, to endorse the importance of Baukultur.
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property News
Visit from UN Resident Coordinator for the UAE
We were happy to welcome Dr Dena Assaf, United Nations Resident Coordinator for the United Arab Emirates, to our Regional Office in Sharjah, UAE, on 12 January.
Important news about Member States contributions
We have launched a digital Member State Contributions invoicing portal on the ICCROM website. Now, it’s quicker and easier than ever to contribute to ICCROM.
Ambassador Cindy McCain visits us in Sharjah, UAE
On 11 January, Dr Zaki Aslan, Director of the ICCROM Sharjah Regional Office, met the US Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome, Ambassador Cindy McCain, together with a delegation from the United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Visit from ICOMOS and Climate Heritage Network at our Regional Office
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 concern for cultural heritage damaged in Brasília
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.
Cohort of interns and fellows close out 2022
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.
FAC Handbook and Toolkit now available in Georgian
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.
Presenting “Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action” at Understanding Risk Global Forum
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...
Putting heritage to work for sustainable development – CollAsia Cambodia
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.