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Connecting people and heritage for peace and resilience – FAR in action

Watch this video to learn more about how the First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) programme of ICCROM integrates culture into the wider programmes for disaster risk reduction, peacebuilding, humanitarian aid and climate action.

PATH - Peacebuilding Assessment Tool for Heritage Recovery and Rehabilitation now available in Arabic!

PATH - Peacebuilding Assessment Tool for Heritage Recovery and Rehabilitation now available in Arabic!

What role does heritage play in increasing tensions during an ongoing conflict? How do we ensure that protection and recovery of heritage in conflict settings can contribute to lasting peace? PATH, the peacebuilding assessment tool developed by ICCROM’s FAR programme helps heritage as well as peace, humanitarian aid and development organizations to assess, design and reorient heritage...

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Visit by students from the Sorbonne University

On 3 June, students from Sorbonne’s Conservation préventive du patrimoine course visited ICCROM with their professor, Claire Betelu. They were welcomed by Valérie Magar, our Programmes Unit Manager and herself a Sorbonne alumna, Gaël de Guichen, Special Advisor to the Director-General, Cécile Gallon, Librarian, María Mata Caravaca, Manager of ICCROM Records and Archives and Isabelle Verger...

Digital colloquium: Managing and conserving contemporary art in Latin America and the Caribbean

Digital colloquium: Managing and conserving contemporary art in Latin America and the Caribbean

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The call is open to professionals and institutions managing and conserving contemporary art collections. Participants will share their experiences and knowledge, learn about and discuss regional challenges and opportunities, and work together to brainstorm strategies and solutions. Organizers: ICCROM, Faculty of Arts and Humanities – Universidad de los Andes, Banco de la...

ICCROM is launching its call for nominations for the 2023 ICCROM Award.

Nominations now open for the ICCROM Award 2023

ICCROM is launching its call for nominations for the 2023 ICCROM Award.

Experts program continues

Experts Program continues training specialized cadres in international cultural organizations

Within the framework of the cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (MOC) and ICCROM, we are conducting a comprehensive training on International Cultural Heritage Conventions and other cultural programmes, called the “Experts Program.”

World Heritage Impact Assessment workshop in Norway brings together heritage, planning and policy

World Heritage Impact Assessment workshop in Norway brings together heritage, planning and policy

The ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership Programme, the Norwegian Cultural Heritage Directorate, the Norwegian Environmental Agency and the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment worked together to hold a national workshop to build Norwegian capacity on impact assessment in the context of World Heritage.

From Theory to Practice: Implementing the RE-ORG Methodology “the CollAsia Way”

From Theory to Practice: Implementing the RE-ORG Methodology “the CollAsia Way”

Museums in Southeast Asia have put theory into practice when it comes to managing their collections, using skills they learned at last year’s ICCROM course. The ten museums that participated in the CollAsia programme’s International Course on the Reorganization of Collections Storage in Museums of Southeast Asia were excited to implement the RE-ORG Method in their storage spaces.

Franco Adamo

Franco Adamo (1955 – 2022)

Franco Adamo, lifelong restorer and ICCROM alumnus (1984), passed away on 12 May 2022, in the care of Adele Cecchini, his partner in life and work. His absence is a significant loss to the field of cultural heritage restoration. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Connecting Heritage Samples Archives International Workshop

Connecting Heritage Samples Archives International Workshop (13 -15 June 2022)

Does your institution hold heritage samples? If so, you should tune in to the international workshop, “Connecting Collections: Unlocking Value in Heritage Samples Archives,” which will take place in-person 13 - 15 June 2022, in Évora, Portugal. The workshop is organized by ICCROM as part of its Heritage Samples Archives Initiative (HSAI), together with the HERCULES Laboratory - University of...