International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
The unanimous decision was made by ICCROM’s Council 93rd session in Rome, in recognition of the UAE’s support and contributions to the organisation, including hosting the only regional ICCROM Centre for the Arab region in Sharjah, UAE.
ICCROM’s Programme of Activities and Budget (PAB) for the 2020-2021 biennium has been approved by the 31st General Assembly. For the next two years ICCROM will be operating in adherence to the Strategic Directions set out by ICCROM Council in 2017. There have been conscious importance placed on effective planning and setting priorities to ensure the highest efficiency and impact of its work.
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) organized a two-week RE-ORG workshop (5-17 August 2019) for training mentors at Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery, Vadodara. The collection of Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery is varied and comprises of Paintings, Manuscripts, Textiles, and Archaeological objects, Basketry, Ethnographic Objects, Natural History Collection, Wooden and Musical...
After the successful experience of RE-ORG Chengdu in 2015, ICCROM organized a new edition of RE-ORG China in Datong City, Shanxi Province. The Yungang Grottoes Museum hosted the two-week workshop (from 16-26 September), which benefited from the generous support of the China National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) and the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH).
ICCROM Council is the governing body of ICCROM that meets once a year, to monitor the activities of the organization, and formulate long-term policies in close collaboration with the Director-General. The 92nd session of Council is in session for two days on 28-29 October 2019 at ICCROM.
On Friday 25 October 2019 ICCROM received the visit of H.E. Carlos García de Alba, Ambassador, Mexico.
On Friday 25 October 2019 ICCROM received the visit of the Ambassador of Costa Rica H.E. Ronald Flores, Ms Carla Sierra Zúñiga, Counsellor, Cultural Affairs, and Ms Sofia Soto Maffioli, Director, Museo de Arte Costarricense.
Decolonization referred to the process that former colonies underwent to free themselves of the colonial supremacy. Today the term has become much more than that: a philosophical, moral, social, spiritual and also activist call that points to the fact that we are still subject to the ideology of colonialism.