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 World Heritage Site Managers' Forum

Call for applications for the World Heritage Site Managers' Forum

World Heritage Site managers from across the globe are invited to participate in this year’s Forum, aimed at continuing to empower World Heritage Site Managers on the international stage. Participants from all natural, cultural and mixed World Heritage properties may apply. This year's forum will continue to be organized jointly with the IUCN-ICCROM World Heritage Leadership Programme, to address...

Alejandro Flores, 1940 - 2019

Alejandro Flores, 1940 - 2019

Alejandro Flores (born 1940 in Guatemala) attended the ICCROM Architectural Conservation course in 1971. He shared this extraordinary experience with Roberto Marta†, Gaël de Guichen, and Jukka Jokilehto, with whom he remained friends for almost half a century. Alejandro passed away on 16 February 2019.

Workshop on Conservation of Documentary Heritage

Workshop on Conservation of Documentary Heritage

ICCROM-Sharjah, in partnership with the Arab Administrative Development Organization of the League of Arab States, organized a four-day workshop on Conservation of Documentary Heritage in the period between 4 to 7 March 2019 in Sharjah, UAE.

Revisiting Authenticity in the Asian Context

New publication: Revisiting Authenticity in the Asian Context

Authenticity is a nebulous term within the conservation profession. The concept has historically tended to privilege materials-based approaches to conservation practice over recognizing spiritual and non-material values of a place, however, the drafting of the Nara Document in 1994 marked a shift in paradigm. Considered an important moment in the history of conservation, the Document expanded the...

Universidad de Zaragoza

Visit: University of Zaragoza

On 14 March, a group of students from the Master's Programme on Cultural Heritage Management at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, visited ICCROM. They were led by Professors Carmen Morte, Pilar Biel, and Ascensión Hernández.

Sebastiano Tusa, 1952 – 2019

Sebastiano Tusa, 1952 – 2019

Sebastiano Tusa, head of the Coordination Service for Underwater Archaeological Research (Servizio per il Coordinamento delle Ricerche Archeologiche Sottomarine, SCRAS), has died. He was on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 that crashed outside Addis Ababa on 10 March. Dr Tusa was en route to a UNESCO-organized conference on underwater archaeological heritage held in Malindi, Kenya on 11 March.

World Heritage Leadership Programme meeting

World Heritage Leadership Programme meeting

On 11 and 12 March, the World Heritage Leadership Programme held a meeting at ICCROM to discuss the content coordination of its planned integrated heritage management web platform.

Workshop on Post-Crisis Recovery of Historic Cities in the Arab Region

Workshop on Post-Crisis Recovery of Historic Cities in the Arab Region

ICCROM-Sharjah has organized a workshop on post -crisis recovery of historic cities in the Arab Region, which took place on 24 – 28 February 2019 in Sharjah, UAE. The event brought together specialists from international organizations such as the World Bank, UNESCO, ICOMOS, ICCROM, UN HABITAT, as well as practitioners and academics from the fields of cultural heritage, social and economic...

Enhancing World Heritage Management Skills, Lebanon

Enhancing World Heritage Management Skills, Lebanon

In partnership with UNESCO Beirut and the Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) in Lebanon, ICCROM-Sharjah held a training workshop on “Enhancing World Heritage Management Skills for Heritage Professionals” in Beirut, Lebanon, 8 – 11 February 2019. The workshop’s target audience were site managers, archaeologists and architects working for the DGA in Lebanon.

Kevin Kettle (1959-2019)

Kevin Kettle (1959-2019)

It is with deep sorrow that ICCROM has received the news of the death of our friend and colleague Kevin Kettle. We had the privilege to work with him during several years of collaboration in the design and implementation of joint activities organised with the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization - Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SEAMEO-SPAFA) in Bangkok, Thailand...