Visit: Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale
On 5 April, the Director-General received the visit of Gen. Fabrizio Parrulli, Generale of the Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale.
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
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RE-ORG in Chile, 2018!
On 13 March, more than 200 Chilean heritage professionals attended a public lecture given by Gaël de Guichen on Los depósitos: lugar prioritario para animar los museos (Storage – a priority location to enliven museums) at the Centro Nacional de Conservación y Restauración (CNCR) in Santiago, Chile.
ICCROM at the G7 Culture Meetings in Florence
On 30 March, Director-General Stefano De Caro addressed the G7 Culture meetings, held in the Sala Bianca of the Palazzo Pitti, in Florence, Italy. These were the first-ever such meetings, held on the initiative of Italy’s Culture Minister, Dario Franceschini.
Visit: Korean Cultural Heritage Administration
On 24 March the Director-General received the visit of a delegation from the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration.
Prioritizing Preservation using the Risk Management Approach
In today’s world, cultural heritage institutions must strive to be accountable, transparent and participatory, spending resources effectively while balancing needs of the community with those of the future.
Visit: World Monuments Fund
On 16 March the Director-General received the visit of Ms Lisa Ackermann, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the World Monuments Fund.
Visit: Université Paris Sud
On 17 March, a group of students from the Université Paris Sud visited ICCROM with their professor, Dr Vincent Négri.
Giovanni Carbonara – Winner of the 2017 ICCROM Award
ICCROM has the pleasure to announce the winner of the 2017 ICCROM Award, Prof Giovanni Carbonara, emeritus Director (1995 – 2013) of the Post-Graduate School for the Study and Restoration of Monuments at La Sapienza University of Rome. Formal endorsement of the Award will take place on the occasion of ICCROM’s 30th General Assembly (29 November – 1 December 2017)
SOIMA networks for world’s audiovisual heritage
ICCROM’s SOIMA (Sound and Image Collections Conservation) programme was invited to participate in the International Audiovisual Archival Training Summit, organized by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) at the Cinémathèque française in Paris, France on 8 March 2017. Aparna Tandon, ICCROM’s Project Manager for SOIMA, met with members of leading institutions in the audiovisual field...
Agreement signed between ICCROM and SUPSI
On 31 January 2017, ICCROM’s Director-General, Stefano De Caro, signed an agreement with the Swiss university programme SUPSI (Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana, or University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Italian Switzerland). Signing the agreement on behalf of SUPSI were its Chairman of the Board, Alberto Petruzzella, and the Director of SUPSI, Franco Gervasoni.