ICCROM holds a Training of Trainers Course on Risk Preparedness and Management for Movable and Immovable Cultural Heritage in Libya and Yemen
The ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre organised, in collaboration with the UNESCO Cairo Office and the Institute National du Patrimoine in Tunisia, an activity titled “Training of Trainers: Preventive Conservation and Risk Preparedness for Movable and Immovable Cultural Heritage”. This seven-day course took place in Tunis, Tunisia, from 29 October to 5 November 2015.
Building on ICCROM’s previous experience in providing capacity building in the area of preventive conservation, risk mitigation, documentation and first aid to cultural heritage, especially in emergency situations, this course aimed at enhancing professionals’ ability to cope with emergencies by effectively managing threats to cultural heritage. This was a follow-up activity to the ICCROM-ATHAR Building Risk Preparedness and Management of National Capacities for Libyan Professionals course which took place in Djerba, Tunisia, from 9 to 15 June 2015.
The course explored the latest rapid documentation techniques, preventive measures for cultural heritage protection, principles of in situ conservation for immovable and movable cultural heritage, as well as disaster and risk preparedness/management.
ICCROM employed a mixed Arabic and English speaking faculty with experience in the field of cultural heritage conservation and conflict management. The course consisted of interactive, participatory sessions, both theoretical and practical, carried out in a classroom environment and at cultural heritage sites. Study visits and applied work at selected archaeological sites, such as disaster simulation exercises complemented the work carried out in the classroom. Through these exercises, participants prepared rapid condition assessment forms, effectively managed risks and museum security issues, learnt how to collaborate with other sectors and volunteers and worked on raising the awareness of the general public.
Thirty Libyan professionals from the Libyan Department of Antiquities, Historic Cities Authority, NGOs and Civil Defence participated in this course together with two professionals from Yemen, who were invited to participate in response to the increased threats to cultural heritage in their country. Upon the completion of this course, participants will be qualified to disseminate the acquired knowledge while positively managing risks and threats to cultural heritage in their home countries.
Dr Stefano De Caro, Director General of ICCROM, attended the course closing in which participants received certificates of participation. Also present at the event were Dr Zaki Aslan, Director of ICCROM-ATHAR, Dr Nabil Kallala, Director General of the National Heritage Institute, Tunisia, as well as Ms. Rajaa al-Abbasi, UNESCO-Tripoli Office.
List of Participants
- Mohamed Y.E. AbdelRahman, Civil Defense (Cyrene)
- Saleh I.S. Al Jarary, Heritage Authority Secretariat
- Tariq A. Abdalkarim Khalifa, Heritage Authority Secretariat
- Mahmod A. K. Mahmod, Head of City Coordination Committee
- Mohammed Mahana Nasr, Benghazi Office
- Mohammed S. Mohammed Hahsem, Benghazi Office
- Emad A. W. Slieman, Heritage Authority Secretariat
- Mohamed A.O. Bulhaiga, Cyrene Archaeological Site
- Farag A. H. Saad, Heritage Authority Secretariat
- Abdalnaser G. Magid Almabruk, Cyrene Archaeological Site
- Walid I. Abdelrahman Busnina, Benghazi Office
- Fathala A. A. Abubaker, Heritage Authority Secretariat
- Abdel Reheem Saleh El-Shereif, Heritage Authority Secretariat
- Abulqadir Yusuf Abdullatif Lasyoud, Fazzan Archaeological Site
- Mohamed Ali Slieman Akrida, Fazzan Archaeological Site
- Yousef Ali Mohamed Naoura, Tripoli Office
- Abdulmonam Mahmud el Abohasan, Tripoli Office
- Zahra Mansur Zreg, Tripoli Office
- Mohameed Alhadi Ali Altabeeb, Tripoli Office, Libya Museum
- Abdullah Abousalam Ehmaida, Leptis Magna Archaeological Site
- Abu Zayd Abdullah Mohamed Fakroun, Leptis Magna Archaeological Site
- Ahmed M. Eghfir, Leptis Magna Archaeological Site
- Abulgasem M. Elmabrouk Masoud, Sebratha Archaeological Site
- Ali Omar Mohamed El Aiori, Sebratha Archaeological Site
- Tareq Emhamed Saad Kamouka, Sebratha Archaeological Site
- Amhimmid Mohammed Meelad AlTabeeb, Tripoli Office
- Saif Eldin Mohamed Khalifa Elhasanawi, Heritage Authority Secretariat
- Salem Abou Salem Abdulmotaleb, Tripolitania Heritage Foundation
- Elsdek Omra E. El Ragig, Tripolitania Heritage Foundation
- Aiman B.A Kredeagh, Sebratha Municipality
- Nabil MUNASSAR, General Organization for the Preservation of Historic Cities in Yemen (GOPHCY)
- AbdulKareem AL-BARAKANI, General Organization for the Preservation of Historic Cities in Yemen (GOPHCY)