First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) News

ICCROM's flagship programme, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) has been awarded a €1.5 million grant from the EU's Creative Europe Programme to support a critical mission: building resilience in cultural heritage across Europe and beyond. The grant will fund the READY – Safeguarding Cultural Heritage from Disasters, Extreme Weather Events, and Complex...

ICCROM, through its flagship programme First Aid and Resilience of Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) is pleased to present the results of an innovative implementation research from five climate hot spots worldwide, developed under a 30-month capacity development initiative, Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action. This study, field tested in Brazil, Egypt, India, Sudan and Uganda shows how...

From September 22 to 30, 2024, ICCROM's First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) programme organized a blended course on flood risk mitigation in Trogir, Croatia.

In the following blog, Repaul Kanji, founder of the organization, will share his experiences, outlining the project's goals, progress, and impact on the local community and broader climate resilience efforts.

On 19 September, on the margins of the G7 Culture Ministerial in Naples, Italy, the Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral and Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Lee Satterfield signed a grant agreement for $1 million grant through the U.S. State...

With user-friendly illustrations and step-by-step workflows, it caters to many users, from heritage professionals and emergency responders to community members in crisis, such as the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

In a groundbreaking effort to protect Ukraine’s endangered cultural heritage, ICCROM's First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) programme has trained 23 heritage professionals from 11 oblasts, establishing Ukraine’s first national team of cultural first aiders, ready to recover and safeguard the nation’s invaluable heritage amid the ongoing armed conflict.

To address this critical situation, ICCROM’s flagship programme, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR), supported by the European Commission Directorate-General of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC), and in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine (MCIP), the Agency for Cultural Resilience (ACURE), the Maidan Museum, and...