International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
The International Training Course on Post-Crisis Recovery of Cultural Heritage has successfully completed its second phase with an engaging in-person workshop held in Rome. Following six thematic online sessionsparticipants came together for an intensive week-long workshop at ICCROM headquarters.
Twenty-seven participants from 22 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East have embarked on the online phase of the International Training Course on Post-Crisis Recovery of Cultural Heritage
Integrating indigenous and traditional knowledge into our Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) toolkit offers numerous benefits. This knowledge stems from communities' close relationships with their environment and their accumulated experience in predicting hazards by reading signs in the sea, skies, and wildlife.
Welcome to today’s episode of “Cooking with ICCROM” - I’m Irene, a conservation architect, and I’m pleased to take you through an insightful journey into mortar analysis right here in the ICCROM lab in Rome.
An international consortium is developing smart technologies for safeguarding heritage in the face of climate change and conflict.
This gathering provided an opportunity to introduce Member State representatives to ICCROM's ongoing work, focusing on ICCROM's impact and stories of change from around the world. These efforts lay the groundwork for a brighter future for ICCROM and the heritage conservation sector as a whole, as we are preparing for our new Strategic Framework 2026-2031.
This week marks the start of DOCU 24: Documenting Layered Heritage, a workshop running from 17 to 26 June, 2024. The workshop aims to deepen our understanding of heritage documentation by blending digital and traditional methods.
On 9 May 2024, ICCROM formalized a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Urban Planning Education Network (WUPEN), marking a significant milestone in our joint commitment to advancing sustainable development and the protection of cultural heritage globally, especially within rapidly urbanizing areas.
We are happy to launch a survey aimed at exploring how urbanization, over-tourism, disasters, and climate change intersect with the preservation and utilization of urban heritage.