International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Iraq Heritage Foundation representative and ICCROM Director General Webber Ndoro

Mosul Heritage Recovery Programme’s first graduating class begins new journey

In January, we celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of 25 young architects and civil engineers from our nine-month Heritage Recovery Programme for professional development. Today, we mark the students’ next steps as they embark on their journey of putting their learning into practice in Mosul, Iraq.

Conservation of Built Heritage course wraps up with ceremony in Rome

Conservation of Built Heritage course wraps up with ceremony in Rome

After ten weeks of intensive learning and exchange, we are wrapping up the Conservation of Built Heritage course (CBH), the first in-person ICCROM course in Rome since the pandemic. Conservation practitioners and decision-makers from 18 countries have spent countless hours in hands-on activities across Italy, from ancient Roman sites to visits in Florence, building their skills and devising ideas...

Course on built heritage conservation concludes with ceremony in Rome

On Thursday, 1 June, CBH 2023 participants presented their final proposal for conserving Rome's Santa Sabina archaeological area, the study and sampling of which has been a significant component of the course's exercises. They presented their findings and recommendations to students from Glenn Boornazian's concurrent summer school course, providing an excellent opportunity for interdisciplinary exchange. Following the presentations, we gathered with Rome's diplomatic community for a closing ceremony to celebrate the course participants and wish them farewell as they head home to put their skills into action.  
Germaine Joseph, ICCROM, Conservation of Built Heritage participant from Saint Lucia.

CBH course participant: Germaine Joseph from Saint Lucia

Being aware of current challenges in my sector in the Caribbean, I came to the Course seeking formal training and a deeper understanding of the field of resilience and sustainability of heritage buildings to safeguard our historic buildings against deterioration and, more recently, the effects of climate change.

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Halfway through the International Course on Conservation of Built Heritage

The International Course on Conservation of Built Heritage (CBH) is our ongoing educational programme designed to explore the multifaceted nature of heritage preservation. The course mainly focuses on sustainability and a variety of ways it can be achieved in heritage conservation practices. The course started on 17 March and will go on until 2 June; with one month to go, participants have...

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Graduation ceremony for craftspeople and exhibition on ICCROM's Mosul Heritage Recovery Programme

On 1 May 2023, ICCROM celebrated the graduation of the 79 craftspeople who successfully completed the second track on Building Crafts Revival and Upgrading of the Heritage Recovery Programme in Mosul project, based on a needs assessment to map the existing typology of crafts, the level of skills available in Mosul, the locations of craftspeople, their demographic, social and economic profiles, the...

Summer School: Post-Conflict Recovery

Summer School: Post-Conflict Recovery

ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) and Fondazione Santagata are organizing a Summer School on Post-Conflict Recovery, consisting of a week of online lectures and a three-day in-person workshop.

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ICCROM Member State Induction Briefing 2023

On 20 March 2023, ICCROM convened its second annual informational meeting, attended by representatives of our Member States and permanent observers from all regions of the world.

ICCROM to hold first in-person course in Rome since pandemic

The first in-person ICCROM course in Rome since before the pandemic will begin on Friday, 17 March 2023. ICCROM has been a pioneer in organizing heritage conservation courses since 1965, with many alumni becoming leaders in the conservation field.
ICCROM blog

Modern technology isn’t enough to reduce the risk of disaster: We need traditional & Indigenous knowledge

This blog post, authored by Rohit Jigyasu, ICCROM Project Manager, Urban Heritage, Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management, explains the importance of integrating Indigenous and traditional knowledge into Diaster Risk Reduction (DRR) plans.