International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
The ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership Annual Donor Group Meeting took place online on 3-4 April, with representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Norwegian Cultural Heritage Directorate, the Norwegian Environment Agency and IUCN.
From 17 to 28 March 2025, the international course ‘Managing World Heritage: People Nature Culture’ (PNC25) brought together 38 heritage professionals from around the world involved with the management of cultural, natural and mixed World Heritage sites.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN, under the World Heritage Leadership Programme, are pleased to announce that the 7th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum (WHSM25) will be organized in conjunction with the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee.
Disaster Risk Management is crucial for safeguarding cultural heritage from natural hazards and emergencies, including armed conflict. ICCROM continues to strengthen global capacities in this area by expanding its portfolio of training opportunities.
WHAPS is a training and international cooperation project which aims to enhance the skills of African cultural heritage professionals as they navigate the complexities of nominating sites to the UNESCO World Heritage Lists and managing heritage sites effectively. This is particularly crucial in the face of growing external threats such as mass tourism and infrastructure expansion.
From 10 February to 27 February, the World Heritage Leadership Programme worked closely with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Government of the Republic of Malawi to implement a capacity-building course at the World Heritage property of Lake Malawi National Park. The initiative aimed to build capacity of heritage professionals in Malawi and from the Southern Africa sub-region to conduct...
The ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme concluded 2024 with significant strides in capacity building on impact assessment in the context of World Heritage. Collaborating with Ireland, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Association of French World Heritage Sites, the programme delivered workshops, courses and webinars on impact assessment for site managers, World Heritage...
On 25-26 November 2024, the ICCROM and IUCN World Heritage Leadership programme (WHL) delivered a two-day World Heritage Impact Assessment workshop in Dublin, Ireland to 80 participants working in heritage, planning, tourism and development. The workshop was carried out in partnership with the Irish National Monuments Service and the Office of Public Works.
The ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) Programme joined forces with the Beijing Forestry University (BFU) School of Landscape Architecture to host the Heritage and Landscape Conservation Conference and the first in-person workshop of the Heritage Place Lab 2024-2025.
ICCROM and the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) hosted the second edition of the World Archaeology “Ancient Royal Tombs” conference, consisting of a public lecture on 29 October and a scientific symposium on 30 October.