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In collaboration with the National Museums of Kenya and with financial contributions from the British Council Cultural Protection Fund, ICCROM is engaged in a community-centred project focused on the long-term preservation of fossil footprints that…

The new Special Issue of the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (JCHMSD) focuses on the results of the Heritage Place Lab initiative of the ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme. Taking evidence from…

ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro was honoured to welcome H.E. Ambassador of India Dr Neena Malhotra, at ICCROM headquarters on 7 August 2023. The Ambassador was accompanied by the Second Secretary from the cultural section, Mr Shambhu Amitabh.…

Special attention will be given to Ibero-America and to the dissemination and organization of activities in Spanish.  Photo credit: Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España The Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain (Ministerio de…

Tomb Chamber of the Humor Monastery, Romania, 1972 The Humor Monastery is one of the best-preserved of the eight Painted Churches of Moldavia – a World Heritage site located in Romania. These churches were built between the 15th and 16th…

It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our colleague Rosalia Varoli-Piazza.  When Rosalia joined the ICCROM team in 2002, thanks to an agreement with the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, she already…

Digital is a tool, medium and space for heritage. If you work to promote heritage-based content and create records for posterity, please take our user engagement survey! This questionnaire consists of ten multiple-choice questions and only takes…

From 26 to 30 July 2023, UNESCO, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, ICCROM and ICOMOS, will train 25 heritage professionals, including World Heritage site managers, from eight at-risk regions across…

As an Advisory Body to the World Heritage Convention, ICCROM joins UNESCO and its sister Advisory Body ICOMOS in condemning the recent attacks on the World Heritage properties and buffer zones of “The Historic Centre of Odesa” including the…

On 20 July 2023, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro was in the Republic of Korea for the joint ICCROM and NRICH international symposium, "World Archaeology: Ancient Cities and Royal Capitals." The symposium was the first outcome of the MoU signed…

Estimated costs for safeguarding these sites and providing emergency response is approximately 11 million USD.*  From 6 to 10 July 2023, ICCROM – in partnership with UNESCO Paris, UNESCO Cairo and UNESCO Khartoum, and in close collaboration…

On 14 July 2023, we were honoured to officially receive a generous donation of RE-ORG materials to the ICCROM Archives. Special Advisor to the Director-General and a precursor of the RE-ORG Method, Gaël de Guichen, donated more than a decade’s…

Chief organizer: Kizhi Open Air Museum Partners: ICCROM Petrozavodsk State University and UNESCO Chair of Wooden Architecture Research and Preservation Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation…

Archaeologists from world capitals and cities gather in Seoul to discuss the coexistence of heritage conservation and community livelihoods. The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH, headed by Director General Kim Yeon-soo) of the…

We are proud partners of a new initiative to involve graduate students in creating a disaster and climate risk management plan for the historic island of Nantucket in Massachusetts, USA. The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) has partnered with…

In mid-June 2023, the ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by its Heritage Commission in cooperation with ICOMOS launched the…

Now available for the first time – explore the Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth (CH4IG) UK-Southeast Asia Collaboration projects! These projects are some of the many grassroots initiatives taking place in the region. The case studies exemplify…

Last month’s featured resource, a historical photograph of the Temple of Queen Nefertari in Abu Simbel from the ICCROM Archives, generated so much interest from our readers that the ICCROM Library has compiled a number of our in-house resources…

We are pleased to announce the launch of the ICCROM Records and Archives web portal, a new platform providing access to our Digital Collections and ICCROM's historical archive inventory.    The new portal allows users to easily…

The ICCROM FAR team is currently on the ground in Cairo, Egypt, to help train Sudanese heritage professionals in crisis response, risk mitigation and first aid to endangered heritage.   ICCROM, through our First Aid and Resilience for Cultural…

This year's third edition of our People Nature Culture (PNC) course brought together 22 World Heritage site managers and practitioners from 19 countries. This international flagship foundational course of the ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage…

Some of the ICCROM interns in the second quarter of 2023 ICCROM headquarters was a full house in April, May and June – we have been happy hosts of fellows, interns and volunteers from across the globe.   We invited the first volunteers to…

With the help of worldwide partners, the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessment in a World Heritage context, published last year, is now available in five languages. We are grateful to our longstanding partner, the Arab Regional Centre for…

On 27 June 2023, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro had the honour of receiving H.E. Mr. Felipe Silva de Pina Za, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Angola and H.E. Ms. Maria de Fátima Domingas M. Jardim, Ambassador of Angola to…

This guide aims to provide practical procedures and critical information for Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams, National Disaster Management Authorities (NDMA), Local Emergency Management Authorities (LEMA), Cultural Ministries, Heritage…