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Plant specimens from the book As springtime comes upon us, we fall under its charms and become more sensitive to nature. There’s no mystery or secret: the environment around us, the renewed flora with its breath of freshness and youth,…

On 5 May, we join the international community in commemorating African World Heritage Day. On this day, we want to celebrate the authenticity of African natural sites, traditions, beliefs and folklore, but also modern entrepreneurship, art and…

On 3 May 2023, we had the honour of receiving the Director of Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, Alessandra Vittorini, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for a training project within the framework of the Youth.Heritage.Africa…

CBH23 participants in Santa Maria in Trastevere 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 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…

The National Park of Cinque Terre welcomed Net Zero’s five innovation teams in Manarola, Cinque Terre, a World Heritage Site in Northern Italy, to share their knowledge and experiences in implementing a climate change adaptation plan for recovering…

Thanks to the ALIPH Foundation, two resources – A Story of Change 3 and Community-Based Heritage Indicators for Peace – are now available in Arabic. Between 2020–2022, ICCROM’s First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (…

The RE-ORG project continues to be very active and dynamic in Portugal after holding RE-ORG Lisboa in 2018.   This year's workshop was held in Santarém on 20-21 and 27-28 March, where 35 museum professionals belonging to the group of 11 "…

Do you work for a cultural institution seeking to improve its management strategy for digital heritage? Do you want to design digital operations that deliver value while responding to the needs of your users and stakeholders? Do you wish to learn…

Dates and Method Online: 11 September - 9 November 2023 In Campeche, Mexico: 12 November - 3 December 2023 Place: Online and Campeche, Mexico Partners ICCROM Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural – Instituto Nacional de…

From 6 to 17 March, the Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes "Juan Ramón Vidal" and Museo Arqueológico y Antropológico "Casa Martínez" hosted the RE-ORG "CONO SUR" workshop for the safeguarding and dissemination of collections in deposit in Corrientes,…

On Friday, 14 April, ICCROM welcomed a delegation of 19 officials from the Division of Cultural Heritage of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government from the Republic of Korea.   The delegation enjoyed a presentation on…

The second edition of the training course on managing and reorganizing museum repositories, RE-ORG 2023, has begun in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The course is promoted and organized by the Emilia-Romagna Region-Cultural Heritage Sector in…

Group Training Course for Young Professionals on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region 2023 ‘Conservation and Management of Wooden Built Heritage Organisers Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan Cultural Heritage…

The 5th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum (WHSMF23) will take place under the theme “Managing World Heritage for the Next 50 Years”.  The Forum will be held in hybrid format, with an online component in June and July following…

From 27 to 31 March 2023, more than 40 participants from 13 countries gathered in Mombasa to discuss practical and strategic ways to make Africa’s heritage an effective source of economic and social opportunities for youth. The Heritage Hubs Connect…

On 14 April, Professor Jeffrey M. Chusid from Cornell University's (USA) Department of City and Regional Planning brought his group of eight Master's students to visit ICCROM headquarters in Rome. The students, who are spending this spring…

Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā in Ṣāliḥ) © Royal Commission for AlUla / Jonathan Irish The Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the National Committee and the Heritage Commission alongside the UNESCO…

Last month, ICCROM’s FAR programme led two full-day sessions on damage and risk assessment for cultural heritage as part of PROCULTHER-NET's advanced trainings on protecting cultural heritage in emergencies in line with European standards. The…

ICCROM 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. When Online sessions: 5 – 9 June 2023 On-site sessions: 27 – 29…

Starting today, multidisciplinary teams from climate hotspots in Brazil, Egypt, India, Sudan and Uganda and their “sherpas” (mentors) are gathered at ICCROM headquarters for a hybrid three-week workshop on “Developing Integrated Strategies for…

ICCROM collaborates on the launch of the new edition of the Young Professionals Forum organized by the Centro Conservazione e Restauro "La Venaria Reale" - Emerging Skills for Heritage Conservation from 5 April to 30 June 2023, with online and in-…

We at ICCROM were happy to see many new faces in the first quarter of 2023, with more people than ever working together in our offices in Rome, Italy, and Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This quarter, we welcomed Komal Potdar from India as an ICCROM…

As the world continues to work toward transitioning to sustainable energy sources, it is crucial to ensure that such development efforts are complementary to the protection of World Heritage. Impact assessment is an essential tool that can support…

Once upon a time, there lived a man called Saint George who served as a soldier in the Roman army. Legend has it that he heroically defeated a fire-breathing dragon to save a princess from her castle.  This iconography was beautifully…