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Growing up in Guatemala meant that volcanic eruptions, hurricanes and earthquakes were simply part of life for Mr Samuel Franco Arce. He has been working in Latin America and the Caribbean for many years to promote risk preparedness using ICCROM’s…

The year-end is always a good time to think about what is next. The final 2022 ICCROM Lecture Series will be dedicated to our talented and energetic interns, who will be at the core of designing our next actions. The webinar will provide an…

The ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme and the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) delivered a joint session to develop training teams to enhance Arab regional capacities and create a regional roster of resource…

Effective management of risks to cultural heritage is now fully supported by the new web-based ABC Risk Management System for Cultural Heritage. The ABC Risk Management System for Cultural Heritage (or ABC System) is a tool to assist professionals…

Are you a creative technologist based in Southern or Eastern Africa?Are you interested in using extended reality (XR) technology like virtual reality or augmented reality to develop new narratives on World Heritage sites in Southern and Eastern…

The MOSAIKON course in Sidon assembled mosaic conservation trainees to tackle the long-term preservation of mosaics in storage MOSAIKON participants in Sidon, Lebanon The Directorate General of Antiquities of Lebanon (DGA), Getty Conservation…

The MOSAIKON course in Sidon assembled mosaic conservation trainees to tackle the long-term preservation of mosaics in storage MOSAIKON participants in Sidon, Lebanon Beirut/ Los Angeles / Rome / Sharjah (UAE) 5 November 2022 — The Directorate…

Image by ARC-WH The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) and ICOMOS International, in collaboration with ICCROM, IUCN, UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Egypt, are organising a Capacity…

On 17 and 18 October 2022, we reunited with PREVENT course alums to catch up on the successes and challenges of managing fire risk at heritage sites across the globe. The two-day international symposium - the first of its kind for the PREVENT…

In October, the Ministry of Culture (MoC) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia concluded a training course on the Creative Cities Network (UCCN) – a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) programme and one in a series of…

The 97th session of ICCROM Council took place on 26 and 27 October 2022. We were pleased to welcome several Council Members in person at ICCROM Headquarters for the first time in three years. The 97th session of Council was held in a hybrid format,…

On 4 November at 3 pm CET (11 am UTC-3), ICCROM, the Ciência e Saúde para a Soberania e a Democracia, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and Casa de Oswaldo Cruz will hold a virtual launch event for the…

We’ve got questions, you’ve got answers! We have the pleasure of inviting you to the 8th edition of YOCOCU conference in Frankfurt from 8th to 9th December 2022!  After the 7th edition, which was carried out remotely due to the COVID…

On 24 October 2022, Professor Huadong Guo, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, met online with Dr Webber Ndoro, Director-General of the International…

On 24 October 2022, Professor Huadong Guo, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, met online with Dr Webber Ndoro, Director-General of the International…

On Friday, 21 October 2022, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro was honoured to receive Minister Counsellor Juan Camilo Saretzki and Counsellor Nestor Pongutá from the Embassy of Colombia. Also present on behalf of ICCROM were Liaison Officer Anna…

On 20 October 2022, ICCROM Director-General Dr Webber Ndoro welcomed H.E. Yiorgos Christofides, Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Italy, to ICCROM headquarters. Also present on behalf of ICCROM were Liaison Officer Anna Zeichner and Programmes…

We were happy to welcome a delegation from the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea (CHA) to ICCROM headquarters on 19 October 2022.  Directors, experts and researchers from CHA and its subsidiaries – the National Research…

From 6 to 8 December, we will be confronting the negative impacts of climate change on cultural heritage worldwide at a three-day symposium in the United States. The US National Park Service (NPS) and Nantucket Historical Association (NHA), in…

On 19 October, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro had the honour of welcoming H.E. Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile, Ambassador of South Africa to Italy, at ICCROM headquarters. In May 2022, ICCROM teamed up with the Government of the Republic of South…

The three-day event in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the United States of America, will confront the negative impacts of climate change on cultural heritage around the world Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA, 18 October 2022 – The US National Park Service (…

As we mark 50 years of the World Heritage Convention, young Africans have come together to plan for the next 50 years of heritage conservation in Africa. In May, ICCROM, the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the Government of South Africa…

Are you a Cultural First Aider? Share your story here. Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, "Building Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction, is one of four priorities of action outlined by the Sendai…

Today, we are reflecting on ICCROM’s work to make heritage more resilient. On International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2022, we want to consolidate the global network of Cultural First Aiders by offering advanced training, tools and certification…

Our belief in the potential of heritage to be a source of social and economic opportunity for young people led to the creation of our flagship programme, Youth.Heritage.Africa. In a short time, this programme has brought together hundreds of young…