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From left to right: Dr Zaki Aslan, Director of ICCROM Sharjah, Dr Hiba Aziz, Director of ARC-WH, Shiekh Ibrahim Al Khalifah, Deputy director of ARC-WH, Dr Webber Ndoro ICCROM’s Director-General,  Mounir Bouchenaki, Special Advisor…

Rome, 13 July 2022 – We live in a digital era. A significant portion of our individual and collective memories, creative expressions and recent history is digital. The volume of digital data in the world is increasing exponentially and new…

Participant selection August 26, 2022 Language of instruction English (didactic materials provided in English and French) Registration fees CAN$50 (plus applicable taxes) per participant Number of participants A maximum of 20 participants will be…

International Course on Conservation of Japanese Paper Evaluation Seminar Dates: 5-6-7, 12 September 2022, 11:00-14:30 (Rome time) / 18:00-21:30 (Tokyo time) Participants: Organizers (TOBUNKEN, ICCROM), former participants, lecturers…

International Course on Conservation of Japanese Paper Evaluation Seminar Organizers: ICCROM and TOBUNKEN - Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties  Dates: 5-6-7, 12 September 2022, 11:00-14:30 (Rome time) / 18:00-21…

Conscious reflection on how we can strengthen ICCROM’s network to achieve our goals led us to question how we can enhance our communication. We decided that we need to check in more frequently to keep our network in conversation. In 2021, we shifted…

Organizers Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (CNCPC-INAH, Mexico) Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (TNRICP, Japan) ICCROM Background Over the past…

Climate.Culture.Peace is a knowledge-building initiative, aimed at exploring the interconnections between culture, climate change, peace and disaster resilience. It includes a 5-day virtual conference and a knowledge portal with a focus on heritage…

The Climate.Culture.Peace initiative and its knowledge portal focuses on the lives, livelihoods and cultures of communities already experiencing the impacts of the climate crisis. Its conference component, held virtually from 24-28 January 2022,…

Capital of one of the crypt columns captured by Roberto Marta (former ARC participant). If you understand Italian, you may be perplexed by the name of the Church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria. In pescheria? A fish market? The story of how this…

On 1 July 2022, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro had the honour of welcoming Cisse Mariama Mohammed, Director for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development of the African Union Commission, and Angela Martins, Head of the Culture…

This year marks two decades of contributing to the upskilling of new heritage professionals through the ICCROM Internship and Fellows Programme. A new group of interns and fellows joins us each quarter; in the second quarter of 2022, we welcomed…

Digital documentation is widely recognized as a tool for risk management of cultural heritage exposed to disasters caused by natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods and fires as well as environmental fluctuations and war damage. In recent…

Description Heritage education is important for everyone, at every life stage. Educating children about heritage from an early age is crucial to instilling appreciation and understanding of local and global culture in young, inquisitive minds.…

The volume of digital data in the world is increasing exponentially. In 2020, 64.2 zettabytes of data were created: a 314% increase from 2015. In our growing digital world, we must sustain heritage in the digital domain. This includes…

PREVENT participants share their success stories from Trogir, Croatia From losses suffered due to fire at the Kasubi Royal Tombs, Uganda, in 2010 and 2020 to the severe damage to the National Museum of Brazil in 2018 and Notre Dame in 2019, fire…

Join the launch of the new Sustaining Digital Heritage programme on 18 July The volume of digital data in the world is increasing exponentially. In 2020, 64.2 zettabytes of data were created: a 314% increase from 2015. In our growing digital world,…

As we continue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ICCROM’s internship programme, we are pleased to have the opportunity to present the work of a second group of talented individuals from around the world, who have taken part in our internship…

Organizers: ICCROM, Universidade Federal da Bahía (Brazil) and Universidad de Playa Ancha (Chile) Objectives The Research Group on History and Theory of Heritage Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean is an initiative of ICCROM, the…

Dates: 12-13 July 2022 Format: Online, Zoom platform. The seminar will be live streamed via YouTube. Time (Rome - CET): 14:00-18:00 Language: Spanish Organizers: ICCROM, Universidade Federal da Bahía (Brazil) and Universidad de Playa Ancha (…

Curriculum design workshop fosters intergenerational and cross-disciplinary knowledge exchange The First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) programme of ICCROM is excited to host a curriculum design workshop for…

Cultural heritage is recognized to be crucial to our identity, social values, traditions and livelihood. When faced with a disaster, culture has proven capacities to amplify the resilience of a community and directly contribute to its sustainable…

Practitioners working with heritage in diverse capacities all need to stay up-to-date with the field. To this end, the three Advisory Bodies of the World Heritage Convention  – ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and…

Standardizing emergency preparedness and response for cultural heritage is one of the key strategies for strengthening the accountability of the heritage sector during crises. Taking a leap forward in this direction, ICCROM is pleased to share the…

On 2 June 2022, the Regional Office for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Arab States (ICCROM-Sharjah) announced the winning projects of the 3rd ICCROM-Sharjah Award for Good Practices in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management in…