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The International Course on the Reorganization of Collections Storage in Museums of Southeast Asia has officially concluded with the ten participating museums successfully implementing their RE-ORG projects. The main objective of the seven-month…

On 4 August 2022, our Director-General Dr Webber Ndoro had the honour of receiving Deputy Permanent Representative, Deputy Chief of Mission Rodney M. Hunter and Samuel Rothenberg, Alternate Permanent Representative and Political/Economic Officer,…

The two-week ICCROM International Summer School on Communication and Teaching Skills in Conservation and Science, held in Alberta, Canada, wrapped up on 15 July 2022. The Summer School brought together 16 heritage professionals and educators from 12…

Welcome to the Resource of the Month for August, dear readers. Once again, I would like to invite as many of you as possible to visit our library, either virtually through our online catalogue or, of course, in person here in Rome. In person in Rome…

THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS IS NOW OPEN!  We are thrilled to announce that the CH4IG Project: UK-Southeast Asia is now accepting applications until 31 August 2022, 6 p.m. CET. Heritage can be instrumental in enhancing social inclusion, developing…

“If you think technology can solve your problems, you don’t understand the problems and you don’t understand the technology.” – Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer and information security author  The Sustaining Digital Heritage (SDH)…

UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee have issued new guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could potentially affect the planet’s most precious heritage places. Designed specifically for heritage management…

Our World Heritage faces threats – Impact assessments offer solutions As the World Heritage Convention celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, over 1100 sites around the world are recognized as World Heritage - places that are so valuable to…

  Dates: From 26 September to 07 October 2022 Language: French  Closing date: The complete application (including supporting documents) must reach the Ecole du Patrimoine Africain-EPA no later than 31 August 2022 via the link Training…

ICOMOS and ICCROM undertook a joint mission to Ukraine from 9 to 16 July 2022 in order to provide support to the efforts made by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, as well as heritage organisations and professionals in the…

Press release – 26 July 2022 ICOMOS and ICCROM undertook a joint mission to Ukraine from 9 to 16 July 2022 in order to provide support to the efforts made by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, as well as heritage…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture has concluded the Industrial Heritage Program, a specialized training workshop, as part of the Experts Program. Sixteen participants from the Kingdom came together for the two-week course, held from 12…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture has concluded the Industrial Heritage Program, a specialized training workshop, as part of the Experts Program. Sixteen participants from the Kingdom came together for the two-week course, held from 12…

These advanced MOSAIKON courses will train professionals for the long-term preservation of mosaics Tom Roby advises participants in a MOSAIKON course conducting a condition survey exercise of the Three Oras Mosaic at the Paphos Archeological Park…

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…