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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) signed a landmark agreement on Friday 13 October in a…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) signed a landmark agreement on Friday 13 October in a…

The second G7 Roma-Lyon Group meeting was held in Rome from 3 to 5 October.  This work group, created under the 2001 G8 Italian Presidency, is run by the law enforcement sector and is devoted to formulating counter-terrorism strategies…

ICCROM has learned with great sadness of the death of Walter Persegati at the age of 96 years. Very active in his youth in the Young Catholic movement, Persegati organized among other things the reception of European refugees in the United…

On 12 October, ICCROM's Director-General, Dr Stefano De Caro, received the visit of Roberto Nardi, President of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM), in order to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between ICCROM…

On 12 October, a group of trainees attending the course on Innovation in Intelligent Management of Heritage Buildings visited ICCROM. The course is organised by CNR-ICVBC, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per la Conservazione e…

In September 2017, Mr Peter Rockwell, noted sculptor and specialist in historic stone carving techniques, made a significant donation of books and photographic documentation to the ICCROM Library and Archive. These materials were gifted on…

On 11 October, a group of students led by Prof Roland Lenz from the State Academy of the Arts in Stuttgart (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart) visited ICCROM. They were received by Alison Heritage, Heritage Science Officer,…

ICCROM’s Director-General Dr Stefano De Caro joined Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO in praising Dr Maamoun Abdulkarim of Syria, for his tireless efforts to safeguard the country’s cultural assets during these years of war. Dr…

It is with sadness that ICCROM announces the recent passing of Maurizio Marabelli on 19 September 2017, after a long illness. A graduate of Chemistry from the Sapienza University of Rome, he began his career in 1964 at the Istituto Centrale…

On 27 September, ICCROM received the visit of a delegation of six high-level professionals from Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, China. The goal was to discuss issues of common interest including the protection and restoration of stone…

The first RE-ORG workshop ever held in Africa took place at the Jos National Museum, Nigeria in May 2017. After its conclusion, participants from 12 museums from every corner of Nigeria went back to their institutions to revise and implement…

Introduction One of the challenges for education in applied science disciplines is to identify and establish new paradigms of practice that respond to the changing needs of a sector. Forward thinking is essential for academic institutions and…

In the wake of the severe 7.1 earthquake that struck Central Mexico in the afternoon of 19 September bringing terrible loss of life, ICCROM stands with the people of that nation and with all our colleagues in the professional community…

International Course on Conservation of Japanese Paper, 28 August to 15 September 2017   The 2017 edition of the JPC-Japanese Paper Conservation course closed in Tokyo on 15 September. This highly specialized three-week event was…

In September 2017 Theocharis Katrakazis participated in the organisation of a workshop, as an advisory body to the Joint Programming Initiative for Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPI CH). The workshop –part of a two-day meeting on: “The role…

    The course is divided in two main parts: On-line distance learning: 9 April – 11 May 2018 Workshop in Oslo: 4 – 29 June 2018 Workshop location: Oslo, Norway (premises of Riksantikvaren – The Directorate for Cultural…

On 7 September, ICCROM hosted the annual donor’s meeting for the World Heritage Leadership Programme with the Norwegian Government. The World Heritage Leadership programme is a new approach to implement capacity development in support of the…

On 7 September ICCROM hosted the meeting of the Evaluation Commission of the 8th edition of the FICLU Competition "Factory in the Landscape". This contest is open to public and private projects dealing with landscape and the environment, and…

OVERVIEW ICCROM past, present and future Message from the Director-General OUR WORK Training Knowledge Cooperation Public Information and Advocacy GOVERNANCE AND PARTNERSHIPS Themes on the Horizon Funding ICCROM’s Programmes Partnerships…

On 7-8 September 2017 ICCROM attended the UNESCO Expert Workshop on Measuring Culture for the SDGs, held at UNESCO Paris from 7-8 September. This was a relatively large workshop, comprising around 50 experts in the fields of culture, tangible and…

    The cultural landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in China was the site of the just-completed Course on Management and Monitoring of World Heritage Sites with special reference to China. Nineteen participants from ten…

Research is a communicative process.  Its value is enhanced through knowledge exchange and incorporation into practice. Though impact has always been the primary motivation for research, designing research that generates impact beyond…

In August, Alison Heritage participated as an invited speaker at the annual summer doctoral school organised by the University of Lausanne School of Forensic Science and Criminology.  Her lecture, entitled Designing for Research Impact,…

ICCROM – ATHAR Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation in the Arab Region Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, the ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation…