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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…

Over the past 30 years, much has changed in how we as professionals access resources and tools to help us solve problems encountered in our day-to-day work. ICCROM and the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) have a long history of…

On 5 August, the Director-General of ICCROM, Dr Stefano De Caro, had the honour to attend the inauguration ceremony of Hassan Rouhani for his second term as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. De Caro’s attendance came at the…

Roberto Conforti, General of the Carabinieri Corps for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (CC-TPC), passed away on 26 July 2017.  He was 79 years old, and had more than 42 years of service in the Corps. Conforti’s long career with the…

On 13 July a group of six international students from the Diplomacy Project, accompanied by Dr Eleonora Maria Stella of CNR – ICVBC, RM Monterotondo, visited ICCROM. They were welcomed by ICCROM's Director-General, Dr Stefano De Caro, and…

ICCROM International Summer School on Communication and Teaching Skills in Conservation and Science 10 – 21 July 2017. Rome, Italy ICCROM’s third instalment of the International Summer School on Communication and Teaching Skills in…

From 9 to 23 July 2017 in Accra, Ghana Photos, films, audio and video records capture memories, creative expressions and vital scientific data. “Wherever the collections of these records exist, they are being used to create jobs, feed research and…

On 12 July, Prof Vincenzo Scotti of the Università degli Studi Link Campus University, Rome, brought a delegation to visit ICCROM that included Prof Richard Oram, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Stirling University, UK, and other…

On 5 July, a delegation headed by Dr Lee Jae Bok from the Cultural Heritage Division, Gyeonggi Provincial Government, Republic of Korea, visited ICCROM. They were welcomed by Katriina Similä, Project Manager, Collections Unit and by Paul…

Deadline extended to 16 August! ICCROM holds a valuable collection of material samples donated by Paolo and Laura Mora, internationally renowned conservators involved in the coordination of ICCROM’s Mural Painting Conservation course along…

Course Announcement     Venue: Rome and other locations in Italy Partners: ICCROM IUCN Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment In collaboration with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, ICOMOS and  UNESCO…

On 21 June, ICCROM hosted a bilateral meeting between Italy and Myanmar and a seminar on "Integrated Conservation of Urban Heritage and Inclusive and Intelligent Cities: possible synergies between Italy and Myanmar, the Yangon Laboratory," in…

The International Course on Linking Nature and Culture in World Heritage Site Management took place at Røros Mining Town and the Circumference World Heritage Site in Norway from 6 to 16 June 2017. This ground-breaking course is a key…

On the occasion of the visit to Rome of Prime Minister of the Yangon Region, Mr U Phyo Min Thein, and following the request of the ITALIA-BIRMANIA.INSIEME Association, ICCROM hosted a seminar on 21 June on “Integrated Conservation of Urban…

On 20 June, ICCROM received the visit of Mr Hyunuk Park, Researcher, Bukhansanseong Cultural Business Division, GyeongGi Cultural Foundation and his team working on the conservation of the Bukhansanseong Fortress in Seoul. They were greeted…

Josef Riederer, one of the most eminent heritage scientists of his generation, passed away on 3 June following a brief illness. Having graduated in geology from Ludwig-Maximilians Universität in Munich in 1962, Riederer obtained his PhD two…

On 7 June, ICCROM received the visit of Dr Sharon C Smith, Program Head, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). In attendance: Paul Arenson, Manager, Knowledge and Communication Services, and Chadi Abi…

On 7 May, Andrea Macchia, President of YOuth in COnservation of CUltural Heritage (YOCOCU) visited ICCROM’s Laboratory with 2 groups of high school students. The objective of the visit is to show them the analytic techniques used in the conservation…

On 31 May, the Director-General received the visit of the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Hungary, Ms Krisztina Lakos and Orsolya Katalin Szabó, Press Office, Embassy of Hungary.

One day after an impressive celebration of the International Museum Day, Nigerian professionals from ten national and two university museums convened in Jos to participate in a two-week  RE-ORG workshop at the Jos Museum. This activity…