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On 11 October, H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah met with ICCROM Director-General, Dr. Stefano De Caro in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The objective was to discuss programmes and…

Brussels, Belgium, 3 – 4 September 2015 Locked in obsolete formats and threatened by degradation and decay, nearly every sound and image collection faces the imminent threat of extinction. As a result, the world stands to lose a wealth of knowledge…

ICCROM is hosting a meeting of the InterPARES Trust (ITrust) Transnational Team. The meeting gathers experts in archival science, records management, diplomatics, information technology and digital forensics working in international…

Engaging Communities in the Conservation of Nature and Culture – PCA15 Rome and the Bay of Naples, 5-16 October 2015 ICCROM is pleased to announce the commencement of its first course on Promoting People-Centred Approaches: Engaging…

On 27 September 2015, the initiative “Protecting Cultural Heritage – An Imperative for Humanity” was presented to the UN by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Italy and Jordan, with the support of UNESCO, INTERPOL, UNODC, and various other…

ICCROM wishes to congratulate Dr Mechtild Rössler on her appointment as the new Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Dr Rössler, an expert in both cultural and natural heritage, has a degree in Cultural Geography from Freiburg…

On 27 September 2015, the initiative “Protecting Cultural Heritage – An Imperative for Humanity” was presented to the UN by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Italy and Jordan, with the support of UNESCO, INTERPOL, UNODC, and various other…

Nieves Valentin, an ICCROM council member since 2013, has been awarded the Spanish National Prize for Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage 2015, granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. The jury stressed her…

Course Announcement Organizers: Geological Museum, Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Republic of Indonesia ICCROM with the support of the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) Why: The CollAsia programme…

The course on ‘Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region 2015: Preservation and Restoration of Wooden Structures’, was launched on 1 September at the ACCU Cultural Heritage Protection Cooperation Office in Nara, Japan and will…

Course Announcement International Course on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Place: Washington, DC USA Organizers: ICCROM The Smithsonian Institution, United States In cooperation with Prince Claus Fund, Cultural Emergency…

The aim of the LATAM Newsletter is to give the opportunity to conservation professionals in Latin America and the Caribbean to share their research and professional experiences throughout the region using the LATAM network. El objetivo de…

Following ICCROM’s 2010 survey, it was recognized that 60% of museum collections are at serious risk due to overcrowding and poor storage conditions. Immediately afterwards, ICCROM launched the development of the RE-ORG methodology in…

From 1 to 7 September, an international symposium entitled “The need of a constructive dialogue between peoples and cultures and the Olympic idea” was held at the site of Ancient Olympia, Greece.  The conference was given under the…

Sophy Janowski joined ICCROM as Chief Management Officer in the summer of 2015. Ms. Janowski oversees all aspects of ICCROM’s operations and has overall responsibility for budget and finance, human resources, information systems, building and…

Following a 2011 resolution adopted by ICCROM Member States on the reorganization of museum storage, in 2013 ICCROM launched a large-scale call for partners to implement RE-ORG projects worldwide. More than 40 Member States showed interested…

Webber Ndoro, Director of the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and Associate Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, will receive the ICCROM Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of cultural heritage…

The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) today expressed outrage at the reported destruction by the militant group ISIS of the 1st century Temple of Bel, one of the finest and…

The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) today expressed outrage at the reported destruction by the militant group ISIS of the 1st century Temple of Bel, one of the finest and…

It is with profound sadness that ICCROM and the international professional community have received the news of the death of an outstanding Syrian archaeologist and heritage specialist, Mr Khalid Al-Asa’ad.   Over his 50 years of working in…

Experts Ponder Ways of Preserving Priceless Sounds and Images from Extinction Brussels, 2-4 September – International experts from across the world this week will discuss ways to look beyond professional and institutional boundaries, actively…

From 18-20 November, representatives of governments from all regions of the world will meet at the FAO headquarters in Rome for the XXIX General Assembly of ICCROM. The ICCROM General Assembly provides a unique opportunity for discussion and…

In recent months, ICCROM has said farewell to four beloved members of the staff. As ICCROM’s Director-General Stefano De Caro put it, “In a small organization such as ICCROM, every colleague who ends his cycle inevitably leaves a void and a piece of…

On 13 July, Stefano De Caro, Director-General of ICCROM was invited to a public hearing on “Destruction and trafficking of cultural heritage”, organized by the European Parliament’s Culture and Education Committee. This public hearing…

On Thursday 2 July, twenty mid-career professionals completed their training at the joint ICCROM-Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) course focusing on theoretical and practical aspects of stone conservation. The Stone Course participants…