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INSARAG-UNESCO-ICCROM issue guidelines for urban search and rescue at heritage sites
In 2018, UNESCO, INSARAG-International Search and Rescue Advisory Group, ICCROM and ICOMOS-ICORP Türkiye began a formal collaboration with the aim to enhance interagency cooperation and coordination for heritage safeguarding during urban search and rescue (USAR) and also as part of the ‘flexible response’ given by USAR teams upon request of the authorities of the host country.
Former ICCROM colleagues receive heritage conservation awards
On 8 June 2023, ICCROM witnessed two distinguished former colleagues, whose lifelong commitment has been to safeguard and conserve cultural heritage, receive prestigious accolades. Gaël de Guichen, Special Advisor to the Director General of ICCROM, was honoured with the title of Officer of the National Order of Merit by the President of the French Republic, and Catherine Antomarchi, who was an...
Now available in French: Guidance and Toolkit for impact assessment in the context of World Heritage
We are excited to announce that the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessment in a World Heritage context is now available in French, making it accessible to thousands more cultural and natural heritage custodians.
Visit to discuss about protection of cultural property in times of crisis
On 6 June 2023, we received a group of experts from different backgrounds at ICCROM headquarters to talk about a potential partnership initiative for the protection of cultural property in times of crisis.
ICCROM voices deep concern for the people of Sudan and their heritage
ICCROM proudly maintains a robust and enduring relationship with Sudan and its esteemed heritage institutions
Conservation of Built Heritage course wraps up with ceremony in Rome
After ten weeks of intensive learning and exchange, we are wrapping up the Conservation of Built Heritage course (CBH), the first in-person ICCROM course in Rome since the pandemic. Conservation practitioners and decision-makers from 18 countries have spent countless hours in hands-on activities across Italy, from ancient Roman sites to visits in Florence, building their skills and devising ideas...
Course on built heritage conservation concludes with ceremony in Rome
Visit from former participants of the Scuola di Specializzazione per lo Studio e il Restauro dei Monumenti
On 29 May, ICCROM was pleased to welcome a group of former participants of the Scuola di Specializzazione per lo Studio e il Restauro dei Monumenti, Faculty of Architecture of University La Sapienza. Lectures of their course were held at ICCROM, together with those of the ARC course, which was organized in close collaboration with La Sapienza.
Field-testing of integrated strategies for heritage-based climate action, disaster risk reduction and peacebuilding begins!
The in-person workshop of the second phase of the “Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action” project, “Developing Integrated Strategies for Heritage Safeguard, Climate Action, Disaster Risk Reduction and Peacebuilding,” held from 11 April to 3 May 2023, in Rome and Cinque Terre has come to an end with concrete ways in which heritage can be used to reduce risks, enhance adaptive capacities, mitigate...
Family of legendary conservators donate samples to ICCROM Archives
One of the ICCROM Archives’ largest sample collections is the Mora Samples Archive, donated by famous conservators Laura and Paolo Mora for teaching and research purposes. Many of the samples are from world-renowned heritage places, such as the Tomb of Nefertari, where sampling is no longer allowed. The collection currently includes 1 200 samples collected from the 1960s to the 1980s from heritage...