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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.

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...

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...

The Our Collections Matter (OCM) Field Projects and Workshops Series successfully concluded in January 2023, eight months after the kick-off meeting held in May 2022. Over the extensive period, participating collections-based institutions of different kinds and scales from Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America attended bi-monthly workshops and actively worked on their field projects inspired by...

The International Course on Conservation of Built Heritage (CBH) is our ongoing educational programme designed to explore the multifaceted nature of heritage preservation. The course mainly focuses on sustainability and a variety of ways it can be achieved in heritage conservation practices. The course started on 17 March and will go on until 2 June; with one month to go, participants have...

The National Park of Cinque Terre welcomed Net Zero’s five innovation teams in Manarola, Cinque Terre, a World Heritage Site in Northern Italy to share their knowledge and experiences in implementing a climate change adaptation plan for recovering their traditional abandoned terraces and rejuvenate endangered marine life.

A Story of Change 3: Success Stories from the Alliance for Cultural First Aid, Peace and Resilience Project and Community-Based Heritage Indicators for Peace are now available in Arabic

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN are delighted to announce that the 5th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers Forum (WHSMF23) will be organized in conjunction to the extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, with the theme: “Managing World Heritage for the Next 50 Years.”

ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) and Fondazione Santagata are organizing a Summer School on Post-Conflict Recovery, consisting of a week of online lectures and a three-day in-person workshop.