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PREVENT - Mitigating Fire Risk at Heritage Places, an ICCROM-led international symposium resonates a global concern

PREVENT - Mitigating Fire Risk at Heritage Places, an ICCROM-led international symposium resonates a global concern

On 17 and 18 October 2022, we reunited with PREVENT course alums to catch up on the successes and challenges of managing fire risk at heritage sites across the globe. The two-day international symposium - the first of its kind for the PREVENT initiative - was held in Trogir, Croatia, and online.

ICCROM Council gathered in Rome once again

ICCROM Council gathered in Rome once again

The 97th session of ICCROM Council took place on 26 and 27 October 2022. We were pleased to welcome several Council Members in person at ICCROM Headquarters for the first time in three years. The 97th session of Council was held in a hybrid format, so we were also able to include Council Members who could not be in Rome.

Nantucket

Upcoming symposium concerns impacts of climate change on cultural heritage

From 6 to 8 December, we will be confronting the negative impacts of climate change on cultural heritage worldwide at a three-day symposium in the United States. The US National Park Service (NPS) and Nantucket Historical Association (NHA), in partnership with ICCROM, are organizing the Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Symposium, which aims to explore the latest climate change research and...

ICCROM partners with US National Park Service and Nantucket Historical Association to host climate change symposium in the United States

The three-day event in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the United States of America, will confront the negative impacts of climate change on cultural heritage around the world.
Network of Cultural First Aiders strengthening disaster risk reduction around the world

Network of Cultural First Aiders strengthening disaster risk reduction around the world

Are you a cultural first aider, like AbdelHamid, Manana, Meghna and Fares? Have you received First Aid training from ICCROM or one of its partners or former course participants? Share your story with us!

FAC course

Are you a Cultural First Aider? Join us in celebrating the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

On International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2022, we want to consolidate the global network of Cultural First Aiders by offering advanced training, tools and certification to support deployment in complex emergency situations. If you are a Cultural First Aider and have received training from ICCROM, our partners or former participants, register your interest by completing our 5-minute survey.

People-Nature-Culture Forum takes a closer look at the benefits of heritage places

Heritage practitioners and institutions meet in Suwon, Republic of Korea, to reflect on the People-Nature-Culture course and to map the services and benefits heritage places provide to people

ICCROM and the Republic of Korea extend cooperation on capacity building for the protection of cultural heritage

ICCROM and Korean governmental and higher education institutions join forces to protect heritage worldwide through capacity building.
L-R: Mr Eung Chon Choi, Administrator of the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), and ICCROM Director-General Dr Webber Ndoro. Photo: The Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea (CHA)

Korea pledges continued support of People-Nature-Culture capacity-building course

We are excited to have renewed our cooperation with the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea (CHA) to invest in providing capacity building, resources and tools to those tasked with the management and conservation of cultural and natural heritage places.

VCC workshop

Valuing Cultural Capital initiative: Workshop, webinar and survey launch

ICCROM’s Valuing Cultural Capital: Accounting for the Hidden Value of Heritage initiative kicked off earlier this month with a workshop, public webinar and survey launch to our Member States.