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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
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.

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

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!

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

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.

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.