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How can our museums best use their collections to support this effort, for the benefit of our society? How can they contribute meaningfully to the Sustainable Development Goals and measure this contribution? Our Collections Matter is a global initiative, connecting the dots between collections and sustainable development.On 18 May 2022, the International Museum Day, tune in to our Instagram...

Our library has launched a new section dedicated to young audiences, from toddlers to teens! Now we need your help filling the shelves with appropriate books and other resources, to help inspire the next generation to love cultural heritage as much as we do! If you have any titles to suggest (or even to donate), please email us at library@iccrom.org

Our Fellowship Programme is a valuable part of life at ICCROM. Since its inception, it has brought fresh perspectives, facilitated the exchange of knowledge, and stimulated new avenues of research to enrich the field of heritage conservation.

On 11 and 12 April, ICCROM held its annual meeting of the Council Bureau. During these two fruitful and productive days, the Bureau, Director-General and Management Team of ICCROM discussed the activities that have taken place in the first quarter of 2022 at a programmatic, administrative and planning level.

UNESCO, ICCROM and the Maidan Museum in Kyiv (Ukraine) have translated the manual Endangered Heritage: Emergency Evacuation of Heritage Collections (Спадщина у небезпеці – Екстрена евакуація культурних цінностей), into Ukrainian. UNESCO will support the distribution of some 2,000 printed copies across Ukraine, to areas with no or limited internet access.

ICCROM expresses its growing concern about the ongoing impact of the conflict in Ukraine for both its people and its cultural heritage, and has been active according to its mandate in supporting heritage professionals to protect the heritage in this difficult period.

Research-practice teams from eight World Heritage properties across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America joined the pilot phase of this unique online incubator last year. Now they are preparing their practice-led research agendas, with plans to publish their insights and achievements.

A post-conference report and a highlights video is now available on the Climate.Culture.Peace knowledge portal. This report summarizes the proceedings and findings of the conference and analyzes understandings growing out of the conversations held. It underscores the urgency of promoting shifts in the ways we perceive culture, heritage and climate change and take action.

First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR), a flagship programme of ICCROM, is pleased to be accepting project proposals that aim to use culture-based climate solutions to reduce/mitigate greenhouse gases, enhance preparedness, help communities cope with loss and damage, and facilitate peaceful and just transitions.

A pair of texts by the celebrated French architectural and urban historian and theorist prompt rich debate among the guest contributors to the tenth volume of this international peer-reviewed journal, themed around heritage, urbanization and the challenges of conservation.