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The World Heritage Leadership Programme is launching a Nature-Culture Thematic Community on the PANORAMA platform, coordinated jointly by ICCROM, IUCN and ICOMOS.

ICCROM is pleased to announce the launching of a new home page and Country Profiles web area. As more of our activities and service delivery moves online, and following the recent launch of the website in Spanish, ICCROM is now pleased to unveil a newly-designed home page together with a Country Profiles web area.

Do you or your organisation have a sample collection? If yes, we would like to hear from you. Many institutions around the world hold material samples collected from objects and sites of cultural, historic or scientific value. These collections contain huge potential for future research and didactic purposes, but they are often little known, and their value under recognised.

The Soft Power Club, an international association founded by former Minister of Culture of Italy, Francesco Rutelli, met in Venice for its first public event at the Giorgio Cini Foundation and the Prada Foundation from 31 August to 1 September. ICCROM had the privilege of participating both days, at a side event on 31 August on climate change as well as the round table session the next day.

ICCROM is launching a call for partners to leading institutions in the heritage field to help build and shape a three-day International Workshop on Connecting Collections: Unlocking Value in Heritage Samples Archives.

The world is passing through an unprecedented crisis, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting every aspect of our lives. While we make all efforts to come out of this crisis better prepared for such situations in the future, it has also pushed to look deeper into the underlying causes. It is a known fact that climate change has significantly altered the environment and behaviour of living beings. At...

Thanks to the generous support of the Principality of Monaco, ICCROM is pleased to announce the digital publication in French of the First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Handbook and its Toolkit.

As we navigate our way through the COVID-19 pandemic and this turbulent year, the question becomes ever so critical. On one hand, resources that keep our sector functioning are rapidly shrinking, with several museums around the world closing, not knowing if they will reopen. On the other hand, there is clear evidence that museums are among the most important public institutions, and that people...

Paolo Giorgio Ferri, Special Advisor to the Director-General of ICCROM, passed away in Rome on 14 June 2020, at the age of 72.

 When I began my tenure at ICCROM as Director-General, I wanted him by my side so that he could put his precious experience, for free, to the service of protecting cultural heritage of the Member States...

ICCROM is launching its call for nominations for the 2021 ICCROM Award. The ICCROM Award is presented every two years to someone who has contributed greatly to the Organization’s mission. In the past, nominations have been made by the ICCROM Council, but they have now decided to open up the nomination process more widely to the general public. Nevertheless, all nominations do need to be seconded...