18 September. At the end of the first week, participants and course team visited Capital Museum in Beijing, Great Wall of China and Summer Palace.

After an introduction to the concepts of risk management, various sessions of the second week focused on the context for risk management for cultural heritage and on guiding the participants through the systematic process of risk identification.

At the beginning of the second week, the participants learnt about the levels of risk assessment in collections and the importance of an adequate description of risks. A series of lectures and exercises dealt with material science and the sensitivity of objects to RH, temperature, light and contaminants. There were also lectures on statistics and historical records of earthquake and fire risks.

Part of the second week was dedicated to cultural heritage value assessment. Through lectures, group discussions and role playing, participants explored the relationship between material change and value change, concepts of the relative importance of objects within a collection.

Throughout the week, participants carried out exercises in risk management that varied from the identification of specific risks to their description in the actual context of the Sackler Museum in Beijing. At the end of the week the participants calculated the magnitude of risks and the uncertainties for the case- study as well as the comparison of the various risks.

Participants were also introduced to CCI Risk Assessment Data Base developed in association with the Manual for the CCI-ICCROM-ICN Collection Risk Assessment Method, which automates the calculations for different steps in the risk management process for cultural heritage.

Member States represented: Bangladesh, China, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Yemen

updated on: 1 October, 2009