26 April. On 23 April the Director General was invited by Istituto Italo-Latino Americano (IILA) to participate in the final ceremony of the workshop La Proteccion de los bienes culturales. La experiencia italiana.

The event was organized by IILA and Unión Latina in collaboration with the Italian Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali and the Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale.

The workshop was addressed to participants from seven Latin American countries. Also in attendance were Valerie Magar, Conservation Specialist, Sites Unit; and Maria Teresa Jaquinta, Liaison Officer (Co-operation with Italy). 

Participants

• Fernando Benigno, Principal Sección Centro Nacional de Protección del Patrimonio Cultural, INTERPOL, Argentina
• Juliana Otero, Dirección Nacional de Patrimonio y Museos Secretaría de Cultura, Presidencia de la Nación, Argentina
• Vania Carvalho Rola Santos, Museóloga, Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN), Brazil
• Fabiano Emidio De Lucena Martins, Divisão de repressão a Crimes contra o Meio Ambiente e Patrimônio Histórico, DPF, Brazil
• Diego Montecinos Fernández, Encargado Jurídico, Consejos de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile, Chile
• Dora Arízaga Guzmán, Asesora en Patrimonio Cultural, Ministerio de Coordinación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural, Ecuador
• Eduardo Enrique Hernández Herrera, Abogado, Unidad de Prevención del Tráfico Ilícito de Bienes Culturales de la Dirección General del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Guatemala
• Blanca Margarita Alva Guerrero, Directora, Defensa del Patrimonio Histórico, Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Peru
• Octavio Sisco Ricciardi, Consultor Jurídico, Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural, Venezuela
• Gloria Muñoz Yegros, Directora General, Patrimonio Cultural, Secretaría Nacional de Cultura, Paraguay
  
  

29 April. On 10 April the Director General was invited by the President of the Federazione Italiana dei Club UNESCO (FICLU), Mrs Dott.ssa Marialuisa Stringa to participate in their 31st General Assembly in Assisi (9 - 11 April 2010). The Assembly was organized by the Presidents of the Club UNESCO dell’Umbria: Francesco Bolletta, Assisi; Gabriella Righi, Foligno; Gianfranco Cesarini, Perugia.