31 August. ICCROM regrets to record that Umberto Baldini, the influential Italian restoration expert who led efforts to restore Florence's treasures after the Arno River flooded the city in 1966, died after a long illness at the age of 84.

31 August. On 28 August, the regional course on archaeological conservation began at the archaeological site of Sirmium in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia.

31 August. Event: Blue Shield The Netherlands conference in The Hague.
16 August. Training: MA textiles conservation and MA museums and galleries, Winchester, United Kingdom.
3 August. Job: Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
3 August. Grants: Getty Foundation.
27 July. Training: Centro Conservazione e Restauro La Venaria Reale, Turin, Italy.
25 July. Job: Getty Conservation Institute.
25 July. Event: seminar on the impact of loan traffic on works of art, Berlin, Germany.

30 August. The public presentation of the theses by the conservation-restoration students of the Institut national du patrimoine (INP), France, is taking place in Paris 19-26 September. INP is an institutional partner in the ICCROM Sharing Conservation Decisions Course (2006).

11 August. The new armed conflict in the Middle East: in addition to the human tragedy, a cultural disaster. An appeal by international organizations concerned with the protection of cultural property.

4 August. The MIC initiative is a collaborative between The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) and the Library of Congress. It documents moving image collections around the world through a catalogue of titles and a directory of repositories. It also functions as an information resource to support research, collaboration, and preservation. The portal aims at integrating moving images into 21st century education.

3 August. ICCROM is pleased to announce the publication of ICCROM Newsletter 32 in English, French and Spanish. The Arabic edition is currently in press and the electronic versions are also available.

3 August. The latest issue of the journal Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites (CMAS) is now available. This joint publication (James & James/Earthscan and ICCROM) will soon be available online to subscribers.

27 July. ATHAR Programme - Course on Documentation and Management of Heritage Sites in the Arab Region, Jordan and Syria. (New dates and deadline)