On 21 April, a group of postgraduate students from Aristotle University of Thesaloniki, led by Prof. Kallirroi (Clairy) Palyvou and accompanied by Angeliki Ioakimopoulou (former ICCROM Fellow), visited ICCROM.

The Director-General welcomed by the group and following presentations by ICCROM programme staff, they were given a tour of the library.

Member State represented: Greece

On 11 April, a delegation from China, representing the Secretariat and the 3 sub-centres of the new World Heritage Training and Research Institute for the Asia and Pacific Region (WHTR-AP), visited ICCROM.

The delegation was composed of:

WHTR Secretariat

• Mr Mantang CAI, Acting Director of WHTR-AP Secretariat in Beijing

Beijing Sub-Centre

• Mr Ninggao XIE, Director, Beijing Sub-Centre; Director, WH Study Centre; and Professor, Peking University
• Ms Chengyu ZHANG, Peking University Faculty of Archaeology and Museology

Shanghai (Tongji) Sub-Centre

• Mr Zhiqiang WU, Director, Shanghai Sub-Centre; Professor, Tongji University
• Ms Ping KONG, Unit Director of Shanghai Sub-Centre; Professor, Tongji University

Suzhou Sub-Centre

• Mr Hui YANG, Deputy Director. Suzhou Sub-Centre
  

On 9 April, Stefano Bianca, Director, Historic Cities Support Programme, Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Geneva and his colleague, Francesco Siravo, visited ICCROM. They met with the Director-General, Mounir Bouchenaki.
Member State represented: Italy

On 7 April, a delegation of heritage professionals from China visited ICCROM. The delegation was composed of Prof. Zhang Ting Hao, Director General, Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage; Prof. Zhao Hui, Director, Department of Archaeology and Museology, University of Pekin; Prof. Wu Ziahong, Vice Director, Department of Archaeology and Museology, University of Pekin; Prof. Zhan Chang Fa, Head of Project, (Cooperation Project for training in restoration and conservation of cultural heritage), Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage; Dr Zhang Ke, Researcher, Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage.

They were welcomed by the Director-General, Mounir Bouchenaki and Bruno Pisani, Manager of Finance and Administration. Following presentations on ICCROM's work given by Catherine Antomarchi, Collections Unit Director and Joe King, Sites Unit Director they were given a tour of the Library and the Laboratory.

On 4 April, Susan Kane, Associate Professor of Art History, Oberlin College Department of Art, United States, and Donato Attanasio, Centro Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, visited ICCROM. They met with the Director-General, Mounir Bouchenaki.
Member States represented: Italy and United States

On 3 April, Shadia Touqan, Technical Office Director, Old City of Jerusalem, Revitalisation Programme; Simone Ricca, Project Consultant; Giorgio Croci, professor at the Università La Sapienza; Andrea Urland, Slovak University of Technology, visited ICCROM. They met with the Director-General, Mounir Bouchenaki and Zaki Aslan, Programme Manager, ATHAR Programme, Sites Unit.

On 3 April, Giorgio Croci, professor at the Università La Sapienza, visited ICCROM. He met with the Director-General, Mounir Bouchenaki and Maria Teresa Jaquinta, Liaison Officer (Co-operation with Italy).
Member State represented: Italy

On 2 April, Mrs Luisa Musso, professor of archaeology and history at Università Roma Tre, visited ICCROM. She met with the Director-General, Mounir Bouchenaki and Maria Teresa Iaquinta, Liaison Officer (Co-operation with Italy).
Member State represented: Italy