12 August. 17th International Course on Stone Conservation (SC11), ICCROM, Rome, Italy
8 July. LATAM - measuring heritage conservation performance, Brazil
7 July. MARC 2011 - conservation of modern architecture, Finland

30 July. Fallo Baba Keita, former Manager of the AFRICA 2009 Programme at ICCROM, officially took up his new duties as Director of the Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA) in a ceremony held on 28 July 2010 in Porto Novo, Benin.

30 July. IUCN and ICCROM today signed a deal to collaborate on training and capacity building in support of the World Heritage Convention.

29 July. This publication is a recognition to Jukka Jokilehto’s contribution and dedication to the conservation profession, in developing both theory and practice.

16 July. Ziva Domingos, a former EPA/PREMA participant from Angola, is undertaking a research fellowship from July to October 2010.

13 July. Publication: World Social Science Report 2010: Knowledge Divides (pdf), UNESCO
13 July. Training: World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITRAP), China
1 July. Events: Conservation events this month

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8 July. One hundred and twenty days after an earthquake and tsunami devastated Chile, Antonino Pirozzi (President of CICOP-Chile) gives an overview of the damage sustained by the country's built heritage.

6 July. On 30 June, a reception was held to say farewell to three members of the ICCROM staff: Mónica García Robles, Baba Keita and Valerie Magar.

3 August. Developing countries appeal for increase of their World Heritage sites

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21 June. ICCROM hosted a CollAsia 2010 programme coordination meeting from 17 - 21 June 2010.

21 June. From 14 – 16 June, an interdisciplinary group of professionals met at ICCROM to design a new pilot course entitled 'First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict', to be held in Rome from 17 September – 29 October 2010.

17 June. Prof Nalini Thakur, a former ARC 1982 course participant from India, is undertaking a three-month research fellowship, from June to August 2010.

15 June. The ATHAR workshop entitled 'ATHARnet: Education and Practice' concluded at the Sharjah Archaeology Museum.

15 June. ICCROM staff members participated in a fire extinguisher training session today, as part of ICCROM's emergency preparedness activities.

11 June. The 14th International Course on Wood Conservation Technology (ICWCT10) is currently being held in Oslo, Norway, at the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren).

9 June. The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) has chosen R. Robert Waller as the 2010 recipient of the Carolyn Rose Award for his outstanding worldwide achievements in the field of collection management and conservation.

9 June. Brittany Groot from the Netherlands is undertaking a five-week internship, from June to July 2010.

4 June. The Sharjah Museums Department hosted an ATHAR workshop entitled 'ATHARnet: Education and Practice' at the Sharjah Archaeology Museum.

1 June. Abdalhadi Alijla, from Palestine, is now at ICCROM as a visiting researcher for three months.

1 June. ICCROM and UNESCO continue developing methodologies and related didactic tools on collections documentation and storage re-organization for smaller museums.

1 June. ICCROM is pleased to announce that Mr Raymond Bondin, former Council Member of ICCROM, has been nominated Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Malta to UNESCO.