26 January. Following the international vacancy announcement for the position of Conservation Research Specialist, ICCROM has appointed a new staff member, Dr Alison Heritage from the United Kingdom.

26 January. ICCROM is pleased to welcome Dr Fernanda Prestileo of Italy, who has been seconded by the Sicilian government as Laboratory Coordinator for two years.

21 January. Ioanna Kakoulli is undertaking a fellowship at ICCROM until the end of March 2011.

14 January. Cristina Cabello-Briones from Spain is undertaking an internship with ICCROM, from January to the end of March 2011.

13 January. In view of the floods that have devastated Queensland, Australia and south-eastern Brazil, the Director-General and Staff of ICCROM would like to express their deepest condolences to the governments and people of these countries who have been affected by the loss of lives and destruction of property.
Mounir Bouchenaki, Director-General, ICCROM

18 January. JPC 2011 - Conservation of Japanese Paper
13 January. CollAsia 2010 - Conservation of Collections and Intangible Heritage
16 November. SOIMA 2011: Safeguarding sound and image collections.
12 November. Management and monitoring of World Heritage sites with special reference to China.
11 November. ATHAR - conservation of organic materials in heritage sites and collections.
10 November. Reducing risks to cultural heritage.

12 January. ICCROM is pleased to announce the publication of ICCROM Newsletter 36: Annual Report, which will be distributed electronically. It is available in English; French will be available soon.

6 January. It is with great grief that we learn of the passing of our dear colleague and friend, architect Simonetta Peroni-Peterson, who died after a severe illness on 30 December at the age of 61.

6 January. The ATHAR Network of Universities (ATHARNet) has prepared a questionnaire to evaluate cultural heritage training and university programmes in the Arab region.

5 January. Conference: Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings
5 January. Fellowship: Leon Levy Visiting Fellowship in the Conservation of Archaeological Materials
23 December. Rathgen Heritage Science Scholarship 2011
10 December. Job: Conservateur-trice du Département Afrique

2 January. A Triage to Save the Ruins of Babylon

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