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'Leaving no one behind' is a core value embedded in the UN Agenda 2030. This principle is powerfully embodied in the Our Collections Matter (OCM) initiative. This forward-looking online capacity-building programme helps break geographical barriers, enabling organizations from around the World to delve deep into learning about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and consolidate their contribution...

ICCROM is proud to announce that Uzbekistan has joined as our 138th Member State. This milestone strengthens our commitment to heritage conservation and expands ICCROM’s global footprint and efforts to preserve and protect cultural heritage in all its forms worldwide for a lasting impact.

On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, ICCROM Director-General Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral had the honor of visiting H.E. Tserendorj Narantungalag, the Ambassador of Mongolia to Italy.

Since 2021, the Sustaining Digital Heritage (SDH) programme, has set out with partners AVP and Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (NISV) to understand the preservation and access needs for digital heritage worldwide and to build a self-sustaining network of digital heritage leaders. The broader aim of the programme is to ​​enhance the storytelling potential of digital heritage, as well as...

On Friday, 28 June 2024, ICCROM Direrector-General Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral had the honour of welcoming H.E. Alexey Paramonov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Italy, to ICCROM headquarters.

With user-friendly illustrations and step-by-step workflows, it caters to many users, from heritage professionals and emergency responders to community members in crisis, such as the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Integrating indigenous and traditional knowledge into our Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) toolkit offers numerous benefits. This knowledge stems from communities' close relationships with their environment and their accumulated experience in predicting hazards by reading signs in the sea, skies, and wildlife.

The new publication “Heritage Place Lab. A Model for Research-Practice Collaboration in the Context of World Heritage. Report of the Pilot Phase 2021-2022” presents the testing of a methodology for collaborative work between academics and site managers and showcases the resulting research agendas prepared by research-practice teams from Argentina, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Norway and Zimbabwe.

New Delhi, India, recently hosted the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee, marking a pivotal moment in heritage conservation. In this occasion, ICCROM Director-General met with the Honorable Minister of Culture and Tourism, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, underscoring their commitment to conserving, safeguarding and preserving shared heritage.

In a groundbreaking effort to protect Ukraine’s endangered cultural heritage, ICCROM's First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) programme has trained 23 heritage professionals from 11 oblasts, establishing Ukraine’s first national team of cultural first aiders, ready to recover and safeguard the nation’s invaluable heritage amid the ongoing armed conflict.