L’ ICCROM dans les médias

The National, 29 April 2018
In January, Webber Ndoro started as director-general of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (Iccrom), which works with conservators, curators, archivists and archaeologists to safeguard global cultural heritage. Ndoro, who was previously head of the African World Heritage Fund in South Africa, now oversees the intergovernmental organisation, which is based in Rome. We sat down with him after his participation at Abu Dhabi’s CultureSummit.

ACADEMIC and former University of Zimbabwe lecturer, Webber Ndoro has put the country on the global limelight, after being appointed director-general of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) for the next six years. At ICCROM’s 30th General Assembly, held in Rome, Italy from November 29 to December 1, Ndoro was ratified as director-general, having been nominated by the organisation’s executive council to take over from Italian, Stefano De Caro.

Reuters, 28 November 2017
LEPTIS MAGNA, Libya (Reuters) - The limestone and marble ruins of Leptis Magna on Libya’s coast could be a hive of activity and a top tourist destination, but conflict has left one of ancient Rome’s great Mediterranean cities almost entirely cut off from the outside world. [...]
“We try to overcome the dichotomy between east and west (forces in Libya) and try to encourage the grass roots to protect the cultural heritage,” said Zaki Aslan, Arab states representative for ICCROM, an intergovernmental body for the conservation of cultural heritage that runs training programs for Libyans.

Us News, 31 July 2017
Suzanne Bott intended to spend just a year in Iraq. Her older brother, a U.S. Naval officer, was stationed in Baghdad; she thought she could put her knowledge of redevelopment and reconstruction to good use in the war-torn country. [...]
King says ICCROM used crowdmapping after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal when it set up a webpage for photographs and short damage reports on some of the affected heritage. The data does not provide the same level of detail as documentation, he says, but it offers a short-term sense of the damage, and potentially helps determine which areas may require the most immediate assistance.

The visiting ICCROM director-general Stefano De Caro and the CHTHO director Zahra Ahmadipour finalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as they explored every avenues towards enhancing ties during a meeting in Tehran on Wednesday. The MOU was inked by De Caro, who is also an archaeologist, author, lecturer, and teacher in several Italian universities and Mohammad-Hassan Talebian, the deputy director of the CHTHO for cultural heritage, IRNA reported on Thursday.

The U. S. Embassy in Abuja has announced a grant of 116, 000 dollars (about N36.6 million) through the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation programme, for the preservation of cultural heritage in Nigeria.
U.S. Embassy in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja stated that the grant would enable Nigerian cultural institutions to improve the storage areas for collections in 10 Nigerian museums.

TNS - The News on Sunday, 12 February 2017
For those who realise the importance of our heritage, the news that UNESCO has agreed to consider eight more Pakistani sites in its World Heritage Sites list is heartening. [...]
Some international agencies that are active in heritage restoration include: UNESCO, World Monument Fund, International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). The most relevant area of collaboration for Pakistan can be training, education and documentation support. Link programmes with local educational partners can be of immense value.

Nigeria Today, 10 February 2017
U.S. will on Feb. 13 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria for a provision of $160,000 ( 36million) grant to help in the preservation of the nation’s cultural heritage.
A statement by the U.S Embassy in Abuja on Friday stated that U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington would sign the MoU.

Smithsonian.com, 9 February 2017
As the battle to save Iraq from ISIS continues, Smithsonian experts are helping local people preserve their history. Mosul is an ancient city on the banks of the Tigris River, adjacent to the even more ancient archaeological site of Nineveh, which looms high above modern minarets, and another Assyrian site, Nimrud, 20 miles to the south.

AFS - Association d'Amitié France-Syrie, 22 January 2017
Témoignage remarquable de Samir Abdulac, Président du groupe de travail ICOMOS pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel en Irak et en Syrie, qui s’est rendu récemment à Damas pour assister à un congrès d’archéologues organisé par la DGAM( Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées de Syrie).