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Discovering Samples Archives webinar – posters and recordings now online

In September 2021, we launched a call for submissions for an online poster session on heritage samples archives as part of our Heritage Samples Archives Initiative (HSAI). The response was impressive, with 40 posters from 22 countries accepted for publication. From these, we selected 13 posters to be presented at a two-day online poster session and roundtable webinar, held on 29 and 30 November...

Little India, Singapore

Best wishes for a bright year ahead

From everyone at ICCROM, thank you for supporting our work in 2021. We hope you can enjoy some time with family and friends as we head into the new year.

Alliance for Cultural First Aid, Peace and Resilience

Bridging divides and developing capacities for cultural heritage first aid and disaster resilience

Twenty-three months of blended learning, 20 participants and four mentors. Alliance for Cultural First Aid, Peace and Resilience is a cascading capacity development project of ICCROM conceived with the support of ALIPH foundation, and held in partnership with the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation (EHRF) and Zurich based Centre for Security Studies (CSS).

RE-ORG Catalonia

Catalan museums ready to embrace RE-ORG

In a first for Catalonia, 25 museum professionals from some of the main institutions and networks responsible for preventive conservation in the region have been trained in the RE-ORG Method, working together to reorganize storage at the Víctor Balaguer Library Museum in Vilanova i la Geltrú. In just five days, the group managed to move around 5 000 pieces across eight rooms, securing these...

Arab Cultural Heritage Award for the Young

Arab Cultural Heritage Award for the Young – entries now open

ICCROM-Sharjah and the National Commissions for UNESCO in the Arab Region are launching a regional competition on heritage and sustainable development for school students. 'Our heritage brings us together' aims to raise awareness about the importance of preserving cultural heritage in the Arab region.

ICCROM-Sharjah Award 2022

ICCROM–Sharjah Award - entries now open

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, ICCROM’s Regional Office in Sharjah (ICCROM-Sharjah) invites applications for the ICCROM-Sharjah Award for good practices in cultural heritage conservation and management in the Arab Region in 2021.

Lazare Eloundou Assomo attends the 31st ICCROM General Assembly in 2019.

ICCROM welcomes announcement of new World Heritage Centre head

Director-General Webber Ndoro and the entire ICCROM team congratulate our collaborator and friend Lazare Eloundou Assomo on his appointment as Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. He brings a fresh perspective combined with a wealth of knowledge and experience gained from his more than two decades leading vital projects and programmes in places such as Mali, as well as at the World...

Digital is a continent. How do we build a home for heritage here?

Digital is a continent. How do we build a home for heritage here?

“There is a new continent made of bits, powered by machines, accessible by anyone, anywhere.” If we envisage the digital realm as one huge landmass, where does heritage fit within it? This was the premise of the ‘Digital Imperative’ project, conceived in the framework of ICCROM’s prospective activity on Sustaining Digital Heritage. We are excited to be able to share the findings of our research.

Climate.Culture.Peace – Call for Contributions

Climate.Culture.Peace – Call for Contributions – extended until 2 January 2022!

Join us and contribute to a knowledge-building initiative connecting climate change to the diversity of human cultures and heritage. As climate crises intensify and spread, culture can, and should play a role in reducing the impacts of climate change. Climate.Culture.Peace is a unique initiative looking to explore the interconnections between climate change, culture and heritage, peace and...

New look BCIN launches with support from four original partners

New look BCIN launches with support from four original partners

One of the most important tools for retrieving bibliographic information on cultural heritage conservation has relaunched on a new platform. Offering access to more than 260 000 references from several leading institutions, the upgraded Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN) is easier to search and comes with the features users expect from modern online library...