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Breaking Language Barriers: FAR translates two more resources in Arabic

Breaking language barriers: FAR translates two more resources into Arabic

A Story of Change 3: Success Stories from the Alliance for Cultural First Aid, Peace and Resilience Project and Community-Based Heritage Indicators for Peace are now available in Arabic

RE-ORG training to improve storage at eleven museums in Portugal

RE-ORG training to improve storage at eleven museums in Portugal

The RE-ORG project continues to be very active and dynamic in Portugal after holding RE-ORG Lisboa in 2018. This year's workshop was held in Santarém on March 20, 21, and 27,28, where 35 museum professionals belonging to the group of 11 "Museums of Lezíria do Tejo" were trained to implement the RE-ORG method in their storage spaces.

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Do you work for a cultural institution seeking to improve its management strategy for digital heritage? Do you want to design digital operations which deliver value while responding to the needs of your users and stakeholders? Do you wish to learn how to communicate effectively with technologists and demonstrate impact to decision-makers? Become a learning partner of the Sustaining Digital...

RE-ORG CONO SUR Workshop

RE-ORG CONO SUR workshop

From 6 to 17 March, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes "Juan Ramón Vidal" and Museo Arqueológico y Antropológico "Casa Martínez" hosted the "RE-ORG CONO SUR Workshop for the safeguarding and dissemination of collections in deposit" in Corrientes, Argentina.

Welcoming a delegation from the Republic of Korea

Welcoming a delegation from the Republic of Korea

On Friday, 14 April, ICCROM welcomed a delegation of 19 officials from the Division of Cultural Heritage of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government from the Republic of Korea.

Second annual RE-ORG in Emilia-Romagna, Italy 

Second annual RE-ORG in Emilia-Romagna, Italy 

The second edition of the training course on the management and reorganization of museum repositories, RE-ORG 2023, has begun in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The course is promoted and organized by the Emilia-Romagna Region-Cultural Heritage Sector in agreement with ICOM Italy, under the guidance of ICCROM, and with the support of Cuckoo House.

Discussing the future of Heritage Hubs at Forum in Kenya

The first-ever “Heritage Hubs Connect Forum” took place at Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya

From 27 to 31 March 2023, more than 40 participants from 13 countries gathered in Mombasa to discuss practical and strategic ways to make Africa’s heritage an effective source of economic and social opportunities for youth. The Heritage Hubs Connect Forum has been organized in the framework of ICCROM’s Youth.Heritage.Africa (YHA) programme.

Visit from Cornell University students

Visit from Cornell University students

On 14 April, Professor Jeffrey M. Chusid from Cornell University's (USA) Department of City and Regional Planning brought his group of eight Master's students to visit ICCROM headquarters in Rome. The students, who are spending this spring semester in Rome, study architecture, conservation and planning.

Call for apps WHL SA

Call for applications – World Heritage Site Managers Forum

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN are delighted to announce that the 5th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers Forum (WHSMF23) will be organized in conjunction to the extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, with the theme: “Managing World Heritage for the Next 50 Years.”

Contributing to PROCULTHER-NET workshops in Volterra

Contributing to PROCULTHER-NET workshops in Volterra

ICCROM’s FAR programme led two full-day sessions on damage and risk assessment for cultural heritage as part of PROCULTHER-NET's advanced trainings on protecting cultural heritage in emergencies in line with European standards.* The sessions’ goal was to increase the integration of cultural heritage safeguarding in the Union Civil Protection Mechanism’s (UCPM) responses to disasters – building on...