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Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women who help save cultural heritage in areas afflicted by conflict and natural disasters.

Aparna Tandon leads the First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Programme at Iccrom, the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. She has worked in countries afflicted by conflict and natural disasters – like Haiti, Nepal, Japan, Italy, and more recently, in the areas of Turkey and Syria hit by the 2023 earthquake.

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“ICCROM can help unemployment in youth, and heritage should be seen as essential for their livelihood,” he explained. “We see heritage as something that can provide answers to some issues…provide jobs, provide employment, provide entrepreneurship…The youth has to be a major stakeholder in what we do.”

Several provinces that were hit by the two strongest earthquakes in Türkiye's history are home to many historical buildings. The area includes six UNESCO World Heritage sites.

We talk to Aparna Tandon from Iccrom, the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, about culture’s significance in the humanitarian response to the crisis.

災害などで被害を受けた文化財を修復する活動を行う人たちが、その意義について話し合うシンポジウムが、１２日、東北大学で開かれ、被災者の心のケアのためにも素早い対応が必要だという意見が出されました。

The three-day regional workshop on “Climate Change and Historic Cities in the MENA Region: Integrating Traditional Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation and the Sustainable Development of Historic Cities,” in Sharjah, UAE, concluded on 2 February 2023. The workshop was organized by the ICCROM Regional Office for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Arab States (ICCROM-Sharjah) with the generous support of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah.

The US Mission in Rome also represents the US’s government and other international organizations, including the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). As US Ambassador to ICCROM, she also visited Mleiha in Sharjah, an ICCROM site and a UNESCO-nominated world heritage site.

20 digital technologists and community representatives from Eastern and Southern Africa will participate in the lab that will be facilitated by regional and international experts from Electric South, the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and UNESCO.

This article gives a quick overview of ICCROM's response to heritage safeguard in Ukraine.

The “World Heritage Futures Lab: Southern and Eastern Africa edition” will facilitate the development and dissemination of dynamic digital content and products for a deeper understanding and appreciation of the contribution of World Heritage in Southern and Eastern Africa to sustainable development and lasting peace. It will enhance the capacities of African creative technologists and local communities living in or around selected Southern and Eastern African World Heritage sites to interpret World Heritage values and contribute to the development of new attractive and engaging narratives about World Heritage sites in the two regions. The lab will also enhance African creative technologists’ capacities on experiential and immersive digital technologies.