International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
On November 27, ICCROM’s Director-General, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, met with Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah's Department of Government Relations (DGR), and Sheikh Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasimi, Director of DGR, at the House of Wisdom in Sharjah.
On 26 November 2024, ICCROM’s Director-General, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, met with H.E. Sheikh Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi, Minister of Culture of the United Arab Emirates, at the Ministry's headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
On November 27, ICCROM’s Director-General, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, met with H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Almusallam, Chairman of the Sharjah Institute for Heritage and former ICCROM Council member. The meeting focused on advancing their shared commitment to cultural heritage conservation and community empowerment.
After four weeks of dedicated research, the International Training Course on Climate Action for Sustainable Built Heritage Conservation and Management has come to a close.
On 25-26 November 2024, the ICCROM and IUCN World Heritage Leadership programme (WHL) delivered a two-day World Heritage Impact Assessment workshop in Dublin, Ireland to 80 participants working in heritage, planning, tourism and development. The workshop was carried out in partnership with the Irish National Monuments Service and the Office of Public Works.
The European Commission-led Expert Group has unveiled its Recommendations on Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in Ukraine, a framework addressing the challenges posed by ongoing conflict and climate-related risks.
The ICCROM Regional Centre in Sharjah organized a special ceremony to announce the winning projects of the 4th cycle of the ICCROM-Sharjah Award for Good Practices in the Preservation and Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Arab Region (2023-2024), and the 3rd cycle of the Arab Cultural Heritage Award for the Young, at the headquarters of the ICCROM Regional Centre in Sharjah - Centre for...
The ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) Programme joined forces with the Beijing Forestry University (BFU) School of Landscape Architecture to host the Heritage and Landscape Conservation Conference and the first in-person workshop of the Heritage Place Lab 2024-2025.
On 22 November 2024, ICCROM and ICOM renewed their longstanding partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their shared commitment to conserving, developing, and utilizing museum collections as invaluable assets for the benefit of humanity.
Since its launch in May 2024, the Our Collections Matter (OCM) Self-assessment Tool has been available to museums, libraries, archives, and other organizations working with heritage collections worldwide. This tool uses a series of targeted questions to help these organizations better understand how their collections-based work contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and...