International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
From 22 to 26 September 2025, ICCROM, together with APOYOnline, the International Institute for Conservation (IIC), and the University of Valencia, gathered civil society organizations and hundreds of museum professionals, archivists, policymakers, researchers and cultural leaders online for the global conference “Collections 2030 and Beyond: Activating Heritage Collections for Sustainable...
The 5th Arab Forum for Cultural Heritage, organized by ICCROM through its Regional Centre in Sharjah, concluded today with a powerful call to empower women and youth as central actors in protecting and revitalizing heritage. Over three days of exchange, cultural leaders, policymakers, and practitioners came together to reaffirm that safeguarding heritage is not only about preserving the past but...
The Integrated Territorial and Urban Conservation (ITUC) course has successfully concluded in Urbino, marking the revival of this landmark ICCROM capacity-building programme after 22 years.
On this International Translation Day, ICCROM highlights the power of languages as bridges of understanding, social cohesion and international cooperation.
ICCROM Director-General Gujral received a courtesy visit from H.E. Mr Martin Selmayr, Ambassador of the European Union to the Holy See, the Order of Malta, the UN Organizations in Rome and to the Republic of San Marino.
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From 25 to 29 August 2025, 34 professionals from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for a regional training on strengthening disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness for culture. Jointly organized by UNESCO Almaty and ICCROM through its flagship First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) Programme...
In the first week of August, the Director-General of ICCROM, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral took part in the World Archaeology: Archaeology of Landfills International Conference held in Seoul, Republic of Korea co-organized by ICCROM, the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH), under the Korea Heritage Service (KHS), and brought together experts from Korea, Italy, Mexico, Spain and...
ICCROM Director-General Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral welcomed H.E. Marilyn Giuseppina Di Luca Santaella, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Venezuela in Rome, for discussions on revitalizing cultural heritage collaboration.
READY programme equips heritage professionals with tools for disaster risk management, resilience, and cultural first aid.