International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
Language is an important part of our intangible heritage. Every year on 18 December, the international community celebrates Arabic Language Day in honour of the culturally rich and poetic language spoken by more than 400 million people every day. This year is even more special – it marks 50 years since Arabic was made an official United Nations language!
For the last two and a half years, ICCROM’s flagship programme, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR), has been working to understand how climate change impacts cultural heritage and the role heritage can play in combatting the climate crisis, through knowledge-building and capacity-development initiatives, such as Climate.Culture.Peace and Net Zero: Heritage for...
Today, we celebrate 20 years of Oman being an ICCROM Member State! We take this opportunity to share updates on a rewarding project between ICCROM and the National Museum of Oman to restore historic homes in the capital city, Muscat.
On 28 and 29 November 2023, ICCROM along with Senghor University and more than 10 experts from different organizations and backgrounds, gathered to witness the launching of Utamaduni Heritage Hub, the first Heritage Hub in Egypt. The term “Utamaduni” stands for Heritage in Swahili language, while “Tamaduni” translates to civilization in Arabic.
The "Valuing Cultural Capital" event series, organized by ICCROM and the University of Glasgow and held at the official residence of the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Italy and the Ministry of Culture of Italy on 5 and 6 December, respectively, brought together heritage experts and economists to brainstorm how we can measure the value of our heritage and amplify it. These events explored the...
Between October and December 2023, Mauritius collaborated with the ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme, the Africa Unit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) and ICOMOS International to deliver hybrid capacity building on Impact Assessment for World Heritage.
On 20 November 2023, we were delighted to welcome a group of 13 international media professionals at ICCROM headquarters. The group was composed of members of the Foreign Press Association in Italy (L’Associazione della Stampa Estera in Italia), which has around 500 members from over 75 countries.
From 5 to 16 November 2023, ICCROM, together with the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) and the China Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH), in collaboration with the Changping Ming Tombs Administrative Centre, hosted the international course on assessing the effectiveness of World Heritage Management systems.
In the recent course edition held from 28 August to 15 September 2023, participants learned not only Japanese paper conservation techniques but also gained a deeper understanding of their cultural contexts. During the study tour in the second week (dates), the participants gained insight into how traditional techniques are preserved and transmitted through experiencing papermaking and visiting a...
The ICCROM community is devastated at the news of the death of Jukka Jokilehto, one of our most prolific former staff members and a great friend of the organization. Jukka retired in 1998 as Assistant to the Director General of ICCROM and was responsible for the training and conservation education of many generations of conservation professionals around the world. His depth of knowledge in the...