International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
From 1 to 7 September, an international symposium entitled “The need of a constructive dialogue between peoples and cultures and the Olympic idea” was held at the site of Ancient Olympia, Greece. The conference was given under the auspices of the International Olympic Academy and was organized by Dr Spyros Mercouris, President of HORIZONS – Human & Cultural Activities, together with a range of...
Sophy Janowski joined ICCROM as Chief Management Officer in the summer of 2015. Ms. Janowski oversees all aspects of ICCROM’s operations and has overall responsibility for budget and finance, human resources, information systems, building and operations, as well as organizational development and resource mobilization.
Following a 2011 resolution adopted by ICCROM Member States on the reorganization of museum storage, in 2013 ICCROM launched a large-scale call for partners to implement RE-ORG projects worldwide. More than 40 Member States showed interested in the initiative. Since then ad hoc regional and national initiatives are being organized.
Webber Ndoro, Director of the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and Associate Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, will receive the ICCROM Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of cultural heritage conservation and to the development of the institution.
The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) today expressed outrage at the reported destruction by the militant group ISIS of the 1st century Temple of Bel, one of the finest and best preserved monuments of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Palmyra.
It is with profound sadness that ICCROM and the international professional community have received the news of the death of an outstanding Syrian archaeologist and heritage specialist, Mr Khalid Al-Asa’ad.
Brussels, 2-4 September – International experts from across the world this week will discuss ways to look beyond professional and institutional boundaries, actively listening to each other and sharing strategies to ensure a safe and creative tomorrow for sound and image heritage. Their concrete strategies will sustain this unique heritage, creatively using it to promote social development.
From 18-20 November, representatives of governments from all regions of the world will meet at the FAO headquarters in Rome for the XXIX General Assembly of ICCROM.
In recent months, ICCROM has said farewell to four beloved members of the staff. As ICCROM’s Director-General Stefano De Caro put it, “In a small organization such as ICCROM, every colleague who ends his cycle inevitably leaves a void and a piece of knowledge and experience, and it will be a challenge to fill that gap.”
On 13 July, Stefano De Caro, Director-General of ICCROM was invited to a public hearing on “Destruction and trafficking of cultural heritage”, organized by the European Parliament’s Culture and Education Committee.