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On 6 April, a group of students from Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, currently studying at the International Academy of Rome, visited ICCROM. They were led by Dr Hicran Topcu, past ICCROM Fellow.

The International Course on Stone Conservation, implemented by ICCROM in collaboration with Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), has just been inaugurated in Mexico City. It was due to have taken place in 2017, but due to the tragic earthquakes that struck Mexico in September of last year, the course was postponed until March 2018.

World Heritage Site managers from across the globe are invited to participate in this year’s Forum, aimed at continuing to empower World Heritage Site Managers on the international stage.

On 14 - 15 March, ICCROM hosted the 2018 annual donor’s meeting for the World Heritage Leadership Programme with the Norwegian Government.

On 15 December, ICCROM received the visit of a group of trustees from Barnard and Columbia Universities, New York.

Ireland has been a Member State of ICCROM since 1986, and over the years Irish professionals working in the cultural heritage sector have had the opportunity to attend excellent ICCROM training events worldwide. Participants have always returned full of enthusiasm, each time praising the experience and the high quality of training that they have received, as well as valuing the connections with...

Cultural heritage narrates our human story. Imagine what our lives would be like without it: our cities without museums and monuments, our families without stories and old photographs. Our heritage is a defining feature of our existence, our sameness and our differences. So why then is it often so difficult to persuade decision-makers that it deserves consideration? When budgets are being...

Gennaro Tampone, Italian expert in historic wood structures and long-time ICCROM collaborator, has died in Florence at the age of 81. His involvement in the preservation and enhancement of architectural heritage was of great importance, not only for specialists but also for the entire restoration community. Prof Tampone was an authoritative member of ICOMOS, and a notable scholar who made...

The Arab Forum on Cultural Heritage, held in Sharjah, UAE from 6 – 8 February 2018, examines the philosophical contexts and values that inform conservation practices in the wider Arab region.

On 2 February, Mrs Gihane Zaki, Director of the Egyptian Academy in Rome and ICCROM Council Member, visited ICCROM.