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On 20 March 2023, ICCROM convened its second annual informational meeting, attended by representatives of our Member States and permanent observers from all regions of the world.

We are currently seeking the Director-General for ICCROM who is responsible for leading, managing and developing ICCROM to continue to fulfil its mission, vision, and strategic directions and objectives.

We are organizing the first-ever Heritage Hubs Connect Forum at Fort Jesus in Mombasa, Kenya, from 27 to 31 March 2023. The Forum will bring together about 30 stakeholders from African and European universities, heritage institutions, and cultural and technological hubs to exchange experience and opportunities and identify ways to collaborate for the sustainable growth of ICCROM's Heritage Hubs...

ICCROM visited the international Bologna Children's Book Fair, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The most important event of its kind, the fair offers a platform for exchange among publishers, rights holders, illustrators and others engaged in the international scene of children's and young adult literature.

On 2 and 3 March 2023, the Foundation Partners of the World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme – ICCROM, IUCN and the Ministry of Climate and Environment of Norway – met in Rome to kick off Phase 2 and shape future work on World Heritage capacity building.

We joined our long-standing partner, the ALIPH Foundation, and other cultural heritage preservation leaders at the 2023 ALIPH Forum in Abu Dhabi. ICCROM team members engaged in multiple fora across the two-day workshop, which focused on protecting and utilizing cultural heritage for peacebuilding at the nexus of conflict and climate change.

This year’s first edition of the People-Nature-Culture (PNC) course brought together 25 practitioners from 24 countries. There will be four more editions of PNC in 2023.

On the 6 March 2023, ICCROM Director-General Dr Webber Ndoro was honoured to welcome the Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Italy, H.E. Miguel Fernández-Palacios.

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On 27 February 2023, our Director-General Webber Ndoro had the honour of meeting the President and CEO of Parks Canada, Ron Hallman, during a visit to Ottawa. Also present was Patricia Kell, Executive Director of Cultural Heritage at Parks Canada and member of the ICCROM Council.