International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
On 22 February, ICCROM Director General Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral had the honour of welcoming HE Olga Maria Pérez Tuna, Ambassador of Guatemala to Italy, and Ministro Consigliere Cecilia Cáceres Valdez to ICCROM HQ. This gathering allowed us to explore opportunities to strengthen our cooperation towards our shared commitment to conserving cultural heritage.
On Tuesday, 13 February 2024, we had the privilege of hosting His Excellency Sheikh Fahim Bin Sultan Bin Khalid Al Qasimi, Executive Chairman of the Department of Government Relations, the Executive Council of the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, at ICCROM headquarters in Rome. Leveraging heritage for good, including initiatives to enhance well-being and use innovative technologies for...
At the end of 2023, in addition to the fellows and interns who continued their assignments, we welcomed to ICCROM headquarters a new intern, Ms Euiyeon Lee from the Republic of Korea, who joined the World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme.
On 17 January 2024, the Director-General of ICCROM, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, had the honour of receiving H.E. Carlos Garcia de Alba, Ambassador of Mexico to Italy, also accredited to Albania, Malta, and San Marino.
On 16 January 2024, the Director-General of ICCROM, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, received a courtesy visit from H.E. Mirta Granda Averhoff, Ambassador of Cuba to Italy.
On 10 January 2024, ICCROM warmly welcomed our first visitors in the new year! It was our pleasure to receive ICCROM Council Member Ola Wetterberg and a group of his Objects and Built Heritage Conservation students from the University of Gothenburg.
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.
On 24 October, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro received a courtesy visit from HE Ambassador of the Philippines to Italy Mr Nathaniel Imperial.
Since the creation of our Internship and Fellows Programme in 2002, more than 200 people have benefited from the experience of undertaking a period of personal development with ICCROM. During the third quarter of 2023, in addition to those fellows and volunteers who continued their work, we welcomed five new interns.
On 15 September, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro was honoured to meet with HE Ambassador Nosipho Nausca Jean Ngcaba, Ambassador of South Africa to Italy, at ICCROM headquarters.
