International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
On 21 March 2023, Our Director-General, Webber Ndoro, welcomed Dr Jopela Albino, Head of Programmes at the African World Heritage Fund, to coordinate joint projects on capacity building and sustainable conservation of World Heritage in Africa. The visit was coordinated by Youth.Heritage.Africa programme team.
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.
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.
On 21 February, professor Lyette Fortin and her architecture and conservation students from Carleton University, Canada, visited us at ICCROM headquarters. Professor Fortin spent several months at ICCROM in 1986, participating in one of our foundational courses, the Architectural Conservation Course.
On 16 February 2023, our Director-General Webber Ndoro welcomed representatives of the Stati Generali del Patrimonio Italiano – President Prof. Ivan Drogo Inglese and General Counsel Carlo Magrassi – to ICCROM headquarters. Also present was Dr Iyad Hafez from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy to Italy.
We were happy to welcome Dr Dena Assaf, United Nations Resident Coordinator for the United Arab Emirates, to our Regional Office in Sharjah, UAE, on 12 January.
On 11 January, Dr Zaki Aslan, Director of the ICCROM Sharjah Regional Office, met the US Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome, Ambassador Cindy McCain, together with a delegation from the United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Dr Zaki Aslan, Director of the ICCROM-Sharjah Regional Office, welcomed Mr Andrew Potts and Ms Haifaa AbdelalHaleem at our Regional Office in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mr Potts is the coordinator of the Climate Heritage Network and has previously served as ICOMOS Focal Point for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Ms AbdelalHaleem is an ICOMOS Jordan Heritage...
On 14 December 2022, ICCROM Director-General Dr Webber Ndoro had the honour of receiving The Head of the State Service for Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr Azad Jafarli and Mr Rustam Bayramov, Second Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Italy and Nazrin Mammadova, Head specialist of the...
On 1 December 2022, we were honoured to receive Matthew D. Steinhelfer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, and Nick O’Neill, Deputy Director (Acting) Western Hemisphere and European Affairs, from the US Department of State Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations; and Sam Rothenberg, Alternate Permanent Representative and Political/Economic Officer, from the US Mission to the United...
