International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Sudan workshop, June 2023

ICCROM's FAR programme helps Sudan national crisis response and risk management

From 3 to 5 June 2023, ICCROM’s FAR programme, supported by its alumni and long-standing partner, the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation (EHRF), co-led an emergency workshop and forum at the Child Museum in Cairo, Egypt, aimed at supporting Sudan in safeguarding its heritage sites.

Visit to discuss about protection of cultural property in times of crisis

Visit to discuss about protection of cultural property in times of crisis

On 6 June 2023, we received a group of experts from different backgrounds at ICCROM headquarters to talk about a potential partnership initiative for the protection of cultural property in times of crisis.

FAR Ecuador workshop 2023

Workshop on damage and risk assessment for Ecuador following earthquake

On 10 May 2023, the ICCROM FAR team conducted a damage and risk assessment workshop for the Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural from Ecuador. We received a formal request from ICCROM Council Member Mr Juan Badillo and Ms Valentina Brevi, Director of de Gestión de Riesgos del Patrimonio Cultural, to hold the workshop in light of a recent earthquake that destroyed the city of Cuenca, Ecuador –...

Net Zero

Field-testing of integrated strategies for heritage-based climate action, disaster risk reduction and peacebuilding begins!

The in-person workshop of the second phase of the “Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action” project, “Developing Integrated Strategies for Heritage Safeguard, Climate Action, Disaster Risk Reduction and Peacebuilding,” held from 11 April to 3 May 2023, in Rome and Cinque Terre has come to an end with concrete ways in which heritage can be used to reduce risks, enhance adaptive capacities, mitigate...

From Climate Change to Climate Chance: Learning from Place-Specific Knowledge Held in Cinque Terre and Beyond

From climate change to climate chance: Learning from place-specific knowledge held in Cinque Terre and beyond

The National Park of Cinque Terre welcomed Net Zero’s five innovation teams in Manarola, Cinque Terre, a World Heritage Site in Northern Italy to share their knowledge and experiences in implementing a climate change adaptation plan for recovering their traditional abandoned terraces and rejuvenate endangered marine life.

Breaking Language Barriers: FAR translates two more resources in Arabic

Breaking language barriers: FAR translates two more resources into Arabic

A Story of Change 3: Success Stories from the Alliance for Cultural First Aid, Peace and Resilience Project and Community-Based Heritage Indicators for Peace are now available in Arabic

Contributing to PROCULTHER-NET workshops in Volterra

Contributing to PROCULTHER-NET workshops in Volterra

ICCROM’s FAR programme led two full-day sessions on damage and risk assessment for cultural heritage as part of PROCULTHER-NET's advanced trainings on protecting cultural heritage in emergencies in line with European standards.* The sessions’ goal was to increase the integration of cultural heritage safeguarding in the Union Civil Protection Mechanism’s (UCPM) responses to disasters – building on...

Can cultural heritage help us reach Net Zero? Teams from 5 climate hotspots gather at ICCROM to find out

Can cultural heritage help us reach Net Zero? Teams from 5 climate hotspots gather at ICCROM to find out

Starting today, multidisciplinary teams from climate hotspots in Brazil, Egypt, India, Sudan and Uganda and their “sherpas” (mentors) are gathered at ICCROM headquarters for a hybrid three-week workshop on “Developing Integrated Strategies for Heritage Safeguard, Climate Action, Disaster Risk Reduction and Peacebuilding.”

USUN Ukraine event

Safeguarding cultural heritage in Ukraine with support of United States

We are happy to announce that the United States has contributed close to $250,000 to benefit ICCROM’s efforts in building Ukrainian capacity to recover and safeguard its cultural heritage. The funding is part of the US Department of State’s $7 million investment in its recently announced Ukraine Cultural Heritage Response Initiative.

MS Meeting

ICCROM Member State Induction Briefing 2023

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.