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Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth in Southeast Asia - Call for Applications

Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth in Southeast Asia - Call for Applications

We are thrilled to announce that the CH4IG Project: UK-Southeast Asia is now accepting applications until 31 August 2022, 6 p.m. CET. Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth (CH4IG) seeks to pioneer new ways for communities to actively share and protect their heritage while creating inclusive and sustainable growth.

Course participants offer hope for Mosul’s future

Course participants offer hope for Mosul’s future

As 22 young Moslawi architects and engineers came together for the first in a series of training workshops, they took a significant step towards helping their city recover its cultural heritage.

Young architects and engineers to boost heritage recovery in Mosul

Young architects and engineers to boost heritage recovery in Mosul

The first tranche of training under ICCROM’S capacity building programme in Mosul gets underway this November, when 25 young Moslawi professionals from the fields of architecture and engineering take part in a two-week orientation module.

Heritage Recovery in Mosul

Heritage Recovery in Mosul

ICCROM is kickstarting its Heritage Recovery Programme in Mosul, a two-year capacity building programme organized in collaboration with UNESCO and the University of Mosul and with the financial support of the Government of the United Arab Emirates and the European Union.

Soft Power Conference II

Culture and environment at the heart of sustainable recovery

After the success of last year's inaugural Soft Power Conference, the second edition was held on 30 and 31 August 2021, with our Director-General Webber Ndoro, a member of the Soft Power Club, representing ICCROM at the event in Venice, Italy. The members of the club are strong proponents of multilateral dialogue and collaboration as a means for nations to promote their interests, in what is the...

ICCROM kicks off capacity building programme for recovering urban heritage in Mosul

ICCROM kicks off capacity building programme for recovering urban heritage in Mosul

On 26 July 2021, ICCROM organized an online information meeting to mark the start of training being delivered within the framework of the Capacity Building for Holistic, Sustainable and Resilient Heritage Recovery of Mosul project, in partnership with UNESCO and with generous financial support by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the European Union (EU).

Warsaw Recommendation now available in Arabic

Warsaw Recommendation now available in Arabic

The Warsaw Recommendation on Recovery and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage is a document from 2018 constituting a comprehensive set of principles concerning the process of urban reconstruction and rebuilding of historic buildings or complexes of buildings destroyed as a result of armed conflicts or natural disasters.

Arab Forum Concludes and Winners of ICCROM-Sharjah Awards Announced

Arab Forum Concludes and Winners of ICCROM-Sharjah Awards Announced

Under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and the Ruler of Sharjah, the primary virtual meetings of the 2nd edition of the Arab Forum for Cultural Heritage concluded on 10 November. The Forum was organized online by ICCROM-Sharjah from 9-10 November 2020, under the title “Authenticity, Community and Conservation in the Arab Thought”.

Arab Forum for Cultural Heritage

Arab Forum for Cultural Heritage and ICCROM-Sharjah Awards

Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and the Ruler of Sharjah, ICCROM-Sharjah will organize virtual meetings as part of the 2nd edition of the Arab Forum for Cultural Heritage, entitled “Authenticity, Community and Conservation in the Arab Thought”, from 9-10 November 2020. This year, due to the precautionary measures imposed by the...

Soft Power: Coming Together to Tackle Global Issues

Soft Power: Coming Together to Tackle Global Issues

The Soft Power Club, an international association founded by former Minister of Culture of Italy, Francesco Rutelli, met in Venice for its first public event at the Giorgio Cini Foundation and the Prada Foundation from 31 August to 1 September. ICCROM had the privilege of participating both days, at a side event on 31 August on climate change as well as the round table session the next day.