International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
On 26 June 2023, ICCROM held its first Asia-Pacific Regional Information Meeting for our Member States, partners and those interested in our work in the region. The event provided an overview of ICCROM’s programmes and activities while facilitating discussions on regional challenges and opportunities for collaboration.
We are excited to announce that the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessment in a World Heritage context is now available in French, making it accessible to thousands more cultural and natural heritage custodians.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN are delighted to announce that the 5th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers Forum (WHSMF23) will be organized in conjunction to the extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, with the theme: “Managing World Heritage for the Next 50 Years.”
We at ICCROM were happy to see many new faces in the first quarter of 2023, with more people than ever working together in our offices in Rome, Italy, and Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
As the world continues to work toward transitioning to sustainable energy sources, it is crucial to ensure that such development efforts are complementary to the protection of World Heritage. Impact assessment is an essential tool that can support this transition while protecting our heritage.
The ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme and the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) joined forces for a three-part capacity-building action focused on strengthening Arab regional capacities on disaster risk management and resilience building for World Heritage.
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.
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.
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.