Saramang tao temple - indonesia
Saramang tao temple - indonesia

ICCROM continues to have a strong presence in Asia and the Pacific thanks to longstanding and effective partnerships. Its ongoing collaboration with the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) of the Republic of Korea has enabled ICCROM to continue pursuing cooperation for education, training and research in cultural heritage conservation in the region. As a result, the CollAsia programme for the conservation of collections in Southeast Asia has moved forward with new activities. ICCROM continues to address the capacity-building needs of the Asia Pacific region in all aspects of heritage conservation, with objectives of promoting heritage as a contributor for sustainable development in the region and around the globe.

Thanks to its close collaboration as well as generous funding and secondment provided by the Japanese authorities ICCROM is able to offer collaborative projects based on Japanese expertise on seismic retrofitting and reinforcement solutions that protect human life while also preserving historic structures, as well as holistic knowledge and experience of Japanese paper and Japanese traditional conservation approaches and techniques.

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Japan Embassy visit 2023
26 May 2023

Visit from Embassy of Japan to the Italian Republic

On 24 May 2023, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro had the honour of meeting a delegation from the Embassy of Japan to the Italian Republic here at ICCROM headquarters in Rome. The delegation consisted of Minister Tsukasa Hirota, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Japan in Italy, and Ms Chiharu Umezawa from the Cultural Section.

Welcoming a delegation from the Republic of Korea
19 Apr 2023

Welcoming a delegation from the Republic of Korea

On Friday, 14 April, ICCROM welcomed a delegation of 19 officials from the Division of Cultural Heritage of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government from the Republic of Korea.

NCHA visit to ICCROM-Sharjah
30 Mar 2023

Visit from the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) of China

On 29 March, ICCROM-Sharjah Director Zaki Aslan happily received a delegation from the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) of China at the ICCROM Regional Office in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

CH4IG Bangkok meeting
29 Mar 2023

CH4IG: Looking back on one year and planning next steps

The Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth (CH4IG) – UK-Southeast Asia Collaboration wrapped up with a two-day meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, from 27 to 28 February 2023.

Jodhpur, India
19 Jan 2023

Gathering indigenous knowledge to mitigate climate crisis in five climate hotspots – Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action

A first-of-its-kind capacity development project, Net Zero is engaging five multidisciplinary teams and communities at five climate hotspots to leverage indigenous knowledge and local practices on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Through collaborative learning, research and community-led action in the field, the five teams from Brazil, Egypt, India, Sudan and Uganda will develop and field...

CollAsia Cambodia group pic
21 Dec 2022

Putting heritage to work for sustainable development – CollAsia Cambodia

The first CollAsia course on sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals brought 20 participants from 12 countries together in Siem Reap, Cambodia, for three weeks of intensive learning that they can apply to their work in museums, libraries, archives and heritage sites.

ICCROM’s pioneering resource on First Aid to Cultural Heritage now in Dari
30 Nov 2022

ICCROM’s pioneering resource on First Aid to Cultural Heritage now in Dari

To break language barriers and enhance emergency preparedness to safeguard cultural heritage in Afghanistan, Hashimi translated ICCROM-FAR’s First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Handbook and Toolkit into Dari, one of the official languages of Afghanistan. The Handbook will help the heritage community implement coordinated cultural rescue and risk reduction operations. The Toolkit...

HIST and ICCROM sign agreement for collaboration on space technologies for world cultural heritage conservation

On 24 October 2022, Professor Huadong Guo, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, met online with Dr Webber Ndoro, Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (ICCROM), to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
mou signing
25 Oct 2022

HIST and ICCROM sign agreement for collaboration on space technologies for world cultural heritage conservation

On 24 October 2022, Professor Huadong Guo, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, met online with Dr Webber Ndoro, Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (ICCROM), to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

CHA visit ICCROM
21 Oct 2022

Welcoming CHA delegation to headquarters

We were happy to welcome a delegation from the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea (CHA) to ICCROM headquarters on 19 October 2022.