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ICCROM, through our Regional Centre in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, has joined forces with the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) to release two critical new resources covering cultural heritage recovery and international…
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On 20 February 2024, Professor Lyette Fortin, an alumna of ICCROM's ARC course in 1986, returned to ICCROM along with her students from the Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Program at the Azrieli School of Architecture and…
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Do you work with collections? Learn how your work can contribute to the SDGs through workshops and field projects with ICCROM Our Collections Matter in 2024
The application deadline has been extended to 31 March 2024. The application form is…
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The Heritage-Based Climate Action International Virtual Conference presents three opportunities to take your participation to the next level. All of these are transformative exchanges of ideas about the intersection of heritage conservation,…
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On Tuesday, 13 February 2024, we had the privilege of hosting His Excellency Sheikh Fahim Bin Sultan Bin Khalid Al Qasimi, Executive Chairman of the Department of Government Relations, the Executive Council of the Emirate of Sharjah, United…
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The final concluding meetings took place online on 16 January 2024
On 16 January 2024, Our Collections Matter (OCM) Field Projects 2023 participants gathered online to share project results and personal reflections on this experience with…
Resource of the Month
Located on the picturesque banks of the Nile, the historical and urban area of Giza in Egypt is a testament to the rich history of human civilization, where ancient monuments intermingle with a modern urban structure. Home to the famous Giza…
Press release
Rome, 13 February 2024
Loss and damage to cultural heritage arising from disasters and conflicts cause or exacerbate personal and social trauma. Often, this constitutes the first trigger for pursuing the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed…
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This new publication by ICOMOS and ICCROM– Guidance on Post-Disaster and Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction for Heritage Places of Cultural Significance and World Heritage Cultural Properties – is intended for experts working in heritage…
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تم إصدار هذا المورد كجزء من التعاون بين المجلس الدولي للمعالم والمواقع (إيكوموس) والمكتب الإقليمي لحفظ التراث الثقافي في المنطقة العربية (مركز إيكروم – الشارقة). وقد حظي هذا التعاون بدعم صاحب السمو الشيخ الدكتور سلطان بن محمد القاسمي، حاكم الشارقة…
Press release
30 January 2024, Rome, Italy – This resource has been published as part of a collaboration between the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the Regional Office for Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Arab Region…
Courses
Why this course?
By 2040, exposure to damaging flooding is expected to increase from 2.2 billion to 3.6 billion people, trending towards half the world’s population.
Climate variability and change are increasing the frequency and intensity of…
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Organizers: TOBUNKEN - Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties and ICCROM - International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
The course
Japanese paper is internationally…
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At the end of 2023, in addition to the fellows and interns who continued their assignments, we welcomed to ICCROM headquarters a new intern, Ms Euiyeon Lee from the Republic of Korea, who joined the World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme.…
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On 17 January 2024, the Director-General of ICCROM, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, had the honour of receiving H.E. Carlos Garcia de Alba, Ambassador of Mexico to Italy, also accredited to Albania, Malta, and San Marino. Accompanied by…
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On 16 January 2024, the Director-General of ICCROM, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, received a courtesy visit from H.E. Mirta Granda Averhoff, Ambassador of Cuba to Italy.
The meeting focused on discussing potential heritage conservation…
Resource of the Month
1973 Tunisia Kairouan Mosque by Franco Rigamonti
This is a photograph of the upper part of the mihrab of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, a World Heritage site since 1988. It is a close-up of the half-dome, which is made of curved wood…
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On 10 January 2024, ICCROM warmly welcomed our first visitors in the new year! It was our pleasure to receive ICCROM Council Member Ola Wetterberg and a group of his Objects and Built Heritage Conservation students from the University of Gothenburg…
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The ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme, the Unit for the Caribbean and Latin America of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and the Regional World Heritage Institute in Zacatecas (IRPMZ) have come together to support World Heritage…
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We are delighted to announce the beginning of Ms Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral's term as Director-General of ICCROM. Ms Gujral officially commenced her mandate in January 2024 following her nomination by the ICCROM…
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Dear ICCROM friends,
I would like to thank all of you for the outstanding support I received during my six-year term as Director-General. Some moments have proved challenging but always very stimulating, and through the continuous and…
Courses
Organisateurs : ICCROM, UICN, Administration du Patrimoine culturel de la République de Corée, Université nationale de la République de Corée pour le Patrimoine culturel et Ministère norvégien du Climat et de l’Environnement.
Nous recherchons…
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Organizers: The Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia represented through its Heritage Commission, Saudi National Committee for Education, Culture and Science and ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership Programme.
The Heritage…
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On 18 December 2023, we celebrated the successful completion of the first phase of our Undertaking Business in Culture (UBIC) project's entrepreneurship workshop. This pivotal three-month phase brought together 20 talented and dedicated cultural…
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After three intense weeks, the on-site portion of the 2023 ICCROM International Stone Conservation Course in Campeche, Mexico, concluded with a celebration ceremony on 2 December 2023. The ceremony, led by organizing authorities from Mexico…