Emergency Response

In the event of a complex emergency, and upon a specific request from the affected member state, FAC programme mobilizes its network of cultural first aiders world-wide to assist with post event damage assessments for all type of cultural heritage; conduct on-site training for volunteers, professionals and humanitarians to salvage and stabilize damaged heritage; and build capacity for planning as well as implementing post-disaster recovery operations at scale.

Previous responses have included Haiti (2010), the Philippines (2013), South Sudan (2013), Nepal (2015-2016) and Myanmar (2016)

2020: Learning from Disasters and Pandemics

Online workshop for museum leaders to design post earthquake response and recovery

• https://www.iccrom.org/news/effective-response-multi-hazard-emergencies
• https://www.iccrom.org/events/learning-disasters-and-pandemics
• https://en.unesco.org/news/twin-disasters-unesco-iccrom-and-icom-support-croatias-post-earthquake-response-cultural

2018 : Kerala Rescue Initiative

• https://www.iccrom.org/news/kerala-heritage-rescue-initiative
• https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/iccrom-to-salvage-cultural-wealth-of-flood-hit-kerala/article25145283.ece

Haiti

• First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Haiti
• Helping Heritage in Haiti
• Helping Heritage in Haiti (News Coverage)

Philippines

• Meeting for Heritage Damage Assessment in the Philippines

Nepal

• Nepal's museums re-opening post-earthquake
• ICCROM aids post-earthquake recovery of heritage in Nepal
• Nepal Cultural Emergency Report
• Overview Report of the Nepal Cultural Emergency Crowdmap Initiative
• Help us collect information on the Nepal Earthquake
• First Aid to Nepal’s Cultural Heritage
• ICCROM forms an international alliance to assist in Nepal’s cultural recovery
• Video: from Response to resilience

Myanmar

• ICCROM supports Myanmar after the earthquake
• Rapid Assessment for Mural Paintings at Risk in Bagan, Myanmar