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Workshop on Preliminary Assessment Requests for National Focal Points from the Asia Region Chengdu, 🇨🇳 | 21-22 October 2024 💼 This workshop was organised by ICOMOS and ICOMOS China in collaboration with the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration and WHITRAP. It aimed to familiarise national focal points in the Asia region with the new #WorldHeritage Preliminary Assessment process and train them to prepare and submit adequate nomination requests. 📖 The 2-day workshop featured presentations by ICOMOS and group work coordinated by professionals from ICOMOS China and WHITRAP. Participants attended sessions on the principles of the #WorldHeritageConvention and learned about the specificities of the #PreliminaryAssessment process, including its aims, timeline, and its key concepts such as Outstanding Universal Value (OUV), integrity and authenticity, management requirements, and the involvement of local communities within nomination projects. 👥 ICOMOS President Teresa Patrício, ICOMOS China President Song Xinchao and ICOMOS China Secretariat Director Haiming Yan gave introductory remarks during the opening ceremony. ICOMOS World Heritage Evaluation Unit Director Gwenaëlle Bourdin and ICOMOS World Heritage Advisors Luisa De Marco and Jun Zheng then delivered presentations covering the workshop's key themes. 📷 ICOMOS China

𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 ▪️ Internship | Documentation Assistant ▪️ Duration: 6 months ▪️ Start: January/February 2025 (flexible) Based at the ICOMOS headquarters in Charenton-le-Pont (FR) 🔴 ▪️ Candidates must be fluent in English & French! ▪️ Before applying, please make sure you are able to work in France for the entire duration of the internship. ➡️Apply before 15 November: https://buff.ly/3A3HhPd #stage #documentation #archiviste #internship #archivist #culturalheritage

📣 REGISTRATION OPEN for the ICOMOS #AGA2024 🇧🇷 Ouro Preto & online│10-17 November 2024 🤔 Are you an ICOMOS member? If so, this information is for you! → The 2024 ICOMOS Annual General Assembly, hosted by ICOMOS Brazil in Ouro Preto, will offer participants the chance to build an international network with fellow heritage practitioners, experts, and professionals. Participants will enjoy a discovery of the city, followed by meetings focused on reinforcing the ICOMOS mission and fostering collaboration among members, Committees, and Working Groups. Attendance to the AGA2024 is exclusive to ICOMOS members. The Symposium is open to all. 📝 Register here: https://buff.ly/3Yog5UO 🔴 Deadline for in-person attendance: 1 November 🔴 Deadline for online attendance: 10 November 📅 Event programme: https://buff.ly/4hiWZqD ℹ️ More info on the official AGA2024 website: https://buff.ly/3U6wKcR

𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 ▪️ Network Coordinator ▪️ Permanent contract ▪️ Start: December 2024/January 2025 (flexible) Based at the ICOMOS headquarters in Charenton-le-Pont (FR) 🔴 ▪️ Candidates must be fluent in English and French ▪️ Before applying, please make sure you possess a valid French work permit ➡️Apply before 23 October 2024: https://buff.ly/401lFNV #networkcoordination #culturalheritage

🍃 Carbon Literacy for Heritage Professionals 📚 The Preserving Legacies education team, including ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group Focal Point Will Megarry, delivered the 2nd Carbon Literacy Course for Heritage Professionals to participants from the National Monuments Service and the Office of Public Works in Dublin on 4 October. 💼 This course aimed to enhance participants' understanding of the human impact on #ClimateChange and to identify effective ways to respond to the challenges it poses. It explored the intersections between #CulturalHeritage and climate, and how culture, in turn, can play a role in addressing climate challenges. 🖊️ Climate literacy is a key element of the current ICOMOS triennial scientific plan, and is part of the Future of Our Pasts report (ICOMOS, 2018) recommendations: this course was designed directly in response to these calls for action. 👉 The 1st Carbon Literacy for Heritage Professionals course was held online by the Preserving Legacies education team on 17 September and involved ICOMOS members from over 35 countries. 📷 © Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland

ICOMOS World Heritage Transhumance Initiative Advances Through Strategic Networking and Collaborations 🌿 👥 The ICOMOS World Heritage Transhumance Initiative, supported by the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan , is gaining momentum through strategic cross-sectoral collaborations. Through elaborating the Thematic Approach to Transhumance heritage, the project aims to strengthen the capacity in preparing robust nominations of properties illustrative of transhumance heritage to the #WorldHeritage List and facilitate their representation in other relevant international programmes. 🤝 The kick-off discussion on 26 September 2024 gathered feedback from more than 30 archaeologists, ethnologists, anthropologists, agricultural economists, animal scientists, ecologists, planners, environmental biologists, livestock and rangelands, public health and landscape experts from various universities from around the world, as well as from national centres and institutes for scientific research of China, Ghana, France, Peru and Spain, from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Carpathian Convention. This network of professionals and academics, all with extensive experience in transhumance, provided a wealth of insights on material attributes of #TranshumanceHeritage, its values and traditional governance systems. Along with additional expert input, these contributions will shape the Thematic Approach to Transhumance Heritage, which will be the main project outcome in 2025. 👉 Since the launch of the project in July 2024, the ICOMOS team has held a series of constructive meetings with lead international institutions. These discussions have centred on fostering cross-sectoral synergies and identifying partnership opportunities for safeguarding transhumance heritage.

🗺️ To celebrate #WorldTourismDay, here are some updates on the 2022 ICOMOS International Charter for #CulturalHeritage Tourism! ⚖️ Since its adoption by the ICOMOS General Assembly in 2022, the International Cultural Tourism Charter has been incorporated into: ▫️ Rule II / Section 9 of the Philippines Heritage Law, Republic Act No. 11961 as a reference document. ▫️ The Management Plan of the Sierra de Tramuntana World Heritage Site in Mallorca and the upcoming Management Plan of the Historic Centre of Córdoba World Heritage Site (Spain). 👉 The ICHT Charter and the ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee also played a key role in shaping the 2023 'How to apply ISO Standard 21902 Accessible tourism for all: recommendations for key players in the cultural tourism ecosystem', a significant UNWTO publication that aims to promote people-centred approaches and universal access within #CulturalTourism practices. 👉 Additionally, the Charter is the main guideline of the OWHC Cultural Tourism & Visitor Management Framework. 📚 The Charter is currently available in a total of 8 languages, with 4 additional ongoing translations (Portuguese, German, Japanese and Hindi) currently on the way! 🔴 In December 2024, an International Meeting on the ICOMOS International Charter for Cultural Heritage Tourism 2022 will take place in Baeza (Spain). Stay tuned for more information! ℹ️ Read the Charter: https://buff.ly/3BlskZ6

Capacity building for Heritage Impact Assessment in a World Heritage Context | 10, 13 September + 18-20 September 2024 | online / Vienna 🇦🇹 🆕This month, ICOMOS launched the very first capacity building initiative of the series aimed at guiding national and local stakeholders in integrating HIA into their decision-making processes for interventions that may affect World Heritage properties. 👨🏫 The online and onsite workshop was organised in close coordination, partnership and logistical support with Icomos Austria and involved 24 heritage professionals. Richard Mackay and Nicholas Clarke (ICOMOS World Heritage Advisors) were appointed as Resource People, assisted by Michael Schimek and Ulrike Herbig (ICOMOS Austria). 🌐Stay tuned for the next workshop taking place in Malta 🇲🇹 this autumn and visit our website for more information on the ICOMOS HIA Capacity Building in a #WorldHeritage context: https://buff.ly/4ew55JX Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKOES) Technische Universität Wien

𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 ▪️ World Heritage Programme Associate, Advisory and Monitoring Unit ▪️ Permanent contract ▪️ Start: November 2024 (flexible) Based at the ICOMOS headquarters in Charenton-le-Pont (FR) 🔴 ▪️ Candidates must be fluent in English and have a good knowledge of French ▪️ Before applying, please make sure you possess a valid French work permit ➡️Apply now: https://buff.ly/3MLH85w #programmeassociate #worldheritage

𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚  ▪️ Internship | Community management & online communication assistant ▪️ Duration: 6 months ▪️ Start: 6 January 2025 (flexible) Based at the ICOMOS headquarters in Charenton-le-Pont (FR) 🔴 ▪️ Candidates must be fluent in English & French! ▪️ Before applying, please make sure you are able to work in France for the entire duration of the internship. ➡️Apply now: https://buff.ly/3MLH85w #stage #communicationdigitale #internship #onlinecommunication #culturalheritage