Conseil international des monuments et des sites (ICOMOS)

Advanced documentation of the state of conservation and emergency preparedness planning for the Saint-Sophia Cathedral complex, a component of the World Heritage property 'Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra' UNESCO/ICOMOS mission in Kyiv 🇺🇦 | 28 July – 7 August 2024 ℹ This activity is part of the UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust Project ‘Support for Ukraine in culture and education through UNESCO; Emergency response for World Heritage and cultural property: damage assessment and protection’. It is carried out as a follow up to the UNESCO/ICOMOS/ICCROM inception training on Documentation for State of Conservation for World Heritage Properties and Disaster Risk Management which took place in July 2023, and a series of missions and online workshops carried out from October 2023 to provide guidance, support and methodological tools to improve the state of conservation of World Heritage and Tentative List sites in #Ukraine. 👥 ICOMOS Board member and ICORP Vice-President Zeynep Gul Ünal (Türkiye) participated in the mission along with ICOMOS CIPA Heritage Documentation Honorary President Mario Santana Quintero (Canada/Belgium), CIPA expert Victor Manuel Mota Ferreira (Portugal) and ICOMOS CIVVIH expert Miquel Reina Ortiz (Canada). 📋 The joint mission aimed to provide capacity development for the advanced documentation for Ukrainian heritage professionals which included staff members of the National Conservation area of ‘Saint-Sophia of Kyiv’ and of the National Preserve ‘Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra’. It featured training sessions on advanced documentation techniques and risk preparedness, with information on the crucial importance of recording the physical characteristics of historic structures and landscapes for preventive maintenance, monitoring and conservation. These courses were completed with on-site advanced documentation of the Metropolitan's Residence and the Bell Tower, and post-production of the recorded material will follow. ICOMOS expresses gratitude to Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon Leica BLK Original for providing technical support to the ICOMOS team. 📷 UNESCO/Yuliia Yuskiv

🎉 Today is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! 🌱 #WorldIndigenousDay aims to raise awareness on the need to respect and recognise the role of Indigenous populations as bearers of significant cultural traditions, skills, languages and knowledge. Because of their marginalisation, often the result of the lasting effects of colonisation or climate change, Indigenous peoples frequently face threats to their cultural tangible and intangible heritage. 📚 ICOMOS National Committees, Scientific Committees and dedicated Working Groups such as the Working Group on Indigenous Heritage or Our Common Dignity - Rights Based Approaches often conduct research on the importance of Indigenous heritage protection. ▫️ Read the 2023 ICOMOS Australia publication on Indigenous cultural heritage legislation in Australia: https://buff.ly/3WBWyhp ▫️ Read about the Our Common Dignity Working Group's achievements: https://buff.ly/4703zMu 📖 Indigenous heritage was central to the ICOMOS 2023 General Assembly and Scientific Symposium in Sydney, Australia, where best practices in Indigenous heritage protection were shared through case studies. Participants also provided insights on the issues of education, resilience, rights-based approaches, local community empowerment and participation within the World Heritage process. ▫️ Read the GA2023 Book of Abstracts: https://buff.ly/46FwRkG

🗺️ It's a wrap! 46th World Heritage Committee in New Delhi, 🇮🇳｜21-31 July 2024 👥 This year, ICOMOS staff and Board members, as well as World Heritage Advisors participated in more than 10 side events explaining the organisation's work, activities and publications, discussing community involvement and climate action in the World Heritage process, and exploring the significance of specific types of #CulturalHeritage such as crafts making heritage, fortified heritage or underwater heritage. The ICOMOS delegation also took part in the plenary sessions of the World Heritage Committee, providing, among other things, the latest updates on State of Conservation reports. 👉 The #46WHC resulted in the inscription of many cultural and mixed heritage sites! See the list of newly inscribed properties: https://buff.ly/2Lza5kb

📣 🆕 Preserving Legacies Risk Assessment reports 🌱 The Preserving Legacies team, in collaboration with ICOMOS and local authorities, has published Climate Risk Assessment reports related to the project's 1st year primary sites: Petra and the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras. These reports showcase the results obtained during on-site risk assessments. ▫️ Climate Risk and Resilience in Petra, with the Petra National Trust and the Petra Development And Tourism Region Authority. → Read here (EN, AR): https://buff.ly/3ShlklM ▫️ Climate vulnerability assessment of the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, with International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Philippines. → Read here (EN): https://buff.ly/3WzqQ5y ℹ️ More info: https://buff.ly/3Shod5L

📣 The 2023 ICOMOS Annual Report is available! 📚 This report showcases the dedication of the #ICOMOS network to protecting and promoting #CulturalHeritage worldwide throughout 2023. It highlights last year's activities and achievements, including research publications and international events. Following topics are featured in the report: ◽ The ICOMOS GA2023 in Sydney ◽ Support given to war-torn and earthquake-struck countries ◽ The International Day for Monuments and Sites 2023 ◽ The launch of Preserving Legacies ◽ New Publications and Guidelines ... and much more! 📖 Read it now : https://buff.ly/3WEq1bX 📷 Michael O. Snyder #ICOMOS2023AnnualReport #HeritageConservation #PreservingOurPast #ShapingOurFuture #AnnualReportRelease #ProtectOurHeritage

𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 Kahramanmaraş & Antakya, 🇹🇷 | 2-6 July 2024 💼 This training programme was organised by the Turkish Committee of ICORP (ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness) with contributions by the Republic of Türkiye - Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) and World Monuments Fund Opened by ICOMOS President Teresa Patrício with a keynote speech on global approaches to disaster response and recovery studies, the workshop also featured a presentation by ZEYNEP GUL UNAL, President of ICORP Türkiye, on the Committee's activities following the February #earthquake. 📑 A field trip to the old city of Antakya was organised on the 2nd day, where on-site screenings were performed. The 3rd session featured courses on current approaches in #CulturalHeritage and #DisasterManagement. Finally, the programme ended with practical exercises using fictional study cases. The workshop brought together experts in cultural heritage conservation and emergency response to improve their capacity to work together following future disasters. It is expected to contribute to the development of a more effective disaster preparedness and response strategy. 📷 @Verónica Casanovas, AFAD

𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗘𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗘𝗦) ☁️🇪🇺 🖥️ Led by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), this project won the Horizon Europe 2023 call "A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage" and was rewarded with 5 years of funding. The ECHOES project aims to establish a shared platform for heritage professionals and researchers to access scientific data, training resources and digital tools co-developed by the #CulturalHeritage community. 🤝 ICOMOS is part of the project's consortium of 51 public and private cultural heritage stakeholders working towards the implementation of this digital ecosystem. CIPA Heritage Documentation members are actively involved in the project and will contribute to 7 different Work Packages. ECHOES was officially launched on 1 July, 2024. The first annual meeting will take place in September in France. ℹ️ Read the press release: https://buff.ly/3xK4uEP

ICOMOS World Heritage Transhumance Initiative 🌿🐐 Defining a thematic approach towards sustaining transhumance cultural landscapes in a changing environment 🌱 The 20th century saw a decline in the #Transhumance lifestyle due to various factors, including economic factors as well as #ClimateChange, leading to the erosion of environment and built heritage, the disintegration of communities, and the deterioration of intangible cultural practices. 🤝 The project "Defining a thematic approach towards sustaining transhumance cultural landscapes in a changing environment" is led by ICOMOS in partnership with the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan . It aims to build a better understanding of transhumance as a sustainable socio-ecological system, improve the representation of transhumance-related heritage in the #WorldHeritage List and international programmes, and identify key management challenges for transhumance heritage. 💼 In 2025, an international conference on Transhumance Cultural Landscapes will be held in Azerbaijan to discuss the heritage values of the transhumance way of life and gather information on management policy approaches to the safeguarding and sustainability of transhumance practices. ℹ️ Read the press release: https://buff.ly/3VNIMrE

📝 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗥𝗖 | 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗜/3 10-28 June 2024, Kinshasa & Congo-Central (Mbanza-Ngungu) 🇨🇩 📚 During the third and final mission, the #CulturalHeritage inventory operations were officially launched. In Kinshasa, new methodological tools for conducting inventories were tested. Additionally, a capacity-building program was initiated in Mbanza-Ngungu, featuring supervised practical exercises in inventory techniques. These exercises covered research methodologies, historical significance, and dating techniques, and also provided training for future local instructors. A total of 45 agents were trained. 💼 ICOMOS President Teresa Patrício and cultural heritage expert Aiche Boussad (Algeria) attended this last mission to lead the workshops with local history professor igor Matonda sakala. The project is supported by ALIPH - International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas in partnership with the Ministry of Culture - UAE

🌈 Celebrate #PRIDE Heritage with ICOMOS! Since 2021, the ICOMOS #Heritage and #Gender Joint Task Team has been dedicated to the inclusion of gender issues within heritage policies and practices. The team advocates for the importance of gender balance in fostering an #inclusive and diverse future to better preserve people's dignity and heritage. 📣 CALL TO ACTION! The ICOMOS Heritage and Gender Joint Task Team is calling for data on global #LGBTQ+ sites. The aim is to develop a crowd-sourced database to support ongoing research on heritage and gender. Send a photo and a 150-word description of your site of choice to Saranya Dharshini at 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿[𝗮𝘁]𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺 by 1st September 2024. ℹ️ More information about the ICOMOS Heritage and Gender Joint Task Team: https://buff.ly/3RxQYL4 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘖𝘚 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘊𝘋-𝘙𝘉𝘈 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘋𝘎𝘞𝘎 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱. 📷 ©Casa Batlló / ©Jordi Tresserras / ©Saranya Dharshini