Great to be back in Zanzibar after 4 years. Looking forward understand the progress following the partial collapse of the House of Wonders in 2020 and looking at the interesting heritage in this World Heritage site.

Join our webinar “Heritage and Youth: Climate Action, Entrepreneurship and Digital Technologies” to celebrate the #AfricanWorldHeritageDay !
 
Organized w/ICOMOS EPWG Africa Region
 
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

📢Professor Shadreck Chirikure awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant 👏🏆

His New Bantu Mosaics project will transform our understanding of the networks that connected humans to spaces, places, and resources, as Bantu farmers and hunter-gatherers lived their lives

2024 Annual World Heritage Leadership Donor Group meets to strengthen collaboration on capacity building - towards improving heritage management globally
IUCN Klima- og miljødep
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For Yazidi New Year, we’re celebrating the rebirth of Iraq’s Mam Rashan Shrine, which was destroyed by ISIS in 2014. The reconstructed building is a symbol of hope and renewal—fitting for the start of a new year. wmf.org/project/mam-ra…

.UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 has remotely verified damage to 41 cultural sites in #Gaza since 07-oct-23 based on UNOSAT satellite data.

Once again, we urge all actors to respect International Law: cultural property should not be targeted or used for military purposes.

unesco.org/en/gaza/assess…

We recently convened in London for a workshop to help integrate impact assessment for World Heritage in local authorities' planning and decision-making processes. Historic England #ICCROM IUCN
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The Site Managers Forum is one of the significant improvements to happen over time at the WH Committee. Site managers meet and create a network of contacts for the future. It's also a great way to see how the Committee takes decisions and understand the various WH processes.

Applications are now open for our International Course on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture!
January 25 to February 23, 2025
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Nizwa, Oman

The course aims to improve the practice of earthen heritage conservation by providing…

“Plastics have been extensively used to make an infinite variety of objects, which form a significant part of our cultural heritage now,' says Anna Laganà, senior research specialist, in a Q&A with Silvia Nittoli for L'Italo-Americano.

'Unfortunately, these materials were not…

On the occasion of my visit to the Historic Centre of Vienna #UNESCO #WorldHeritage site, I was pleased to meet the Mayor of Vienna Michael Ludwig and discuss Austria's effort to protect this site which bears urban specificities of the Middle Ages, Baroque period and 19th Century

Day 1 of the ICCROM #HeritageForClimateAction conference was packed with inspiring insights! From high-level panels on conservation policy to strategic roundtables, we engaged with experts and thought leaders. Live stream Day 2👇
youtube.com/watch?v=P8cDpy…

Intl Conference on Participatory Approaches to #WorldHeritage 2024 | Seoul, 🇰🇷 | 19-21 March 2024

▪️ ICOMOS, ICCROM and Sogang University CGSI (Critical Global Studies Institute) organised the 1.5-day conference + half-day closed workshop and MOFA hosted the event.

Tonight, we joined the roundtable hosted by Istituto Svizzero. Together with Sapienza Università di Roma, the University of Lausanne, ALIPH Foundation, and UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, we discussed the crucial need for protecting and disseminating cultural heritage alongside scientific research.

“Artificial Intelligence is changing everything “ […] “it is true that it can be dangerous if we are not careful. But it can be great if we are. Let us not forget that” (Intervention by the Chairperson of the #UNESCOExBd at the opening of the #219EX )

Many thanks to the Experts who joined UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 including from ICCROM ICOMOS &@IUCN with European Commission & IRENA in #Namur , #Belgium towards development of guidance for solar energy projects in World Heritage contexts ensuring respect for heritage values.
whc.unesco.org/en/events/1777

I had a full agenda at UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 HQ, meeting Director Lazare Eloundou with Gerard Keown to discuss support to #Gaza and Small Island Developing States. 🇮🇪 pledged 100k to help assess destruction of cultural heritage in Gaza.
I also met with Irish UNESCO staff.

Alessandra Peruzzetto from World Monuments Fund on Conservation and Protection for Regeneration at #O4H in #Oman UNESCO Chair, USI #Mosul #Heritage