International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

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

Conclusion of the Capacity Building Programme for Incorporating Sustainable Development into the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Arab States Region | 8-12 September 2024│Al Ula, 🇸🇦 💼 This programme, organised by the The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage in collaboration with the Heritage Commission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ICOMOS and its Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGWG) in partnership with Saudi ICOMOS and The Royal Commission for AlUla, aimed to enhance the integration of #SustainableDevelopment Goals into World Heritage conservation across the Arab region by balancing heritage preservation with economic and social development. 📚 This final in-person workshop explored #HeritageManagement strategies through seminars and discussions on sustainable development integration and community engagement. The programme included site visits to AlUla's old town, Art district, and the Hegra Archaeological site, enabling participants to apply theoretical concepts to local case studies. 👥 The workshop featured ICOMOS experts Gabriel Victor Caballero, Susan Fayad, Naima Benkari and Luisa De Marco, along with online contributions from Donovan Rypkema, AMRA HADZIMUHAMEDOVIC, and Haifa Abdelhaleem. ICOMOS President Dr. Teresa Patrício and Saudi ICOMOS President Dr. Princess Nouf bint Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and also attended and delivered introductory speeches highlighting the programme's significance. ℹ️ More information: https://buff.ly/4dem1DH

Meeting on the World Heritage Evaluation Process │11 September 2024 | UNESCO Headquarters, Paris 🇫🇷 💼On 11 September, UNESCO held a meeting with ICOMOS and IUCN to explain the implications of the #WorldHeritage evaluation process to representatives of the #WorldHeritageConvention State Parties. 👥 ICOMOS President Teresa Patrício introduced ICOMOS and ICOMOS World Heritage Evaluation Unit Director Gwenaelle Bourdin gave an in-depth presentation of ICOMOS's evaluation procedure and presented the process of the Preliminary Assessment together with Alessandro Balsamo (UNESCO) and Clemens Küpper (IUCN). ❕ DYK? Only nominations with a Preliminary Assessment will be examined by the World Heritage Committee from 2028 onwards.

#EchoesLaunch Event & first annual meeting ☁️│9-11 September, 2024 Chambord & Blois, 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 Following its official launch in July, the European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science - ECHOES EU, which aims to create a shared scientific platform for #CulturalHeritage professionals and researchers, held its inaugural in-person event and 1st annual meeting from 9-11 September. 🏰 The #EchoesEccch launch event took place at the Castle of Chambord on 9 September and consisted in a public introduction to the project, followed by official presentations and discussions by project partners, professionals and researchers. The following days were dedicated to the team's first annual meeting, at the Castle of Blois. 👥 ICOMOS is working with 5 CIPA Heritage Documentation Committee members across 7 different Work Packages: Senior Scientists Fulvio Rinaudo, Grazia Tucci, Francesco Fassi, Alex Yaning Yen and Lead Senior Scientist Andreas Georgopoulos will focus on communication and outreach, identifying and engaging with heritage communities, developing training programmes, establishing the cloud's technical infrastructure, building and enriching digital knowledge bases, creating specialised digital tools, and assessing the digital tools' efficiency.

🔴 Heritage Alert 🔴 📣 ICOMOS is issuing a worldwide #HeritageAlert to amplify awareness of the threat to the Archaeological Remains of the First Moji Railway Station Complex, Kitakyushu City, Japan 🚧 👷♂️ 🏗 The archaelogical remains are under imminent threat due to planned construction by the municipal government. These well-preserved foundations from the late 19th century are of immense historical and architectural significance, and are a testimony to Japan's transition from pre-modern to modern engineering practices. 📝 The City of Kitakyushu is urged to suspend construction activities, consult with experts, and engage the public to properly assess and preserve the heritage value of the First Moji Railway Station Complex. An academic committee should be formed to develop a conservation plan, and no permits should be issued that might harm archaeological remains. The Agency for Cultural Affairs and Fukuoka Prefectural Government should provide guidance to the City of Kitakyushu, and JR Kyushu is asked to halt and review their work to protect the site's archaeological integrity. ❗ ICOMOS stands ready to offer its full expertise and support to the Kitakyushu municipal authorities and relevant ministries in their efforts to conserve this irreplaceable cultural heritage. 🔗 Read our statement and take action: https://buff.ly/3Xusy8H

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