Thank you, ICOMOS Turkey!
Many thanks to ICOMOS Turkey for a successful 2016 Annual General Assembly in Istanbul.
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ICOMOS launches its collaborative photobank!
After several years of work, and having consulted our members in order to learn about their needs (see e-news No. 91, June 2013), the ICOMOS Documentation Centre is proud to present its latest tool: the ICOMOS collaborative photobank. We thank warmly the Walloon region for their financial support throughout this project.
In memory of Khaled al Asaad, one year later...
On 18 August 2015, Khaled al Asaad, a Syrian archaeologist, was odiously murdered by members of Daesh in Palmyra. ICOMOS wishes to recall the value of his sacrifice.
Questionnaire on Reconstruction
Post trauma reconstruction after civil and armed conflict or due to natural catastrophes, or reconstruction of places that have been destroyed by redevelopment pressures have always been a fundamental concern to heritage practitioners.
Checking in with a laureate of the Raymond Lemaire Fund, Ms Paule-Clisthène Dassi Koudjou
On 19 July, the ICOMOS International Secretariat received the visit of Ms Paule-Clisthène Dassi Koudjou, 2015 Laureate of a Raymond Lemaire Scholarship and now also ICOMOS member.
Watch the 40th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee live
The 40th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is taking place in Istanbul, Turkey from 10-20 July 2016.
ICOMOS is an Advisory Body of the World Heritage Committee for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention of UNESCO. As such, it reviews the nominations of cultural world heritage and ensures the conservation status of properties.
Election of the Permanent Council of the new ICOMOS National Committee in the Russian Federation
Press Release - 4 July 2016
On 29 June 2016, the new ICOMOS National Committee in the Russian Federation held its General Conference in the World Heritage historic centre of Saint Petersburg. The General Conference was attended by 47 delegates from 12 regions in the Russian Federation, representing 246 individual members. The previous National Committee had seen its international accreditation withdrawn in 2014.