International Council on Monuments and Sites
ICOMOS is a non-governmental international organisation dedicated to the conservation of the world's monuments and sites.
ICOMOS is a non-governmental international organisation dedicated to the conservation of the world's monuments and sites.
ICOMOS is issuing a worldwide Heritage Alert, our most consequential expressional of concern, to amplify awareness of the threat to the Philadelphia Police Administration Building and draw urgent attention to the imminent risk of loss of the internationally significant "Roundhouse" precast concrete building designed by the Geddes Brecher Qualls and Cunningham firm, engineer August Komendant and Eastern Schokbeton engineers.
In accordance with the ICOMOS Statutes, the 21st General Assembly will elect the following members of the Board by secret ballot for a term of three years (09/2023-2026): a President, a Secretary General, a Treasurer, five Vice Presidents and twelve Board members. As the Board will be elected first, candidates for the Bureau are required to indicate whether if elected they intend to stand for the Bureau. According to Article 6-e of the ICOMOS Statutes only individual members shall be eligible for office within ICOMOS.
Committees and members planning to submit a draft resolution to the 21st General Assembly are invited to take into account the following four articles of the Rules of Procedure, which refer to the early submission and processing of resolutions.
The Piero Gazzola Prize was established in 1979 in memory of ICOMOS’ founding President and is the highest distinction awarded by ICOMOS.
The Prize is awarded every three years during the ICOMOS General Assembly to an individual or a group of people who have worked together and contributed with distinction to the aims and objectives of ICOMOS.
Honorary membership shall be conferred by the General Assembly of ICOMOS, on the proposal of a National or International Scientific Committee, on individuals, members or not of ICOMOS, who have given distinguished services at the international level to the conservation of cultural heritage. Honorary Members are not subject to membership dues (Article 5-a-4 and 6-b of the ICOMOS Statutes).
Teresa Patricio, ICOMOS President, attended the 2nd Conference of Ministers of Culture 2023 in Davos as one of the founding members of the Davos Baukultur Alliance which launched January 16, 2023.
5 years after having contributed to the "Davos Declaration - towards a high-quality Baukultur in Europe", which emphasises the central role of culture in the quality of our living environment, ICOMOS is back in Davos to empower culture and heritage as strategic resources for a diverse and democratic world.
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