Introduction: The UNESCO WHIPIC World Heritage Interpretation and Exhibition Forum will be held in Seoul on November 15th, with the theme of mobilizing broader social forces to participate in world heritage protection. The forum will invite representatives from ICCROM, ICOMOS Korea, as well as academia, governmen...

Introduction: From 2 to 7 October 2023, the ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme, together with George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) and in collaboration with the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) of Korea and the Korea National University of Cultural Heritage (KNUCH), organized t...

Introduction: On 17 October, ICCROM's flagship programme, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR), convened its partners in a productive strategic planning meeting. The objective of the meeting was to identify ways to amplify our efforts in meeting new and unknown risks to heritage...

Introduction: On November 2, 2001, the 31st session of the UNESCO General Conference adopted the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. 22 years later, the International Council on Monuments and Sites emphasized this opportunity and interviewed Christopher Underwood, Chairman of the...

Introduction: On October 17, 2003, the 32nd session of the UNESCO General Conference adopted the Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage.Twenty years later, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) emphasized this moment and interviewed Munich Pandit, the Chairman of the Int...