Conseil international des monuments et des sites (ICOMOS)

ICOMOS World Heritage Transhumance Initiative 🌿🐐 Defining a thematic approach towards sustaining transhumance cultural landscapes in a changing environment 🌱 The 20th century saw a decline in the #Transhumance lifestyle due to various factors, including economic factors as well as #ClimateChange, leading to the erosion of environment and built heritage, the disintegration of communities, and the deterioration of intangible cultural practices. 🤝 The project "Defining a thematic approach towards sustaining transhumance cultural landscapes in a changing environment" is led by ICOMOS in partnership with the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan . It aims to build a better understanding of transhumance as a sustainable socio-ecological system, improve the representation of transhumance-related heritage in the #WorldHeritage List and international programmes, and identify key management challenges for transhumance heritage. 💼 In 2025, an international conference on Transhumance Cultural Landscapes will be held in Azerbaijan to discuss the heritage values of the transhumance way of life and gather information on management policy approaches to the safeguarding and sustainability of transhumance practices. ℹ️ Read the press release: https://buff.ly/3VNIMrE

📝 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗥𝗖 | 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗜/3 10-28 June 2024, Kinshasa & Congo-Central (Mbanza-Ngungu) 🇨🇩 📚 During the third and final mission, the #CulturalHeritage inventory operations were officially launched. In Kinshasa, new methodological tools for conducting inventories were tested. Additionally, a capacity-building program was initiated in Mbanza-Ngungu, featuring supervised practical exercises in inventory techniques. These exercises covered research methodologies, historical significance, and dating techniques, and also provided training for future local instructors. A total of 45 agents were trained. 💼 ICOMOS President Teresa Patrício and cultural heritage expert Aiche Boussad (Algeria) attended this last mission to lead the workshops with local history professor igor Matonda sakala. The project is supported by ALIPH - International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas in partnership with the Ministry of Culture - UAE

🌈 Celebrate #PRIDE Heritage with ICOMOS! Since 2021, the ICOMOS #Heritage and #Gender Joint Task Team has been dedicated to the inclusion of gender issues within heritage policies and practices. The team advocates for the importance of gender balance in fostering an #inclusive and diverse future to better preserve people's dignity and heritage. 📣 CALL TO ACTION! The ICOMOS Heritage and Gender Joint Task Team is calling for data on global #LGBTQ+ sites. The aim is to develop a crowd-sourced database to support ongoing research on heritage and gender. Send a photo and a 150-word description of your site of choice to Saranya Dharshini at 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿[𝗮𝘁]𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺 by 1st September 2024. ℹ️ More information about the ICOMOS Heritage and Gender Joint Task Team: https://buff.ly/3RxQYL4 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘖𝘚 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘊𝘋-𝘙𝘉𝘈 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘋𝘎𝘞𝘎 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱. 📷 ©Casa Batlló / ©Jordi Tresserras / ©Saranya Dharshini

🎉 Let's celebrate ICOMOS' 59th anniversary! 📜 ICOMOS was created 59 years ago, on June 22, 1965. For the occasion, ICOMOS President Teresa Patrício tells you more about her cultural heritage background and experiences, the biggest challenges she faces as President and exciting ICOMOS projects! #ICOMOS #ICOMOS59 #ICOMOSAnniversary

Towards the recovery of the culture sector in Ukraine, International Conference Vilnius 🇱🇹 | 6-7 June 2024 This conference, organised by the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO and UNESCO in partnership with the Vyriausybės kanceliarija / Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, brought together more than 200 participants from nearly 30 countries to discuss the integration of the cultural sector in the recovery and reconstruction efforts of Ukraine. The first session discussed the identification of recovery needs, with presentations on damage assessment and interventions for Ukraine’s cultural heritage. During the second session, ICOMOS representative Kristina Biceva addressed ICOMOS' support for Ukraine since the beginning of the war through the creation of the ICOMOS Ukraine Crisis Monitoring and Response Working Group led by ICORP as well as the activities of the ICOMOS Europe Group on Ukraine, the organisation of on-site damage assessment missions, the donation of protection and restoration equipment, and the ongoing offering of technical assistance for recovery through the project "Support for Ukraine in culture and education through UNESCO", in which ICOMOS is an implementing partner. More information: https://buff.ly/3yYY7h6 Watch the conference broadcast: https://buff.ly/3x8NxDQ 📷 ©Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO/Domas Rimeika

NOUS RECRUTONS: RESPONSABLE FINANCIER.ERE Prise de poste en octobre 2024 Date limite de candidature: 7 juillet 2024 Durée: indéterminée  Basé au siège social de l'ICOMOS à Charenton-le-Pont (94) ➡️ Responsable financier.ère: https://buff.ly/4eeC06q #emploi #offredemploi #responsablefinancier

Declaration on the protection of archives, libraries, museums and heritage places during armed conflicts and political instability ICA, ICOM, IFLA & ICOMOS Statement 🏛️ As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention, ICA International Council on Archives, the International Council of Museums (ICOM), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) express their deep concern about the escalating destruction of life and cultural heritage. 🛡️ The 4 founding organisations of Blue Shield International reaffirm the essential role of #Libraries, #Museums, #Archives and #HeritagePlaces in the survival of societies and the promotion of #Peace in the context of an alarming global increase of armed conflicts. 📃 Read the statement inhere: https://buff.ly/4e46w3c [Available in English, Spanish and French]

🏅 On May 6, Amund Sinding-Larsen was awarded the ICOMOS Gazzola Prize medal in a ceremony organised by #ICOMOS and hosted in his honour by the The Permanent Delegation of Norway to the OECD and UNESCO 💼 Amund Sinding-Larsen is considered a leading figure within the field of rights-based approaches in #culturalheritage and the integration of human dignity into heritage practices. Indeed, 4 decades of service and fieldwork in Africa, the Middle East and Asia made him want to contribute to the recognition of local communities in heritage resource processes, management and care. 📜 He played a key role in the launch of the Our Common Dignity initiative in 2007, which expanded in 2011 as a cooperation for the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS, IUCN) under the coordination by ICOMOS Norway. An ICOMOS OCD-RBA working group was set up by the ICOMOS Board in 2011, consisting of members from ICOMOS Norway, India, South-Africa and Australia. 🙌 The 2020 ICOMOS General Assembly happened during the COVID pandemic, hence Amund Sinding-Larsen unable to receive the Gazzola medal. 4 years later, ICOMOS was happy to celebrate him with friends and colleagues and finally give him his long overdue prize. Congratulations to the laureate! 👏 ℹ️ More info: https://buff.ly/44YPNdp

🛑 Heritage Alert 🛑 📢ICOMOS is issuing a worldwide #HeritageAlert to amplify awareness of the threat to the #VingenRockArtArea in Norway 🚧👷 🏗 The Vingen rock art area in Bremanger, one of the most extensive and best-preserved concentrations of #rockart in Northern Europe, is under immediate threat due to a development project of a stone quarry at Aksla mountain, and in particular a new shipping port at Inste Bårdvikneset. 📝ICOMOS, ICOMOS Norway and the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Rock Art have written to the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, Stortinget and many other Norwegian government and municipality officials, as well as the developer BONTRUP, to urgently request the following: ▪️ The current approvals be withdrawn; ▪️ A thorough, independent evaluation of possible alternative quarry and shipping port locations be undertaken; ▪️ The stakeholders responsible for the assessment be provided with full information on the environmental and cultural values of the area. ❗ The Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, the Norwegian Environment Agency, the County Governor of Vestland and the Ministry of Climate and Environment all formally opposed to the plans, but the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development approved the new quarry development in February 2024, stating the positive economic effects for the local community outweigh the negative effects for the natural and cultural environment. 🔗Read our statement and take action: https://buff.ly/3R2MwUC #heritageatrisk #SaveOurHeritage #culturalheritage #preservehistory #SaveVingen

WE ARE HIRING: WORLD HERITAGE EVALUATION SPECIALIST ◽ Job opportunity starting September 2024 ◽ Application deadline: 7 June 2024 ◽ Duration: permanent 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. ➡ World Heritage Evaluation Specialist [full description]: https://buff.ly/3WSQRgU #emploi #offredemploi #worldheritage #culturalheritage #joboffer