Information on the situation in Ukraine
You can find on this page information on the situation in Ukraine.
The list of support, initiatives, scholarships, opportunities for individual Ukrainian professionals, scholars or students in the arts and the heritage field is available HERE. The volunteers of the ICOMOS Crisis Response group will keep it updated.
Feel free to share and to signal any missing information to crisisresponse@icomos.org.
You can also stay up-to-date by following the official pages of ICOMOS Ukraine:
- Website
- Facebook page
Read the full statement of ICOMOS on Ukraine published on 24 February 2022.
Read the message of ICOMOS President, Teresa Patricio, on the World Heritage city of Kyiv published on 1 March 2022.
Read the report of the ICOMOS Europe Group meeting on Ukraine on 6 May 2022.
Read the recommendations of the ICOMOS Europe Group on the damage and loss of Ukraine's cultural heritage as a result of the invasion the country, adopted at its June 2022 meeting in Krakow, Poland.
Read about how ICOMOS, the Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts and World Monuments Fund has delivered 400 fire extinguishers to protect Ukraine’s wooden churches in July 2022.
Watch the recording of the ICOMOS-ICCROM press conference "Mission Ukraine: international cooperation for the preservation of cultural heritage during the war", that took place on 14 July 2022 in Kyiv.
Read our article on the UN Security Council Arria Formula meeting entitled "The Destruction of cultural heritage as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine - Security Council Arria Formula meeting", organised by The Permanent Mission of Albania, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of Poland and Permanent Mission of Ukraine, on 15 July 2022.
Read about the joint ICOMOS-ICCROM mission to Ukraine, that took place from 9 to 16 July 2022, in order to provide support to the efforts made by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, as well as heritage organisations and professionals in the country.
ICOMOS donates digitizing equipment to Ukraine,11 May 2023
ICOMOS Ukraine Statement on the threat posed to the Kamyana Mohyla (Stone Tomb), 2 June 2023
ICOMOS Statement on Lviv and Odesa Attacks, 26 july 2023
ICOMOS joins forces with UNESCO and ICCROM to support Ukrainian heritage professionals, 31 July 2023
ICOMOS Ukraine Statement on the threat posed to the State Industry Building of Derzhprom, 25 January 2024
Joint UNESCO/ICOMOS mission to help support the rehabilitation of Chernihiv's historic centre, 15 April 2024
ICOMOS Ukraine Statement on IDMS 2024,18 April 2024
Joint UNESCO/ICOMOS mission to help enhance emergency preparedness of the Saint Sophia Cathedral complex, Kyiv, 19 August 2024
ICOMOS Ukraine statement regarding the threat of destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List Site 'Derzhprom (House of State Industry)' in Kharkiv, 28 October 2024 (read in Ukrainian)
Read the Recommendations from the European Commission-led expert group on the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Ukraine, published on 15 November 2024.
Joint UNESCO/ICOMOS mission to L'viv region to provide assistance in advanced documentation and emergency preparedness, 3 December 2024