Today is the launch of CHARTER (Cultural Heritage Actions to Refine Training, Education and Roles), an Erasmus+ project, starting from January 2021 until December 2024 with a Consortium of 21 full members including ICOMOS and its International Scientific Committee CIF (International Scientific Commitee on Training), 7 affiliate partners and 19 associate members from 14 EU states. 

The University of Cape Town in South-Africa and the properties adjacent to the main campus are currently under the flames of a fire from Table Mountain which has already destroyed a large part of the cultural landscape of the Rhodes Estate, the historic Tea Room next to the Rhodes Memorial, several buildings on the main campus including the Jagger Library with its internationally significant collection of historic archival documents and books and the Fuller Hall residence.

ICOMOS is pleased to introduce you to its new National and International Scientific Committee Presidents. The latter were elected between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021.

Discover their rich professional experience and academic background in the short presentations below!

The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is deeply disturbed by the growing number of accounts relating to the unspeakable suffering inflicted on the civilian population in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – including mass killings.

There are also mounting reports that Tigray’s rich and significant heritage is falling victim to the fighting.

Read ICOMOS' full statement made on 5 March 2021, here