ICOMOS endorses Hangzhou Declaration
ICOMOS endorses the "The Hangzhou Declaration - Placing Culture at the Heart of Sustainable Development Policies" as an important guiding paper on the relationship of cultural heritage and sustainability.
Heritage Alert: Novartis-Sandoz headquarters, Rueil-Malmaison (France)
ICOMOS supports the ICOMOS France alert on the impending destruction of the Novartis-Sandoz headquarters, located 14 Boulevard Richelieu, in Rueil-Malmaison, West of Paris.
Statement of Principles on Global Cross Sectoral Digitisation Initiatives
ICOMOS is pleased to join with ICA, IFLA, CCAAA, ICOM and ICSTI in adopting the CDNL recommendations of Principles on Global Cross Sectoral Digitisation Initiatives. This long-term vision statement stresses the development of globally distributed digital collections.
New publication "Heritage, a driver of development: Rising to the challenge"
ICOMOS is pleased to announce the release of the publication resulting from the International Scientific Symposium held on the occasion of the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly organized by ICOMOS France in Paris in 2011.
This, fully bilingual, printed volume provides a summary of the issues discussed during the Scientific Symposium “Heritage, driver of development” held at UNESCO, and follows on from the electronic Symposium Proceedings published in 2012 on the ICOMOS and ICOMOS France websites, which are also included as CD-ROM in the new printed publication.
2013 OWHC Jean-Paul L’Allier prize: ICOMOS part of the jury
The Organization of World Heritage Cities has announced the jury members for the 2013 Jean-Paul L’Allier prize and ICOMOS is proud to be part of it, represented by Ms. Sofia Avgerinou-Kolonias, President of the CIVVIH (ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Historic Towns and Villages).