The AFRICA24 Conference is organized by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committees CIAV (ISC on vernacular architecture), ISCEAH (ISC on Earthen architectural heritage), ICTC (ISC on Cultural Tourism), ISCCL (ISC on Cultural Landscapes), ICICH (ISC on Intangible cultural heritage), ISCES (ISC on Energy and Sustainability), and ICOMOS International Working Groups OCD-RBA (Our Common Dignity Rights-Based Approaches) and EPWG (Emerging professionals).

On 21-22 October 2024, a workshop on Preliminary Assessment Requests for National Focal Points from the Asia region took place in Chengdu, China. The event was organised by ICOMOS and ICOMOS China, in partnership with the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration and WHITRAP.

The ICOMOS World Heritage Transhumance Initiative is pleased to announce the opening of the call for poster contributions for the expert conference on Transhumance heritage taking place on 21-22 May 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

ICOMOS deplores the lives already lost and threatened by the deterioration of the situation in the region and expresses its serious concerns over the critical threat to Lebanon's cultural heritage, tangible and intangible, in the latest conflict escalation in the Middle East since mid-September 2024.

ICOMOS and ICOMOS Brazil are pleased to invite ICOMOS members to register for the upcoming 2024 ICOMOS Annual General Assembly and associated, from November 10 to 17, in Ouro Preto, Brazil. 

Registration is now open!

On 21 September, ICOMOS China held its 1st University Forum dedicated to Chinese cultural heritage in collaboration with Tsinghua University’s School of Architecture, in Beijing. A total of 120 attendees participated in this event aimed to explore the implications of cultural heritage studies.