The Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts and ICOMOS, in partnership with World Monuments Fund, delivered 440 water-mist fire extinguishers for the protection of historic wooden churches, or tserkvas, in war-ravaged Ukraine.

From March 14 to April 4, 2022, 29 African heritage professionals benefited from a capacity building workshop led by ICOMOS on creating a heritage inventory for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This workshop was initiated by the National Advisory Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of the Democratic Republic of Congo (CCN), and was funded by the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH).

The ICOMOS Annual General Assembly and Extraordinary General Assembly will take place in Bangkok, Thailand on 28 October 2022 in hybrid format.

This year, the ICOMOS Annual General Assembly, Extraordinary General Assembly, the Advisory Committee meetings and the Scientific Symposium will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 25 to 30 October 2022, on the generous invitation of ICOMOS Thailand. The meetings will take place in hybrid format (ie. in-situ and online in part).

Download the provisional general programme (last updated on 13/07/2022) – registration and logistical information will be made available shortly. 

From 27 June to 1 July 2022, the second United Nations Conference on the Ocean took place in Lisbon, which was co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal.
The aim of the event was to mobilise the international community to commit to finding sustainable solutions for the conservation, protection and responsible use of marine resources, according to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 of the Agenda2030.

A strong ICOMOS delegation has contributed to the World Urban Forum of UN-Habitat in Katowice, on 26-30 June 2022, on the theme "Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future".
The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanisation, established in 2001 by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanisation and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. The first WUF was held in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002 and has been held around the world ever since.