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ICCROM Council91/2018 14-15 November 2018 Rome, Italy Document C91/5B Title: Quarterly Reports July – September 2018 Summary The third Quarterly Report (July - September 2018) describes the main activities implemented by the Secretariat in relation the PWB 2018-2019. The QR includes the accomplishments and results, the links built with other projects/programmes, the impact in relation to Strategic Directions and how Member States and partner institutions have been involved. Action required by the Council The Council takes note of the activities carried out by the Secretariat from July to September 2018.  Quarterly Report July – September 2018 Table of Contents Overview.......................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction and Highlights .............................................................................................. 5 Activities of the Director-General ..................................................................................... 6 Corporate Participation in International Events........................................................................................... 8 Relations with Intergovernmental, Governmental and Academic Institutions ............................................. 9 Contacts in Relation to the Headquarters Agreement ................................................................................. 9 Programmes and Activities ............................................................................................. 10 Programme 1: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflicts and Disasters ......................................... 10 Project 1.1 Disaster Risk Reduction ............................................................................................................. 10 Project 1.2 First Aid for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAC) .............................................................. 11 Project 1.3. Protection and Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction ..................................................... 12 Programme 3: Integrating Cultural Heritage Conservation in Social, Economic, Urban and Environmental Planning .................................................................................................................................................... 13 Project 3.1. World Heritage Convention ...................................................................................................... 13 Project 3.5. World Heritage Leadership (Integrating Nature and Culture) .................................................. 14 Programme 4: Leading and Innovating Capacity Building in Conservation ................................................ 16 Project 4.4. RE-ORG: Reorganizing Museum Collections in Storage ............................................................ 16 Project 4.6 Heritage Materials Conservation ............................................................................................... 17 Programme 5: Strengthening Awareness and Knowledge of Cultural Heritage and its Conservation ......... 18 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Project 5.2. Access to Information for the Professional Community ........................................................... 18 Project 5.3. Public Information and Outreach ............................................................................................. 22 Project 5.4. Tracking Trends in Heritage Conservation ................................................................................ 24 Project 5.5. ICCROM Fora ............................................................................................................................ 24 Strengthening and Transforming ICCROM for the Future .......................................................................... 25 Assessed Contributions from Member States ............................................................................................. 27 Voluntary contributions and grants by donor ............................................................................................. 28 Leading Offices, Project Partners, Countries Involved ...................................................... 29 Geographical distribution of activities in QR1, QR2, QR3 ............................................................................ 31 3|P a g e Overview This Quarterly Report 2018/3, produced by ICCROM’s Secretariat, covers the period from 1 July to 30 September 2018. It provides information on the progress made on activities implemented and collaborations undertaken with Member States and partners towards achievements of ICCROM's Strategic Directions, as defined in the 2018-2019 Programme of Work and Budget (PWB). ICCROM’s mission is to provide Member States with the best tools, knowledge, skills and enabling environment with which to preserve their cultural heritage in all its forms, for the benefit of all people. ICCROM strives for a world in which cultural heritage – its preservation, protection and celebration – is inextricably linked with notions of progress, inclusivity and wellbeing. In order to achieve this mission and vision, three Strategic Directions guide ICCROM’s work: SD1: Focusing on World Concerns for Cultural Heritage SD2: Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Global Network SD3: Strengthening and Transforming ICCROM for the Future The Strategic Directions are underpinned by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the 2030 UN Agenda. ICCROM is committed to the following SDGs in particular: The PWB for 2018-2019 can be downloaded in full from ICCROM’s website in English and in French: https://www.iccrom.org/about/funding/programme-and-budget ICCROM Offices and Units, and their abbreviations: Office of the Director-General (ODG) Management and Administration (Admin) Collections Unit (Collections) Knowledge and Communication Services (KnowComm) Sites Unit (Sites) ICCROM Regional Office in Sharjah (ICCROM-Sharjah) Credits: Photo credits: ICCROM Special thanks to Units and Services at ICCROM for their contribution to this report __________________________________________________________________ 4|P a g e Introduction and Highlights As Director-General, I made the pledge to capitalize on ICCROM’s institutional experience and knowledge while at the same time focusing on innovation, transparency, and strong partnerships to accomplish the Organization’s mission. In threading these factors together with the various trends in countries and contexts, I can say that the work of the Secretariat is gradually becoming more targeted, measurable, and cohesive. The implementation of the PWB for the third quarter of the current year was carried out as envisaged. Also, the planning for the next biennium 2020-2021 was initiated. During this quarter, partnerships and collaboration with Member States has continued to characterize ICCROM’s activities, and relations with UNESCO, ICOMOS and IUCN were further fostered. As in the previous quarter, the international course on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis proved to be an important tool to promote effective disaster risk management in conflict situations, and catalyst for potential partnerships in this field. The course, which took place in the Netherlands, consolidated the partnership with the Prince Claus Fund, the Smithsonian Institution and UNESCO, which played a significant role in the implementation of this activity. Given the vulnerability of cultural heritage nowadays, such a course generates much interest among Member States and the international community of conservators. Hence, the participation of ICCROM in UNESCO’s field expert emergency mission to Rio de Janeiro that will help guide global efforts to restore Brazil’s National Museum following the devastating fire in September 2018. The partnership of the Advisory Bodies of the 1972 World Heritage Convention – ICOMOS and IUCN – along with the World Heritage Centre, allowed for a deep reflection on impact assessment guidelines. This also comes at a time when cultural heritage, as for many world heritage sites, is facing numerous challenges related to development pressures. Mention must be made to the partnership with Japan during which several activities were implemented. Namely, the courses on Japanese Paper Conservation and the Conservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains in Asia, which are also aimed at improving ICCROM’s approaches to conservation. ICCROM values the collaboration with Ritsumeikan University, Tsukuba University, ACCU Nara, the Bunkacho, and the National Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Tokyo. The field projects also provided an occasion for on-site training, carried out by ICCROM-Sharjah in cooperation with the Sultanate of Oman on two royal historic houses: Bait Sayid Nadir and Muzna, in Muscat. In addition, the Regional Office of Sharjah and the generous contribution of the British Council provided an opportunity for ICCROM to intervene in the Community Museums of Western Sudan: Omdurman, El Obeid, and Nyala. In the meantime, the ripple effects of RE-ORG have continued to spread. Such was the case with the Re- Organization of the collections storage at the Cerrillos National Centre for Contemporary Art (CNAC), Chile, the host museum of the National RE-ORG Chile strategy, a partnership with the National Centre of Conservation and Restoration (CNCR) and the National Sub-Directorate of Museums (SNM), under the umbrella of the National Service for Cultural Heritage of Chile. The Secretariat continues to implement the IPSAS-compliant accounting system that will ensure that ICCROM’s work is transparent and efficient. Nonetheless, I am convinced that the most important asset of ICCROM is its staff and their invaluable experience. Various internal working groups are developing views and position papers on a number of issues that will also have an impact on efficiency and transparency, including staff rules and regulations. In addition, the participation of staff to the Council Working Groups is considered an added value in strengthening collaboration between the Secretariat and ICCROM’s governing bodies. I am confident that the completion of the hiring process that has been planned for some time now, for eight positions, five of which in Sharjah, will increasingly contribute to the progress towards a more inclusive and quality team that will serve and meet the needs of ICCROM’s Member States. Webber Ndoro, Director-General 5|P a g e Activities of the Director-General During the third quarter, the Director-General continued focusing on consolidating relations and collaboration with Member States, in particular, from Latin America and Africa. Continuing with efforts to build “Team ICCROM”, staff working groups continued to develop various documents to support future policies. For example, a group was set up to evaluate the current staff Rules and Regulations. The objective is to develop regulations fit for a modern international organization and customized for ICCROM’s dimensions and corporate culture. All staff will have the opportunity to provide their input to this process, after which a consultant will be hired to ensure that the rights and duties of staff are ethically in line with other international organizations. These staff Rules and Regulations also will address various types of harassment and other pertinent human resource issues. Other staff working groups continued to address issues related to regional approaches and associate membership status for ICCROM. Once the position papers are ready, they will be shared with Bureau and Council for policy development. Other internal management meetings continued to take place, with an emphasis on developing a document on the urgent need to restructure ICCROM to ensure that it continues to work closely with Member States. Work on the development of the Programme of Work and Budget for 2020-2021 was initiated and staff have been busy working to ensure that it reflects the Strategic Directions, and addresses critical issues regarding Members State participation and contribution to the conservation and management of cultural heritage. With a view to develop a suitable network of collaboration for the Africa Programme, bilateral meetings were held with the embassies of Mauritania, Morocco, and South Africa. These meetings culminated in a general gathering that put together the 38 African diplomatic representatives in Italy at the African Ambassadors Meeting (held at the Libyan Institute, Rome, on 26 September 2018). In the same period, the Director-General had the opportunity to meet the diplomatic representatives of Brazil, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Principality of Monaco, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and United States of America. The meetings with officials from France, Netherlands, Sweden and Finland focused on the possibility of collaboration and partnership concerning the proposed Africa programme and that on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis. 6|P a g e The figures below indicate the regional distribution of both bilateral and multilateral meetings held by the Director-General with Member and non-Members State representatives in Rome in the first, second and third quarters. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTACTS WITH MEMBER REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTACTS WITH MEMBER AND NON MEMBER STATES JAN-MAR 2018 AND NON MEMBER STATES APR-JUN 2018 Arab States Arab States Europe and Europe and North North Africa America Africa America Asia and the Latin Latin Pacific Asia and the America and America and Pacific Caribbean the Caribbean REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTACTS WITH MEMBER AND NON MEMBER STATES JUL-SEP 2018 Arab States Africa Europe and North America Latin America and the Caribbean The Director-General undertook several missions in order to enhance ICCROM’s visibility in the Member States. These included: Netherlands – on the occasion of the closure of the First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAC) course. Norway and Sweden – historically active members of ICCROM. Norway has made significant voluntary contributions to ICCROM’s work with specific programmes, more recently, the Wood Course and the World Heritage Leadership programme. Similarly, Sweden played a significant role in the Africa 2009 programme, created as a means to carry out the World Heritage Committee strategy for training professionals in sub- Saharan Africa. Both countries also make important contributions to the heritage discourse and practice. The history of Sweden in the fields of built heritage and museums is particularly significant. The meetings in Norway and Sweden also explored possible partnerships for the proposed Africa programme and FAC. Benin – the long awaited EPA Board Meeting was finally held at the end of July. In order to ensure continuity of the process, ICCROM’s former Director-General, Stefano De Caro, was also invited to attend. In addition to the Board Meeting, the Director-General had the opportunity to meet with the Minister of Sports, Culture and Tourism of Benin Hon M. Oswald Homeky to discuss the future of EPA. EPA is facing several challenges in its management, and the Board made several recommendations to ensure that work continues. Contentious issues where the decisions on the EPA Fund and the need to reorganize both EPA and its governing structures were made. 7|P a g e Corporate Participation in International Events Engagement with Member States and partner organizations continued through ICCROM’s participation in regional and international events: International conference "VigoniForEurope: Cultural Heritage & International Cultural Relations". During the second week of September, a conference was organized by the German and Italian Ministries of Foreign Affairs. This was a forum for discussing the cultural policies and models with a large participation of cultural institutions from both countries. These included the Deutsches Archäolgishes Institut, ANICA, University of Fanz List, and the Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze. The Forum, which was a follow-up of the two Ministry of Foreign Affairs bilateral meetings, was opened by the German Minister of State of the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Michelle Muntefering, and the Undersecretary of State of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Guglielmo Picchi. ICCROM was invited, and gave a presentation on "Protection and recovery of cultural heritage: possible activities in the context of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy". The Forum focused on three main themes: (a) Cultural heritage and Cultural Policies in a Globalized World; (b) Cultural Heritage Narratives and Communication (Francesca Sforza, a well-known journalist, chaired this panel discussion); and (c) what could concretely be done particularly in areas of conflict, a panel session chaired by Frank Samol of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). International Congress of Theories and History of Conservation, Mexico. Instituto Nacional De Anthropologia e Historia of Mexico (INAH), 18 to 21 September 2018. More than 60 scholars attended the congress. Particular attention was devoted to the work of Cesare Brandi. ICCROM gave a presentation on heritage values, and outlined the history of conservation in Africa from pre-colonial times to the present day. The event was an occasion to hold various meetings with a view to strengthen collaboration with this Member State. Of special relevance was the meeting with INAH on collaboration with ICCROM, namely the international stone and paper courses. Given the interest expressed in ensuring the continuity of the International Stone Course, the possibility of extending the MoU with INAH was discussed, in addition to the possibility of introducing a Latin American regional focus. Hermitage Museum International Advisory Board. 23-26 August, Stefano De Caro represented the Director- General of ICCROM, who is Member of the Advisory Board. Kazan Forum on Intercultural Dialogue, Kazan, Russian Federation. 4 to 7 September, the Director of ICCROM-Sharjah represented ICCROM’s Director-General. He intervened at the roundtable discussion on cultural diversity as an imperative of humanitarian security and sustainable development, and explained the role of ICCROM in safeguarding cultural heritage. The meeting was an opportunity to explore future collaboration with the Russian Federation, especially for Central Asia. International Conference and Steering Committee for the Reconstruction of Al Nuri Mosque and its Hadba Minaret, Mosul, Iraq. Paris, France, 10 September and Abu Dhabi, UAE, 13 September, the Director of ICCROM-Sharjah represented ICCROM at a first steering committee meeting for the Reconstruction of Al Nuri Mosque and its Hadba Minaret. The meeting took place under the chair of H.E. Ms. Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture in the UAE. ICCROM will work closely with UNESCO and Iraq, in order to provide technical advice and development of institutional capacity in Mosul. IIC Congress 2018, Preventive Conservation: State of Art, Turin 10-14 September 2018. For the first time after almost 25 years, the International Institute for Conservation chose the theme of preventive conservation for its 27th Biennial Congress. More than 460 heritage conservation professionals from over 53 countries participated and contributed to this event. ICCROM led the organisation of the joint IIC ‘Point of the Matter’ Dialogue on “Culture Cannot Wait: Integrating Cultural Heritage First Aid with Humanitarian Assistance in Crises". 8|P a g e Relations with Intergovernmental, Governmental and Academic Institutions In addition to consolidating relations, contacts were aimed at increasing ICCROM’s visibility. Meetings and participation in events with scientific and academic institutions, and intergovernmental organizations based in Rome & Sharjah Meeting type / Institution Contact Name / position From ICCROM Issues discussed dates Courtesy Visit Municipality of Mr Luca Bergamo Director-General,  Sharing views and priorities 20/07/2018 Rome Capital Deputy Mayor and Liaison Officer in relation to cultural Councilor for Cultural policies addressed to youth Growth Visit at ICCROM University of Dr Jackie Murray Director-General,  Collaboration with ICCROM 21/08/2018 Kentucky1 Manager Knowledge to develop a Classics and Communication Summer Institute on the island of Ischia (near Naples) in June 2019 Courtesy visit Directorate General Min. Plen. Giuseppe Director-General,  ICCROM involvement in the 21/08/2018 for Global Affairs, Mistretta Liaison Officer Conference Italia – Africa, MAECI Deputy Director to be held on October 24- General/Principal 25, 2018 Director for the Countries of Sub- Saharan Africa Visit at ICCROM Università della Prof. Mauro Francesco Director-General,  Collaboration in Scientific 25/09/2018 Calabria – UNICAL2 La Russa -Associate Liaison Officer Diagnostic activities on Professor in Applied Cultural Heritage Petrography to Cultural Heritage Visit at ICCROM Sapienza Università prof. Savino di Lernia Director-General  Collaboration in the 28/09/2018 di Roma Etnografia Preistorica developments of the 2nd dell'Africa - Sapienza Workshop "Archaeology in Università di Roma Africa", to be held at Sapienza University of Rome from 11 to 13 December 2019 Contacts in Relation to the Headquarters Agreement Highlight of the period: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) proceeded to restart the process of ratification of the ICCROM-Italy agreement for the amendment of the HQs Agreement, signed on March 17, 20173 Meetings/events in the Host Country involving governmental institutions Meeting Type / Position / Name From ICCROM Issues discussed dates Institution Visit at ICCROM Directorate Francesco Scoppola, Director-General,  Support on the 18/07/2018 General for Director General and Liaison Officer relationship with the Host Education and Director a.i. of ISCR country Research (MiBACT) (whose representative  Scientific collaboration in is sitting at ICCROM issues of common interest Council)  Proposed framework agreement Courtesy Visit Ministry for Mr Alberto Bonisoli Director-General,  Underlined the role of 01/08/2018 Cultural Heritage Minister Liaison Officer Italy as Host in ICCROM and Activities activity (MiBAC)  Support in speeding Ratification of the agreement signed on March 17, 2017  Proposed framework agreement 1 http://www.uky.edu/UKHome/ 2 http://www.unical.it/portale/ateneo/amministrazione/staffrettore/rel_int/welcomeoffice_ing/about_the_university/ 3 as indicated in the letter of the Undersecretary of State of MAECI, Mr Guglielmo Picchi, dated 28 September 2018. 9|P a g e Programmes and Activities Programme 1: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflicts and Disasters Strategic Directions Objective 1.1: Protect Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis – Promote effective disaster risk management strategies in situations of conflicts, disasters and complex emergencies. Highlights include: - Implementation of a 3-week International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage - Implementation of a 3-week FAC international course - Implementation of a 1-week FAC leadership workshop - Participation to an emergency technical mission (National Museum of Brazil) - Implementation projects in museums in conflict areas Members of the UNESCO Emergency Mission for the National Museum of Brazil, which took place from 13 to 23 September 2018. Project 1.1 Disaster Risk Reduction PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 2: The International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural International Training Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, 29 August - 20 September (Sites Unit). Course on Disaster Risk Partners included ICOMOS, UNESCO, and the Japanese National Institutes for Management of Cultural Cultural Heritage. The overall theme of the course was “Towards Integrated Heritage. Protection of Immovable and Movable Cultural Heritage from Disasters”. A one-day public symposium was also held on the topic of “Working with the Local Communities on Disaster Prevention for Cultural Heritage – the Experiences of the World and the Future of Japan”. Member States included Japan, Italy, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Mexico, Nepal, Georgia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Belgium, Romania, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and USA. Non- member Stats included Bhutan, Fiji, and Indonesia. 10 | P a g e Project 1.2 First Aid for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAC) PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 2: FAC FAC Course 2018, Tilburg, Netherlands4 5 - 25 August (Collections Unit). The international course [with aim was to generate proactive cultural first-aiders who will have the ability to 20 participants; at least protect cultural heritage under extreme conditions, and work in tandem with five participants drawn humanitarian actors amid an unfolding emergency. ICCROM, the Prince Claus from target countries]. Fund, the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and the Netherlands Commission jointly organized the sixth edition of FAC International course for UNESCO. Participants came from 23 countries: Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, France, Ireland, Kenya, Kiribati, FYR Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Turkey, the United States, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Deliverable 5: FAC leadership workshop, Brabant Netherlands 25-31 August (Collections Two “training of trainers” Unit). The first Leadership in First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of for the replication of Crisis (FAC) workshop was organized by the Prince Claus Fund, the training where it is most Smithsonian Institution, ICCROM, and UNESCO Netherlands. Aimed at needed. FAC alumni, the course was designed to foster the creation of sustainable national or regional networks and strengthen capacity for integrating heritage rescue operations with humanitarian relief during disaster situations. Furthermore, experts coached participants in identifying financial and other resources and ways to identify and strategize next steps of integration and implementation of cultural first aid principles and methods. Fourteen participants came from 12 countries: Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Iraq, Moldova, Senegal, Serbia, Syria, USA. Deliverable 6: If required, UNESCO Emergency Mission, Brazil, 13-24 September (Collections Unit). The emergency assistance for UNESCO emergency mission to Rio de Janeiro took place in response to the providing first aid to massive fire that ravaged the National Museum of Brazil. ICCROM participated cultural heritage or in the mission upon the request of UNESCO, offering technical support in first organization of in-field aid and risk management for cultural heritage. training. Tasks undertaken during the mission: - Meeting with representatives from the different government administrations, the museum, and UNESCO’s Office in Brasilia. - Participating in press conferences. - Visiting and inspecting the remains of the National Museum and making a first assessment of the state of the collections and the historic building. - Advising the Brazilian authorities on the appropriate methodology for the rescue and recovery of the affected cultural properties, and on first immediate safeguarding measures to be taken. In addition, the mission aimed at making a preliminary, technical assessment of the risks affecting other cultural institutions in Rio de Janeiro, and their preparedness measures in place. To this end, a technical visit was undertaken to the National Historical Museum, and existing risk assessment/management reports prepared over the last five years by other major heritage and scientific institutions located in Rio de Janeiro (e.g., National Archives, National Museum of Fine Arts, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - FIOCRUZ) were requested. Based on this assessment, urgent preventive risk management measures, including capacity building, will be proposed. Deliverable (new) INSARAG5 Team Leaders / INSARAG Working Group Meeting, Bucharest, Romania (16 - 21 September 2018) ICCROM was invited by the INSARAG Secretariat to attend this annual meeting to discuss technical issues related to operations and training in the case of collapsed structures. 4 Updates from Q2 5 International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) 11 | P a g e Project 1.3. Protection and Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 2: Pilot Community Museums of Western Sudan: Omdurman, El Obeid, Nyala projects in museums in (ICCROM-Sharjah).6 The 1.2 Million-Euro project funded by the BC-CPF7 was conflict areas – Rescuing launched in in July in Khartoum, Sudan. The first phase includes: A) collections in the MENA Conservation Assessment of the Khalifa House Museum in Omdurman, and region. setting the architectural proposal for development and enhancement of the building, and B) Implementation of three training workshops in Khartoum. These include: the assessment of the collection stored in the museum's warehouse(s) and its reclassification and the documentation of museum collections on display, especially traditional weapons; the assessment of the state of conservation and diagnostic analysis of museum pieces and plans for architectural conservation of Khalifa's house to be implemented in October 2018. Partners: National Cooperation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), Cambridge University and Mallinson Architects. 6 Updates from Q2 7 British Council - Cultural Protection Fund, British Council 12 | P a g e Programme 3: Integrating Cultural Heritage Conservation in Social, Economic, Urban and Environmental Planning Strategic Directions Objective 1.3: Foster Emerging Issues of Cultural Heritage and Conservation – Provide innovative and effective responses to emerging issues, such as the interlinkages of nature/culture, and sustainable development. Strategic Directions Objective 2.2: Enhance Community Engagement in Protecting Heritage – Facilitate social inclusivity by addressing concerns of communities connected with cultural heritage in all ICCROM programmes. Highlights include: - participation and/or organization of three preparatory events during the 42nd World Heritage Committee - an advisory mission to Poland related to the inscription of a site on the World Heritage List - implementation of a 10-day regional course on promoting people-centred approaches to the conservation of nature and culture in Africa - implementation of a 10-day capacity building workshop on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation in Asia and the Pacific: Disasters and Resilience - hosting the First World Heritage Advisory Bodies Networking Activity - partnership with ICOMOS and IUCN for the implementation of a four-day Experts course on World Heritage Procedures for Nordic-Baltic course Participants of the People-Nature-Culture course at Victoria Falls in Zambia, August 2018. Project 3.1. World Heritage Convention PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 1: ICCROM 42nd Session of the World Heritage Committee, Bahrain, 24 June - 4 July representation in 2018 (Sites Unit). ICCROM attended in its advisory capacity. 8 During the specific aspects of meeting, ICCROM presented its World Heritage activities during the previous implementing the World year, and in particular, the progress on the World Heritage Capacity Building Heritage Convention. Strategy. ICCROM also made a number of other interventions, often on behalf of all three Advisory Bodies. ICCROM also organized the Advisory Body 8 ICCROM provides advisory services to all of its Member States (all of which are State Parties to the WH Convention) on issues related to monitoring the state of conservation and capacity building. ICCROM’s presence at the Committee also provides valuable information on capacity building needs for ICCROM’s own programmes, and allows it to work with leading conservation institutions around the world working within the World Heritage system. 13 | P a g e  PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 side events, and participated in many other side events, making presentations and being part of panels on World heritage issues. Member States involved included Bahrain and all States Parties of the World Heritage Convention (all ICCROM Member States).9 Deliverable 2: Provision of Meeting on the Nomination of Gdansk Shipyard for inscription on the advice to Member States UNESCO World Heritage List (Sites Unit). ICCROM was invited to provide based on conservation informal advice to the National Heritage Board of Poland in the early phases and capacity building of preparation of a potential nomination dossier for the Gdansk Shipyard. needs. Meetings were held in both Gdansk and Warsaw. ICCROM Council Member, Kamil Zeidler, was involved in the discussion, as were staff of the Polish National Heritage Board and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Project 3.5. World Heritage Leadership (Integrating Nature and Culture) PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 7: Toolkit for Workshop on Impact Assessment, IUCN, 10-12 September 2018 (Sites Unit). Impact Assessment and This was conducted gathering ICOMOS, IUCN, ICCROM and the International World Heritage covering Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), discussed the existing World culture and nature, and Heritage impact assessment guidelines and agreed on future steps to produce the specific assessment of an integrated guideline/toolkit. Preparations for the IAIA19 annual the impacts of conference in Brisbane is underway. Partners: Norwegian Ministry of Climate development on OUV and and Environment, IUCN, ICOMOS, IAIA. benefits of World Heritage to society. Deliverable 10: Course on Regional course on promoting people centred approaches to the Management of Cultural conservation of nature and culture in Africa, Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls, and Natural Heritage. Zambia, 14-24 August 2018 (Sites Unit). The course addressed 20 participants from 16 Member States. The importance of interlinking nature, culture and people in heritage management together with grasping challenges and opportunities of sustainable development were the main themes delivered in the course, utilizing the case of Victoria Falls WH site as a case study. Partners: IUCN, the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the National Heritage Conservation Commission of Zambia.10 Deliverable (New) Capacity Building Workshop on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation in Asia and the Pacific: Disasters and Resilience, Japan, 21 September - 1 October (Sites Unit). This is a partnership with Tsukuba University, ICCROM, IUCN, and ICOMOS. The course, while not formally part of the World Heritage Leadership programme has similar goals and affiliated with the programme. The first day of the course was a public symposium. Fifteen participants attended the course. Member States represented were India, Malaysia, Philippines, Bangladesh, China, Viet Nam, China, Chile, Kenya, Australia, USA, Sri Lanka, and Japan. Non-Member States: Indonesia. UNESCO and IUCN participated providing resource persons. Deliverable 16: Leadership 1st World Heritage Advisory Bodies Networking Activity, ICCROM networks. headquarters, 4-6 September 2018 (Sites Unit). The event brought together 20 advisory body resource persons from ICOMOS, ICCROM and IUCN to discuss improvements on working methods and providing better capacity building opportunities for AB experts on undertaking evaluation and monitoring missions and reviews of World Heritage sites. Impact assessment issues were also reviewed in-depth utilizing the town of Tivoli as a case study. Partners: Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, IUCN, ICOMOS, Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este Management Office. 9 Note: This carries over from the previous Quarterly Report as the meeting spanned June and July. 10 already in Q2 in Del 11. 14 | P a g e PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable (new) Experts Course on World Heritage Procedures for Nordic-Baltic Countries was held in Bergen, Norway, 24-28 September 2018, jointly delivered by ICCROM, IUCN and ICOMOS. Eighteen participants from the Nordic-Baltic region took part in learning statutory procedures and Advisory Bodies working methods within the WH Convention. Bryggen and the West Norwegian Fjords were utilized as case studies to deliver the course. Partners: Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, IUCN, ICOMOS, City of Bergen. 15 | P a g e Programme 4: Leading and Innovating Capacity Building in Conservation Strategic Directions Objective 2.1: Lead and Innovate Capacity Building at Local, Regional and International Levels – Promote wider access, engage with new ways to deliver content and foster partnerships by addressing challenges and opportunities at all levels. Highlights include: - development of a syllabus for a MSc Programme in Conservation Management of Cultural Heritage in the Arab World - implementation of a two-week RE-ORG National Workshop in Chile - finalization of a RE-ORG Workbook in Spanish and Portuguese - implementation of a two-week course on Japanese Paper Conservation - implementation of a four-week course on Conservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains in Asia - setting up two national Mosaic conservation laboratories (Lebanon and Algeria), and collaborating in the organization of a one-month field-school on mosaics - two technical missions on wall paintings Participants of the RE-ORG National Workshop in Chile. Project 4.4. RE-ORG: Reorganizing Museum Collections in Storage PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 7: One RE-ORG Chile National Workshop 27 August – 7 September (Collections Unit). workshop on RE-ORG The National Centre of Conservation and Restoration (CNCR) and the National documentation, storage Sub-Directorate of Museums (SNM), both of which are under the structure of and emergency the National Service for Cultural Heritage of Chile, organized a course to re- evacuation. organize the storage and deposit areas of the Cerrillos National Centre for Contemporary Art (CNAC). Nineteen Chilean and two Uruguayan professionals joined ten coaches trained in 2017. Work was on three important collections containing more than 400 pieces in total. Some of these collections are contemporary art installations made up of multiple objects. In ten days, the equivalent of 2400 work hours, the storage areas were reorganized according to the ten quality criteria defined by the RE-ORG method. 16 | P a g e Project 4.6 Heritage Materials Conservation PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 4: Two Japanese Paper Conservation, 27 August - 14 September (Collections Unit). courses on Japanese The JPC course has been on a yearly basis since 1992 thanks to the Paper Conservation. longstanding collaboration between the Japanese heritage authorities at Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (TNRICP) and ICCROM. Over 200 international participants have benefited from this successful training partnership. Member States represented at this course this year: Argentina, Australia/USA, Bhutan, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, France, Japan, Poland, UK/Venezuela, Zambia. Deliverable 5: Course on Course on Conservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains in Asia, Nara, Conservation of Japan, 4 September - 4 October (Sites Unit). Objective: to build capacity of Archaeological Sites and professionals involved in protection of archaeological sites in the Asia-Pacific Remains in Asia. Region. Sixteen participants attended. It was organized in partnership with the Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU Nara), the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkacho), ICCROM, and the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo and Nara. Member States represented included: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Japan, and Viet Nam. Non-Member States represented included Bhutan, Fiji, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Maldives, Papua New Guinea, and Uzbekistan. Deliverable 6: Regional MOSAIKON-ATHAR field school on mosaics. Preparation mission to Beirut, Office in Sharjah Lebanon, 24-26 September (ICCROM-Sharjah). A planning meeting with (ICCROM-Sharjah) partners aimed to identify responsibilities, the training venue, and organize Summer School. logistics. The field school will be held at the World Heritage Site of Byblos in the Spring of 2019 for five weeks, with participants from the Arab Mediterranean Region. Partners: the Getty Conservation Institute and the Directorate General of Antiquities in Lebanon Deliverable (new) Renovation and Conservation of Two Royal Historic Houses: Bait Sayid Nadir and Muzna, Muscat, Oman (ICCROM-Sharjah). field capacity building project in this Quarter, following full documentation work, the following action were conducted on site: - Completion of recording work using survey equipment - Preliminary structural investigation of the two houses and the creation of a structural conservation proposal. - Recorded interviews with the Royal Family as part of the research work the historic buildings and their historic interior Deliverable (new) Technical missions and Advisory (Collections Unit) below a list of technical and advisory missions Technical and Advisory missions Mission / Advisory / dates Institution / place, country From ICCROM Topic / issues Technical mission Horrea Aggipiana /Rome, Italy Collection Unit  newly-excavated wall painting fragments; Technical mission Pompeii Sustainable Collection Unit  participation to 2018 Summer Academy Preservation Project /Pompeii, International Workshop. Italy) Advisory Belgian Science Policy Office Collection Unit  Review of research proposals submitted to connected to European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 Advisory IPERION CH MOLAB (Mobile Collection Unit  Review of research proposals submitted to LABoratory) the IPERION CH MOLAB (Mobile LABoratory) 17 | P a g e Programme 5: Strengthening Awareness and Knowledge of Cultural Heritage and its Conservation Strategic Directions Objective 2.3: Strengthen Awareness of Cultural Heritage and Conservation – Raise the position of cultural heritage conservation within national and international policy frameworks. Strategic Directions Objective 3.1: Strengthen the Foundations of ICCROM – Reinforce ICCROM’s position with other international organizations, expand partnerships and increase the number of Member States. Highlights include: - submitted article on “Role and quality of policies for recordkeeping”, to be published by the InterPARES Trust - Annual Report 2017 finalized - Harmonisation and enhancement of ICCROM HQs and ICCROM-Sharjah websites - Public Lecture Programme: a presentation on Laura and Paolo Mora’s sample collections - Publication of Enhancing research impact within heritage conservation’, Studies in Conservation, 63 (8) 2018 - Statement of Cooperation between ICCROM and European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science E-RIHS - Joint statement ‘Enhancing Heritage Research Participation and Impact’ by ICCROM and Joint Programming Initiative for Cultural Heritage - JPICH ICCROM’s 2017 Annual Report. Project 5.2. Access to Information for the Professional Community PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 1: Wide BCIN - Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network sharing of bibliographic (KnowComm). After positive assessment of ICCROM’s management role in the records in ICCROM proposed BCIN platform, a proposal for a governance and funding plan has catalogue and on shared been developed jointly with BCIN partners, namely: Canadian Conservation platforms. Institute, Getty Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution and ICOMOS. Council Member involved: Patricia Kell. URBIS platform (KnowComm). In the third quarter of 2018, 440 new records were added to the Library catalogue and shared with the community through the Library homepage and the URBIS platform. EZB platform (KnowComm). The number of journals shared through the Library homepage are reported in the Library and Archive summary table. 18 | P a g e  PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 2: Records Implementation of ICCROM’s Records Classification Scheme (KnowComm). Management Project. The Archive is progressively implementing the use of ICCROM’s records classification and filing scheme. Deliverable 3: InterPARES “Role and quality of policies for recordkeeping” (KnowComm). This article will publication. published in the InterPARES Trust final book in partnership with the University of British Columbia, Canada. Deliverable 4: Archive and Donations to Library (KnowComm). See summary table below. Library donation and Management of Archival Collections (KnowComm) management for research  Laura and Paolo Mora sample collections (Collections, Knowcomm). The use. entire collection has been photographically documented; available data has been collected; and samples are being rehoused. The design process of the online catalogue is in progress. A public lecture on the project was organised at ICCROM in September. Partner institution: HERCULES Laboratory, University of Évora, Portugal (E-RIHS11 partner).12  Gaël de Guichen archive. The Archive has been assessed and partially transferred. Inventory Project (KnowComm). The Library carried out a pilot project of inventory of monographic collections. A database has been created to determine the actual state of collection (missing, misplaced and/or damaged books and cataloguing gaps). This experience was useful to assess the methodology to that will be put into practice in November. Reconditioning of ICCROM Architectural Conservation Course handouts (KnowComm). The first part of the collection of handouts from ICCROM’s first ARC courses has been inventoried and reconditioned in appropriate archival boxes. This project will go on in the following months. Reference service (KnowComm). The Library has offered special assistance to visiting researcher Prof. Ascensión Hernández Martínez from the University of Zaragoza with research on urban conservation and management. List of New Acquisitions (KnowComm). A list of new Library monograph acquisitions for the second quarter of 2018 has been circulated. Binding of periodicals (KnowComm). The Library has organized the binding of 46 new periodical titles (September-October). Deliverable 5: Sharing of CeroArt cataloguing project (KnowComm). Data ingestion project for analytics digital resources on of the open-access journal CeroArt (Work in progress, see also Q.2 2018). The shared platforms with master file has been delivered to the editor of CeroArt. 13 Open Access Deliverable (New): Library ICCROM Library Partner Project (KnowComm). The Library is offering to and Archives network exchange conservation documentation with training institutions and organizations that offer a conservation programme/degree. The first step covered part of the Latin American Region. Deliverable (New) Open- ICCROM Publications Scanning Project (KnowComm). The Library and Access publications Publications launched the scanning project of past ICCROM publications, 1961- 2003 (91 publications plus 50 past Newsletters), making them available on the ICCROM website. Production of publications (KnowComm), developing 14 new publications in concert with Programme Units. Almost ready for imminent launch are the Spanish and Portuguese translations of the RE-ORG Method, the First Aid for Cultural Heritage Handbook and Toolkit, and the second installment of the ICCROM-CHA Forum Series entitled Revisiting Authenticity in the Asian 11 European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science. 12 Updates from QR2 13 Updates from QR2 19 | P a g e  PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Context. Additionally, ICCROM is working with UNESCO and a number of partner institutions to translate the popular handbook on Emergency Evacuation of Heritage Collections in as many languages as possible. Article “Strengthening partnership for records preservation”. The Archive has submitted an article on strengthening partnership between ICCROM and ICA, which has been published in the ICA Flash journal n. 36, September 2018. Deliverable (new) interns Interns (FinAdm) eight (8) interns were present during the period covered by and fellows Q3. Three of them were already present from the previous Quarter. The new five (5) entries were distributed in both Sites and Collections Units, as well as to the Library. The table below identify their topics of study. Member States involved: Albania, France, Ghana, Italy, Vietnam, USA. Interns July-September 2018 Country Name Period Unit Project Vietnam Thi Thanh Tu LE 16 April to 3 Collections Survey analysis; communication tools for August the CollAsia Programme. France Lisa Bombail 2 May to 27 July Collections Research and implementation of ongoing capacity development activities of FAC. Italy Francesca Pandolfi 7 May to 3 August Sites Researching and assisting in the development of the online platform for heritage management resources. Ghana Selina-Emma Okle 5-31 August Collections Research and development of training materials and strategy for SOIMA. Albania Anisa DURAJ 1 August to 31 Sites Conduct a baseline research on October 2018 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) in preparation of the September workshop. USA Hailey Perelman 3 September to 30 Collections Background research on the connection November between heritage conservation and sustainable development. USA Kathleen Dowling 3 September to 30 Library Collections cataloguing and inventory November control and in a review of emergency preparedness. USA Talia Lev 1 October to 21 Sites Reviewing the materials produced from the December 2018 Living Heritage Programme for increased promotion and communication on the website of ICCROM. 20 | P a g e 21 | P a g e Project 5.3. Public Information and Outreach PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 3: Heritage (Knowcomm) In an effort to strengthen ICCROM’s visibility, our social media awareness initiatives on presence serves to share an immediate window on ICCROM activities, as well Instagram and other social as developments in conservation worldwide. Particularly, Twitter shares media platforms ICCROM’s work in nearly real time, for example, with course openings, FAC- [European Year of Cultural related work to support the National Museum of Brazil and the Kerala Rescue Heritage EYCH) / ICCROM Initiative, the Community Museums of Sudan project, and meetings including 60th Anniversary] IIC Turin and Best in Heritage, which saw active participation from ICCROM. Deliverable (new): Annual Report 2017 (KnowComm). The new Annual Report offers complete Corporate Information information on ICCROM’s activities, including financial data. The English version is complete and the French version is being finalized. Web development (KnowComm). A maintenance contract will enhance the website by solving bugs, improving the mobile navigation system and making other fixes to the style. The Arabic version of the website is nearly aligned from September with the other languages. ICCROM-Sharjah Website Move (KnowComm, ICCROM-Sharjah). Plans are now underway to update the Sharjah website and give it the same look and feel as the main HQ website. This will be available in Arabic and English only. Governing Bodies Meetings (KnowComm, ODG). In view of the forthcoming institutional meetings, both ODG and KnowComm are ensuring that all documents produced are posted into the reserved Council web page in both English and French. Deliverable (new): Public Public Lectures Programme (ODG). In the third quarter, the Public Lecture Lectures Programme Programme hosted the presentation of the Laura and Paolo Mora’s sample collections (Collections, Knowcomm, project 5.2, Deliverable 4) by Milene Gil, who is heading the project together with colleagues at ICCROM. She gave an overview of the project, including aims, tasks and methodology. Partner institution: HERCULES Laboratory, University of Évora, Portugal (E- RIHS14 partner).15 14 European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science 15 Updates from QR2 22 | P a g e 23 | P a g e Project 5.4. Tracking Trends in Heritage Conservation PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 2: Critical literature scan (ongoing) (Collection Unit). This entails the review of Development of heritage connections drawn between heritage and sustainable development. Outputs: indicators for collection. spreadsheet of 1000+ tagged publication records; draft report summarizing the methodology and key findings. Interview study (ongoing) (Collection Unit) research plan and contract commission (in preparation). Aim: to elicit a) perceptions of the relationship between heritage conservation and sustainable development, b) stories of change and c) examples of ways to evaluate and evidence. Deliverable 4: Tracking Trends in heritage research - Open access publication: ‘Enhancing Development of an online research impact within heritage conservation’, Studies in Conservation, 63 (8) knowledge resource 2018 [DOI 10.1080/00393630.2018.1491719] (Collections Unit). As indicated in QR2, the study involves a survey of 89 institutions in 32 countries (2017) and a literature survey of almost 8 000 articles (2017) and 15 interviews with senior conservation professionals. The accepted Manuscript (AM) of the paper will be made available for free download via ICCROM website [as of end September: 416 downloads via Publishers website]. Tracking trends in preventive conservation (Collections Unit). The report factsheet, already reported in QR2, has been disseminated through the ICCROM and CCI website in July. As of the end of September the number of downloads is 642. Cooperation with E-European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E- RIHS) (Collections Unit, ODG): - Participation in Steering Committee, and Stakeholder Advisory Board meetings at E-RIHS 5 interim meeting in Warsaw, Poland. - Statement of Cooperation between ICCROM and E-RIHS Cooperation with the Joint Programming Initiative for Cultural Heritage (JPICH) (Collections Unit). Joint statement on “Enhancing Heritage Research Participation and Impact” made by ICCROM and JPICH. Project 5.5. ICCROM Fora PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable 2: “Point of “Culture Cannot Wait: Integrating Heritage First Aid with Humanitarian the matter” panel Assistance in Crises” panel discussion during IIC’s 27th Biennial Congress in discussion at IIC 2018 Turin, Italy, 12 September (Collections Unit, KnowComm). ICCROM collaborated Congress with IIC to host a panel discussion as part of the Point of the Matter Dialogue series, bringing together seven specialists who have worked to conserve heritage through war, earthquakes and disaster. 24 | P a g e Strengthening and Transforming ICCROM for the Future Strategic Directions Objective 3.3: Modernize and Invest to Assure an Effective and Efficient Organization – Ensure that the investment in human and financial resources gives added value and that management and information systems provide for improved performance and accountability. Utilize the best means of electronic and media delivery to increase the effectiveness of training and outreach for the organization Highlights include: - implementing the adaptation of the S/4HANA software by SAP thereby enhancing the capacity for ICCROM-Sharjah to issue monthly statements - set-up of special accounting procedures for the project “Community Museums of Western Sudan” - HR - one new position has been filled and the selection of other two positions have been completed at ICCROM HQs. Three new positions have been filled, completed the selection for another position and re-advertisement for a fifth position at ICCROM-Sharjah - implementation of an online application and database system respectively to allow candidates to send their applications online and to upload and record working contacts PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable (new): SAP ERP software and International Public Sector Accounting Standards Implementation and (IPSAS) (FinAdm, KnowComm). The migration to the ICCROM-tailored ERP enhancement of an ERP software SAP S/4HANA16 is still in progress. It will allow managing ICCROM System. accounting and finance and it will provide a suitable information technology system to support IPSAS-compliant accounting17 and reporting. It is foreseen that ICCROM will be fully IPSAS compliant by the end of the biennium 2018-19.18 During the current reporting period, SAP implementation has been focusing on finalizing budget entries according to the 2018-2019 PWB framework and the new WBS19 structure, aiming to allow ICCROM to report on SDs, and SDGs and the costs of results achieved. Addressing reporting requirement procedures for the project “Community Museums of Western Sudan” (ICCROM Sharjah, FinAdm). The addressing of administrative requirements for the effective implementation of the project, funded through the British Council grant, has been underway during this quarter. In addition, ICCROM is coordinating with the UNDP office in Sudan regarding sharing their list of registered local suppliers for project implementation purposes; the transfer of funds to Sudan is done through a clearing account in Denmark. Accounts Management (ICCROM Sharjah, FinAdm). A monthly manual bank reconciliation of accounts at the United Arab Emirates Bank is performed. Bank reconciliation will be automated once the SAP interface has been configured. Deliverable (new): New positions (ICCROM-Sharjah, FinAdm). ICT Assistant, Administrative Implementation of the HR Assistant, and Project Associate, Higher Education and Training, have been plan. appointed in this period. Re-Advertisement and partial screening of the remaining positions (Project Associate, Communication and Publications, and Programme Officer). The revision of the estimated staffing costs for the Sharjah team according to the SHJ Government grant agreement was carried out in order to ensure the 16 https://www.sap.com/products/s4hana-erp.html 17 IPSAS are independently developed financial reporting standards. The adoption of IPSAS was decided by ICCROM Council in November 2015. 18 The Secretariat will present the full IPSAS migration blueprint to the Council in November 2018. 19 WBS - Work-Breakdown Structure 25 | P a g e PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 completion of recruitment and the renewal of the employment contracts during the current and next biennium. A new long-term consultancy contract for Graphic Designer (ICCROM-Sharjah, FinAdm) has been devised to carry out various implementation of publications and promotion materials to serve ICCROM HQs and the Sharjah Office. The procedure was based on a single source procurement process until a call for proposals will be made next year. Deliverable (new): IT IT Infrastructure and Security (ICCROM-Sharjah, HQs IT Service): Contacts with infrastructure and IT service AMC team were made to ensure that the new ICT Assistant was well security. acquainted with all of the necessary equipment: facilities and software for Sharjah office, especially the server, data backup and different access info. Online applications (ICCROM-Sharjah). A new system has been designed to allow job candidates to send their applications online instead of sending by email or post. With Google Forms, the assigned staff will be alerted when a candidate sends his/her application, and all information can be extracted onto an Excel sheet. The same system will be developed and used for the MA Programme and course applications. Database Management (ICCROM-Sharjah, HQs IT Service). As part of the programme implementation, an online database system powered through Google Contacts has been implemented. It will serve to upload and record all contacts details for local and international entities. In addition, contacts details from business cards will uploaded to the system through an open source app. New Telephone System. A new solution to allow free local and international calls between Sharjah team members has been implemented for cost purposes. 26 | P a g e Assessed Contributions from Member States At the end of the third Quarter 85 (out of 136) Member States paid their contribution to ICCROM budget. During the 1st Quarter of 2018, 34 Member States. 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter Albania Finland Mozambique Algeria Mauritius Algeria Gabon Netherlands Andorra Monaco Andorra Georgia New Zealand Armenia Montenegro Argentina Germany Norway Azerbaijan Myanmar Armenia Greece Oman Belgium Oman Australia Guyana Peru Bosnia and Herzegovina Paraguay Austria Ireland Poland Bulgaria Philippines Bahrain Jordan Portugal Chile Portugal Cambodia Korea (Republic of) Russian Federation China Qatar Canada Latvia Senegal Czech Republic Romania Chad Libya Serbia Ecuador Saudi Arabia (Kingdom o Cuba Luxembourg Slovakia Egypt Seychelles Cyprus Malawi South Africa France Slovenia Denmark Malta Sri Lanka Haiti Spain Dominican Republic Mauritania Sweden Japan Thailand Estonia Mexico Switzerland Kenya Turkey Ethiopia Morocco United Kingdom of Great Macedonia (The Former Zambia Britain and Northern Ireland Yugoslav Rep of) Malaysia MEMBER STATES CONTRIBUTIONS MEMBER STATES CONTRIBUTIONS @ MARCH 2018 @ JUNE 2018 paid paid contributions unpaid contributions 30% contributions 59% 41% unpaid contributions 70% MEMBER STATES CONTRIBUTIONS @ SEP 2018 unpaid contributio ns 31% paid contributio ns 69% 27 | P a g e Voluntary contributions and grants by donor According to article 7.e2 of the Financial Regulations, “the Director-General may accept voluntary contributions, whether or not in cash, provided that the purposes for which the contribution is made are consistent with the principles, aims and activities of ICCROM.” Below a table of contributors of voluntary contribution and grants in the first three Quarters of 2018: 1st Quarter Country Date JAPAN Government 01-Feb VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS CHINA Government 12-Mar BY DONOR @ MARCH 2018 Ambassadors Fund for Government fund 21-Mar Fund with majority of Cultural Preservation governmental funds Switzerland Office 40% Government 23-Mar Fédéral de la Culture Government 60% Fund with majority of Prince Claus Fund 26-Mar governmental funds 2nd Quarter Country Date La Fondation Olympique Foundation 09-Apr VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS BY UNESCO WH Intergovernmental 12-Apr DONOR @ JUNE 2018 organization Intergoverna mental UNESCO-IRAQ Intergovernmental 13-Apr organisation organization 22% Korea Government Committed in May Government China Government 04-May 56% Foundation France Government 07-May 22% Getty Foundation Foundation 11-May UAE – Sharjah Government 30-May JAPAN Government 04-Jun 3rd Quarter Country Date CANADA Government 04-Jul VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS BY UNESCO Intergovernmental 06-Jul DONOR @ SEPTEMBER 2018 organization Intergovernam ITALY Government 20-Jul ental Organisation IUCN Intergovernmental 20-Jul 25% organization SWITZERLAND Government Committed in Governamenta Government September l Organisation 62% 13% British Council Governmental Committed organization in September OMAN Government 18-Sep MONACO Government 24-Sep 28 | P a g e Leading Offices, Project Partners, Countries Involved Lead Office/Service Mandatory Activities Institutions Involved Programme 1: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflicts and Disasters Project 1.1 Disaster Risk Reduction Sites Unit and Training Ritsumeikan University, ICOMOS, Collections UNESCO, the Japanese National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Project 1.2. First Aid for Cultural Collections Training, Information, Prince Claus Fund, the Smithsonian Heritage in Times of Crisis Cooperation Cultural Rescue Initiative and the Awareness Netherlands Commission for UNESCO, UNESCO Project 1.3. Protection and Post- ICCROM-Sharjah Cooperation Al-Khalifa Foundation, BC-CPF, Prince Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction Claus Fund, UNESCO, Union of Arab Architects Programme 3: Integrating Cultural Heritage Conservation in Social, Economic, Urban and Environmental Planning Project 3.1. World Heritage Sites Unit Cooperation, Awareness ICOMOS, WHC-UNESCO, IUCN, National Convention Heritage Board of Poland Project 3.2. Embracing change in ICCROM-Sharjah Information, Advocacy UNESCO, AgaKhan Trust for Culture heritage management theory and practice Project 3.5. World Heritage Sites Unit Training, Cooperation, IUCN, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Leadership (integrating nature and Awareness Environment, ICOMOS, IAIA culture) (International Association for Impact Assessment), Tsukuba University, African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the National Heritage Conservation Commission of Zambia Programme 4: Leading and Innovating Capacity Building in Conservation Project 4.1. University partnerships ICCROM-Sharjah Training, the University of Sharjah (UoS), in the Arab world Cooperation Project 4.4. RE-ORG: Reorganizing Collections, Training, Awareness, US Ambassadors Fund, National Service museum collections in storage Knowcomm Cooperation for Cultural Heritage of Chile, Ibermuseus Project 4.5. Collections in context Collections, Training, Cooperation Knowcomm Project 4.6. Heritage materials Sites, Collections, Training, Cooperation Tokyo National Research Institute for conservation ICCROM-Sharjah Cultural Properties (TNRICP) Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU Nara), the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkacho), the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo, Nara, Getty Conservation Institute and the Directorate General of Antiquities in Lebanon B5. Programme 5: Strengthening Awareness and Knowledge of Cultural Heritage and its Conservation Project 5.1. Conservation in national ICCROM-Sharjah Information, Awareness and international policy frameworks 29 | P a g e  Project 5.2. Access to information for Knowcomm Information, Research, Canadian Conservation Institute, Getty the professional community Cooperation Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, ICOMOS. University of British Columbia, Hercules Laboratory, University of Évora, MiBAC-DGA-MiBAC, Project 5.3. Public Information and KnowComm Information, Awareness Outreach ICCROM-Sharjah Project 5.4. Tracking Trends in Collections Research Cooperation ENCoRE, CCI, E-RIHS network heritage conservation Project 5.5. ICCROM Fora Collections Information, Awareness IIC ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS JAN-MAR 2018 Latin America APR-JUN 2018 Latin America and and the Africa Caribbean Caribbean 18% 7% Africa 6% 26% Europe and North America Arab States 26% Europe and 21% North America 34% Asia and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific 26% Pacific 21% 15% ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS Latin JUL-SEP 2018 America and the Caribbean Africa 10% 20% Europe and North America 28% Arab States 18% Asia and the Pacific 24% 30 | P a g e Geographical distribution of activities in QR1, QR2, QR3 The following maps demonstrate the reach of ICCROM activities in within Member States over the last three quarters. These activities include courses, seminars, missions, meetings and other partnership outputs. 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 31 | P a g e 3rd Quarter 32 | P a g e Quarterly Report October – December 2018 Table of Contents Overview.......................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction and Highlights .............................................................................................. 4 Activities of the Director-General ..................................................................................... 5 Corporate Participation in International Events........................................................................................... 8 Relations with Intergovernmental, Governmental and Academic Institutions ........................................... 10 Contacts in Relation to the Headquarters Agreement ............................................................................... 11 Programmes and Activities ............................................................................................. 12 Programme 1: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflicts and Disasters......................................... 12 Project 1.1 Disaster Risk Reduction ............................................................................................................. 12 Project 1.2 First Aid for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAC) .............................................................. 13 Project 1.3. Protection and Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction..................................................... 14 Programme 3: Integrating Cultural Heritage Conservation in Social, Economic, Urban and Environmental Planning .................................................................................................................................................... 15 Project 3.1. World Heritage Convention ...................................................................................................... 15 Project 3.2. Embracing Change in Heritage Management, Theory and Practice ......................................... 16 Project 3.5. World Heritage Leadership (Integrating Nature and Culture) .................................................. 16 Programme 4: Leading and Innovating Capacity Building in Conservation ................................................ 19 Project 4.4. RE-ORG: Reorganizing Museum Collections in Storage ............................................................ 19 Project 4.5 Collections in Context ................................................................................................................ 20 Project 4.6 Heritage Materials Conservation ............................................................................................... 20 Programme 5: Strengthening Awareness and Knowledge of Cultural Heritage and its Conservation ......... 22 Project 5.1. Conservation in National and International Policy Frameworks .............................................. 22 Project 5.2. Access to Information for the Professional Community........................................................... 23 Project 5.3. Public Information and Outreach ............................................................................................. 28 Project 5.4. Tracking Trends in Heritage Conservation ................................................................................ 28 Project 5.5. ICCROM Fora ............................................................................................................................ 28 Strengthening and Transforming ICCROM for the Future .......................................................................... 30 Assessed Contributions from Member States ............................................................................................. 31 Voluntary Contributions and Grants by Donor ............................................................................................ 32 Leading Offices, Project Partners, Countries Involved ...................................................... 34 Geographical distribution of activities in Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 ...................................................................... 36 1|P a g e 2|P a g e Overview This Quarterly Report 2018/4, produced by ICCROM’s Secretariat, covers the period from 1 October to 31 December 2018. It provides information on the progress made on activities implemented and collaborations undertaken with Member States and partners towards achievements of ICCROM's Strategic Directions, as defined in the 2018-2019 Programme of Work and Budget (PWB). ICCROM’s mission is to provide Member States with the best tools, knowledge, skills and enabling environment with which to preserve their cultural heritage in all its forms, for the benefit of all people. ICCROM strives for a world in which cultural heritage – its preservation, protection and celebration – is inextricably linked with notions of progress, inclusivity and wellbeing. In order to achieve this mission and vision, three Strategic Directions guide ICCROM’s work: SD1: Focusing on World Concerns for Cultural Heritage SD2: Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Global Network SD3: Strengthening and Transforming ICCROM for the Future The Strategic Directions are underpinned by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the 2030 UN Agenda. In the 2018-2019 biennium, ICCROM has committed to the following SDGs in particular: The PWB for 2018-2019 can be downloaded in full from ICCROM’s website in English and in French: https://www.iccrom.org/about/funding/programme-and-budget ICCROM Offices and Units, and their abbreviations: Office of the Director-General (ODG) Management and Administration (Admin) Collections Unit (Collections) Knowledge and Communication Services (KnowComm) Sites Unit (Sites) ICCROM Regional Office in Sharjah (ICCROM-Sharjah) Credits: Photo credits: ICCROM Special thanks to Units and Services at ICCROM for their contribution to this report. __________________________________________________________________ 3|P a g e Introduction and Highlights In the last three months of 2018, we continued to consolidate our efforts in building Team ICCROM and emphasizing the need to ensure respect and transparency in our work. The implementation of the PWB for the fourth quarter of the current year was carried out as planned, and this culminated in the 91st Council meeting from 14 to 15 November. Work continued to the end of the year, and where possible, contacts were maintained with Member States, particularly through the embassies in Rome. The impressive impact of our activities in First Aid to Cultural Heritage culminated in the launch of a two-part volume this quarter, which is now available for free download on the website. This was also complemented by training activities initiated in Mali in November. The similar implementation of activities in crisis-ridden areas continued through the project on community museums now underway in Sudan. Meanwhile, in Montenegro initiatives taking place in December focused on the assessment of impacts on heritage. Through the World Heritage Leadership programme, “Enhancing our Heritage,” toolkits were launched and initial tests of the kits took place at Robben Island in South Africa. The Secretariat continues to implement the IPSAS-compliant accounting system that will ensure that ICCROM’s work is transparent and efficient. Efforts were directed at completing the implementation work of the SAP software, and this was rewarded in the form of a SAP Prize given to ICCROM’s governing bodies. Returning to Team ICCROM, we have begun the search for a consulting company that will guide us through a reorganization exercise. I am convinced that this will enable ICCROM to strengthen its focus on addressing the Strategic Directions and ensuring better service delivery to its Member States. Webber Ndoro Director-General 4|P a g e Activities of the Director-General The meeting of the Bureau and 91st Meeting of Council catalysed the activities of the Director-General and the staff of the Secretariat. The internal management and staff meetings continued during the quarter, and for the first time, joint staff meetings were held between the Regional Office in Sharjah and Rome through Skype. The two staff working groups tasked with revising the Staff Rules and Regulations and setting out a Regional Policy, continued their important work, this time joined by colleagues from the Regional Office. Presentations on the implementation of the Strategic Directions for the year 2018 were presented to Council. The reports presented were a culmination of the efforts of Team ICCROM. A proposal for the 2020-2021 Programme of Work and Budget was also presented to Council for comments. In relation to the EPA Fund, letters were sent to all the financial partners regarding the winding up the Fund and the need to set-up an Africa funds-in-trust, which will ensure that the concerns of the African region are addressed. In line with this, a consultant was hired to work on the new Africa programme and the draft was presented to the Council in November. In the same period, the Director-General had the opportunity to meet the diplomatic representatives of France, Costa Rica, Colombia and Spain regarding possible collaborations on both the Africa programme under development and a prospective programme for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Director-General’s participation in diplomatic events in Rome were an additional opportunity to consolidate the network of collaboration. Countries involved included the Russian Federation, Germany, Cuba, Turkey, Japan and the Republic of Korea. ICCROM also welcomed two Korean Delegations at its headquarters: the first one from the Kyeongju National Park office and a second one from the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. According to the occasion and country, ICCROM professional staff join the Director-General at his request. 5|P a g e The figures below indicate the regional distribution of both bilateral and multilateral meetings held in Rome between the Director-General and Member and non-Member State representatives throughout the four quarters of 2018. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTACTS WITH MEMBER REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTACTS WITH MEMBER AND NON-MEMBER STATES JAN-MAR 2018 AND NON-MEMBER STATES APR-JUN 2018 Arab States Arab States Europe and Europe and North North Africa America Africa America Asia and the Latin Pacific Asia and the America and Pacific Caribbean Latin America and the Caribbean REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTACTS WITH MEMBER REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTACTS WITH MEMBER AND NON-MEMBER STATES JUL-SEP 2018 AND NON-MEMBER STATES OCT-DEC 2018 Arab States Europe and Europe and North North America Asia and the America Pacific Africa Latin Latin America and America and the the Caribbean Caribbean The Director-General undertook several missions in order to enhance ICCROM’s visibility in the Member States. These included: Essaouira, Morocco (26-28 November 2018). Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Dr Sultan Al Qassimi the Ruler of Sharjah, and Princess Lalla Hasna, President of the Moroccan Society for Archeology and Heritage, the “International Forum on Cities and Heritage in the Arab Countries” was held in Essaouira, Morocco. The event was organized by the Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah (ICCROM-ATHAR) and the Moroccan Society for Archeology and Heritage (SMAP) the Ministry of Culture and Communication, the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage, the regional and municipal councils of Essaouira, the Essaouira Mogador Association, and the regional and municipal directorates of culture. Mr André Azoulay, Advisor of the King of Morocco and the Director-General of ICCROM attend the opening of the event. The Forum highlighted the various achievements of Morocco, particularly in the ancient city of Essaouira, in the fields of protection and appreciation of cultural heritage. Case studies from the region were also presented. The meeting also explored possibilities of Morocco museums working with the Africa region, particularly on engaging the youth in cultural heritage areas. Sharjah, UAE (December 4-6). ICCROM-Sharjah held a seminar on “Protecting the Past: from Digital Documentation to Heritage Management in the MENA Region” to discuss best practices and present projects from countries including Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Syria. Forty speakers and 100 participants attended the seminar. The Director-General of ICCROM attended the opening ceremony, which was also blessed and honoured by the presence of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah, who spoke about his support for heritage protection and the conference topics. Also present were Robert Bewley (Endangered Archaeology in the Middle Easte and North Africa – EAMENA), George Richards (Art Jameel), and Stefaan Poortman (Global Heritage Fund). 6|P a g e Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (5 December), the Director-General also attended the Board meeting of the African World Heritage Fund held in Addis Ababa. During the visit meetings were held with the Commissioner of Special Affairs of the African Union on possible future collaborations with ICCROM. New Delhi, India (13 December), the Director-General visited the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) and gave a conference about cultural heritage with students, faculty and alumni of that institution. The school’s director, Dr PSN Rao and its Dean, Dr Sanjukkta Bhaduri, introduced the role of the various departments in the field of planning, habitat studies and involvement in education for cultural heritage conservation and management in India. The Director-General next gave a keynote address at the second edition of the International Conference on Heritage Management Education and Practice (14-16 December 2018) on the theme “Developing Integrated Approaches”. The speech centred on heritage values and sustainable development. The conference set out to explore the gaps in efforts of the conservation sector to connect disciplines and stakeholders. The conference was organized by Centre for Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University, Gujarat, India. 7|P a g e Corporate Participation in International Events Engagement with Member States and partner organizations continued with ICCROM’s participation in regional and international events: Conference Italy-Africa, Rome, Italy (25 October). The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, also called the Farnesina, held a conference on the cooperation between Italy and Africa. The conference was inaugurated at the MAXXI Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome. This was the second in a series of conferences on this topic organized by the Farnesina, the first of which was held in 2016. The conference discussed shared solutions to the main challenges facing Africa and Italy in the fields of peace, freedom, democracy and security. The conference further identified common paths for growth, in which Italy could play a part by leveraging its expertise and presence in the European Union. Representatives of 46 African countries attended the meeting, 34 at the ministerial level, while 13 international organizations were represented, including the African Union. In total, 350 delegates attended the conference. ICCROM’s Director- General attended the meeting in the framework of ICCROM’s proposed new programme to support young heritage professionals on the African continent, which he presented during the session’s Panel III, dedicated to human development, culture, education and mobility. Conference "Cherishing Heritage", Venice, Italy (22 November). Organized by the European Commission in cooperation with ICOMOS, aimed at promoting public debate on quality principles in EU-funded interventions on cultural heritage. It was a key event during the European Year of Cultural Heritage,1 organized in the framework of the European Initiative "Cherishing heritage". ICCROM was represented by Maria Teresa Jaquinta. ICOMOS ICAHM meeting in Sicily, (25 - 28 October). In the European Year of Cultural Heritage, the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) organized its Annual Meeting in the spectacular medieval castle of Montalbano Elicona, in cooperation with the local Municipality and under the patronage of UNESCO, the African World Heritage Fund, ICCROM and ICOMOS Italy. ICCROM was represented by Stefano De Caro, Special Adviser to the Director-General. International Meeting on Heritage and Development, Madrid, Spain (27-28 November). Organized by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID), the scope of the mission was to continue conversations with AECID staff to identify possible means of collaboration for the development of a programme in the Latin American region. AECID expressed particular interest in translating and publishing the First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Handbook and Toolkit in Spanish. A proposal for producing translations of the two volumes will be made within AECID and, if approved, work could start in the second semester of 2019. María Mata Caravaca attended and represented ICCROM’s Director-General. Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Conference of Ministers of Culture, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain (28-29 November). In cooperation with the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities and in coordination with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) held the Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Conference of Ministers of Culture, under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, Sovereign of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The theme of the session was: “All to protect universal heritage and deal with extremism”. At the end of its deliberations, the Conference adopted the Bahrain Declaration on the Protection of the Human Heritage and the Fight against Extremism, the Draft Final Report and the draft Resolutions of the Conference. ICCROM was represented by Mounir Bouchenaki, Special Adviser to the Director-General. International Conference on religious cultural heritage in Rome, Vatican City, Holy See (29 November). The conference addressed religious built heritage and aimed to respond to some issues of great relevance and urgency, such as the destination of the churches not used (pastoral, canonistic, technical, etc.) and the integrated management of ecclesiastical cultural assets (their integration in pastoral planning, enhancement in 1 The Venice Conference is part of the ten initiatives of the European Commission for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 (EYCH2018). The European initiatives correspond to four principles that define European cultural heritage in its essence: participation, sustainability, protection and innovation. 8|P a g e the ecclesiastical perspective, role of the community as the origin and recipient of cultural heritage, etc.). Joseph King attended and represented the Director-General. First Joint Technical Committee Meeting for the “Reconstruction of Al Nouri Mosque and Al Hadba Minaret in Mosul”, Erbil, Iraq (12 December). Representing ICCROM, Zaki Aslan took part in the first Joint Technical Committee Meeting for the “Reconstruction of Al Nouri Mosque and its Al Hadba Minaret in Mosul”. Chaired by UNESCO, and Vice-chaired by ICCROM, the committee is composed of representatives from the Sunni Waqf, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Mosul University, Association of Architects, and international experts. ICOMOS General Assembly, Buenos Aires, Argentina (4-7 December). Council Member Florencia Gear represented ICCROM in its Observer Capacity to the ICOMOS Annual General Assembly, Advisory Committee and Scientific Symposium. 31st Technical Session and 25th Plenary Session of the ICC-Angkor and the 25th anniversary of the ICC- Angkor (3-4 December). ICC-Angkor is a forum where architects, engineers, restorers, archaeologists, researchers, anthropologists and technical experts in various fields can exchange their experiences and views on the preservation and development of the Angkor Park in Cambodia. As the follow-up to the decision of the First Intergovernmental Conference on the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Angkor, held in Tokyo in October 1993, and the first meeting of the International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Angkor (ICC), held in Phnom Penh on 21 and 22 December 1993, the working procedures of the Committee were established. It was decided that the Committee would be co-chaired by France and Japan, and a practical approach would foresee balancing the preservation and safeguarding of heritage with economic development, in consultation with the Cambodian authorities. Japan and France ensure the co-chairmanship, while UNESCO in close cooperation with APSARA ensures the secretariat of the ICC-Angkor. Mounir Bouchenaki, Special Advisor to the Director-General represented the Organization at the event. Seminar on shadow aspects in the field of art/ cultural heritage objects, Riga, Latvia (11-12 December). The Latvian School of Public Administration organized an international seminar related to shadow aspects in the field of art/ cultural heritage objects. Seventy participants representing Latvian law enforcement agencies (including the State police, State Revenue Service and Customs), Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Culture, National Cultural Heritage Board and other institutions attended the seminar. Special Adviser of the Director-General, Pier Giorgio Ferri represented ICCROM at the event. 9|P a g e Relations with Intergovernmental, Governmental and Academic Institutions In addition to consolidating relations, contacts were aimed at increasing ICCROM’s visibility. Meetings and participation in events with scientific and academic institutions, and intergovernmental organizations based in Rome & Sharjah Meeting type / Institution Contact Name / From ICCROM Issues discussed dates position Conference Fondazione Scuola Stefano De Caro Liaison Office • Keynote speech on “La ‘nuova’ attending del Patrimonio Scuola del Patrimonio nel 01/10/18 MiBAC contesto delle esperienze internazionali.” Conference Organizzazione H.E. Vice President Project Manager, • Lecture on “Ejes y prioridades de attending Internazionale Italo- of Costa Rica Collections Unit la Política Exterior de Costa Rica y 18/10/18 Latino Americana la relación con Italia” (Axes and (IILA) priorities of the Foreign Policy of Costa Rica and its relationship with Italy). Assembly of International Liaison Officer and • States Parties Development Law Project Manager, Sites attending Organization (IDLO) Unit 20/11/2018 Scholarship IILA- Directorate Project Manager, Sites • Selecting the recipients of Evaluation General for Unit scholarships for the year 2019 committee Development related to the theme, "Protection 26/11/2018 Cooperation of the and enhancement of Cultural Italian Ministry of Heritage" Foreign Affairs (MAECI-DGCS) Visit at ICCROM European Director-General • 05/10/2018 Confederation of Director, Collections Conservator- Unit Restorers' Organization (E.C.C.O.) Conference IDLO Director-General • Attending Irene Khan and 11/10/18 Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and Member of IDLO’s International Advisory Council Seminar Norwegian Institute Director-General • Perspectives on mobility from 15/10/18 in Rome African archaeology International American University Director-General • Conversation between workshop of Rome (at Villa participants who attended an 08/10/18 Lante) international workshop on “Building Heritage Communities: Empowering the Local” Visit at ICCROM UNIDROIT Secretary-General, Director-General, • 23/10/18 Ignacio Tirado and Liaison Officer Marina Schneider Chatham house LINK Campus Director-General, • Academic and research rule meeting University Liaison Officer collaborations with the countries 30/10/18 on the topic of the "Mediterranean" • Signature of a framework agreement Visit at ICCROM International Labour Deputy Director of Director-General, • 07/12/18 Organization (ILO) International Director Sites Unit, Training Centre, Programme Manager, Giuseppe Casale Sites Unit Meeting Gihane Zaki, Council Director-General • 16/10/18 Member Visit at ICCROM Spanish Academy in Director Director-General and • 30/11/18 Rome Archivist 10 | P a g e Contacts in Relation to the Headquarters Agreement Highlight of the period: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) proceeded to restart the process of ratification of the ICCROM-Italy agreement for the amendment of the HQ Agreement, signed on 17 March 20172. The Secretary General(MAECI) represented the Italian government during the ICCROM Council meeting in November. Meetings/events in the Host Country involving governmental institutions Meeting Type / Position / Name From ICCROM Issues discussed dates Institution Courtesy Visit Directorate Giorgio Marrapodi Director-General, • 29/10/18 General for (Ambassador), Liaison Officer Development Director- General for Cooperation Development Cooperation Courtesy Visit Ministry for Giovanni Panebianco, Director-General, • Underlined the role of 07/11/18 Cultural Heritage Secretary-General Liaison Officer Italy as the Host of and Activities ICCROM (MiBACT) • Support in speeding Ratification of the agreement signed on 17 March 2017 • Proposed framework agreement Webber Ndoro visits the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi and spends time talking with students about their course work and their ideas for a sustainable future. 2 As indicated in the letter of the Undersecretary of State of MAECI, Mr Guglielmo Picchi, dated 28 September 2018. 11 | P a g e Programmes and Activities Programme 1: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflicts and Disasters Strategic Directions Objective 1.1: Protect Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis – Promote effective disaster risk management strategies in situations of conflicts, disasters and complex emergencies. Highlights include: - Implementation of a FAC international course in Mali - Launch of the downloadable FAC Handbook and Toolkit - Participation in emergency training in Kerala, India - Implementation of workshops for Community Museums of Western Sudan: Omdurman, El Obeid, Nyala. Participants of the FAC course in Mali simulate the evacuation and recovery of heritage during an emergency. Project 1.1 Disaster Risk Reduction PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable (new) European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction, Rome, 21 November 2018 (Collections Unit). Participation at the technical meeting on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction, during a session specifically devoted to cultural heritage. ICCROM was invited to provide an overview of challenges and opportunities in building capacity for disaster risk management for cultural heritage and highlight its own experience. In preparation for the panel, ICCROM helped in drafting recommendations for enhancing disaster risk management for cultural heritage. The recommendations were presented to European policy makers and heads of governments at the forum. 12 | P a g e Project 1.2 First Aid for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAC) PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 2: FAC Seventh international course on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of international course [with Crisis (FAC) Bamako, Mali, 12 -30 November 2018 (Collections Unit). Co- 20 participants; at least organized by UNESCO and ICCROM, the training was conducted in French and five participants drawn English. Twenty-one participants from 18 countries participated in the course, from target countries] which was the first of its kind in the region. Training included special sessions on peace-building and supporting traumatised communities. A field exercise was recorded for a documentary on Safeguarding Mali’s Heritage produced by ICORP on the Road, an initiative of ICOMOS Turkey and ICORP. National and international partners included: Ministry of Culture, National Museum of Mali, National Library, the Malian Red Cross, National Army of Mali, the Civil Protection, the International School for Maintaining Peace, the International Committee of Red Cross and the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Aimed at both Anglophone and Francophone countries in Africa, the course also included participation from Nepal, Bhutan, Colombia and Italy. Deliverable 4: a free First Aid to Cultural Heritage Handbook and Toolkit (Collections Unit and online handbook on First KnowComm.) ICCROM and the Prince Claus Fund published an innovative Aid for Cultural Heritage handbook and toolkit on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis, in complex emergencies available for free download. It provides a practical method and a set of ready- to-use tools for securing endangered cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible. The user-friendly workflows help readers to plan and implement coordinated cultural rescue and risk reduction operations that involve local communities, heritage custodians, emergency responders and humanitarians. The First Aid to Cultural Heritage Handbook and Toolkit is the outcome of nearly a decade of field experience gained by ICCROM, and a close partnership between ICCROM, the Prince Claus Fund and the Smithsonian Institution. The project was initiated in July 2017 upon receiving a grant of 31 800 Euro from Prince Claus Fund. The research, writing and co-designing of the publication was finished in a record time of 16 months. The Principality of Monaco has given a grant of 20 000 Euro to print the Handbook and Toolkit, and translate both volumes into French. In this quarter the Handbook and Toolkit have been downloaded 1 684 and 1 247 times, respectively. Deliverable 6: If required, Kerala Heritage Rescue Initiative (Collections Unit). Following massive floods emergency assistance for in August 2018 in Kerala, a state in southern India, ICCROM helped ICOMOS providing first aid to India to launch the Kerala Heritage Rescue Initiative and crowdmap to collect cultural heritage or data on damaged cultural heritage of all types. The information collected organization of in-field helped the government of Kerala and UNESCO in conducting a Post Disaster training Needs Assessment for Culture. Additionally, in the first week of September, ICCROM delivered emergency training in First Aid to Cultural Heritage via Skype lectures to a team of volunteers led by conservation architect Surya Prasanth. They then trained others to carry out systematic salvage. First Aid workshops for volunteers and staff of the affected museums and sites in Ernakulam (Collections Unit) Subsequently, from 8-11 October 2018, upon the invitation of the Government of Kerala, ICCROM conducted First Aid workshops for volunteers and staff of the affected museums and sites in Ernakulam, one of the affected districts of the state. The workshops included consultation with crafts persons for assessing damage to intangible heritage of the region. The activities concluded with a multi-stakeholder panel discussion, outcomes of which recommended the inclusion of cultural heritage in the national and local emergency management systems. The advisor to the government on post disaster recovery and the coordinator of humanitarian recovery representing all NGOs were among those who participated in the panel discussion. Fifty participants attended the workshops. 4th Unite4Heritage course, Rome, 17 December 2018 (Collections Unit). ICCROM was invited to lead half a day's session in a course organized by the 13 | P a g e  PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable (new): Italian Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale. The course aimed at training partnerships and mixed teams of cultural heritage and emergency management professionals collaboration for providing first aid to cultural heritage damaged by armed conflicts and disasters. The session focused on enhancing in-field coordination between various emergency actors in order to reduce risks to cultural heritage. Culture Cannot Wait, 27 November 2018 (Collections Unit). The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) approved a multi-partner project, to be coordinated by the Italian Civil Protection, and supported by Ministry of Interior of France, the Turkish Civil Protection, the Ministry of Culture of Spain and ICCROM. The project will develop common standard operating procedures for providing first aid to cultural heritage in times of crisis, and create a European inter-operable asset, which can be activated to provide technical assistance during natural hazard events through DG ECHO. Project 1.3. Protection and Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 2: pilot Community Museums of Western Sudan: Omdurman, El Obeid, Nyala projects in museums in (ICCROM-Sharjah).3 The 1.2 Million-Euro project funded by the BC-CPF4 was conflict areas – Rescuing launched in in July in Khartoum, Sudan and supports the implementation of collections in the MENA capacity building workshops for Sudanese professionals. Forty-seven trainees region from different professional backgrounds participated in the workshops that took place between 17 and 26 November. Along with lectures, the trainees were provided with the necessary documents to plan for the next interventions at the site. Photographic survey as well as condition assessment was done for each room and façade in both Khalifa and Bramble houses. Each group prepared conservation and rehabilitation proposals for their respective areas. Three Community engagement workshops were also implemented in Omdurman, Obaid and Nyala. The project was presented to a wide range of stakeholders including the local community members, and their feedback was collected. Partners: National Cooperation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), Cambridge University and Mallinson Architects. Deliverable (new) Launch of World Bank-UNESCO Position Paper on “Post Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction, Paris, France, 16 November 2018 (ICCROM-Sharjah). The launch of the World Bank-UNESCO position paper on “Post Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction”, took place with representatives of the World Bank (Sameh Wahba, Ahmed Eiweida), UNESCO ADG for Culture (Ernesto Ottone), President of ICOMOS (Toshi Kono), Director of Culture & Emergencies at UNESCO (Lazare Eloundou), H.E. the Ambassador of Iraq to UNESCO (Mahmood Al-MullaKhalaf), and colleague experts in the field (Amra Hadzimuhamedvic, Bosnia), together with Head of Communication (Dorine Dubois) present. Panel discussions included operational work that would possibly be taken forward by ICCROM. 3 Updates from QR2. 4 British Council - Cultural Protection Fund, British Council 14 | P a g e Programme 3: Integrating Cultural Heritage Conservation in Social, Economic, Urban and Environmental Planning Strategic Directions Objective 1.3: Foster Emerging Issues of Cultural Heritage and Conservation – Provide innovative and effective responses to emerging issues, such as the interlinkages of nature/culture, and sustainable development. Strategic Directions Objective 2.2: Enhance Community Engagement in Protecting Heritage – Facilitate social inclusivity by addressing concerns of communities connected with cultural heritage in all ICCROM programmes. Highlights include: - representation in several meetings regarding World Heritage implementation and advice to Member States - implementation of an 11-day course on Management and Monitoring of World Heritage Sites with special reference to China - participation in a meeting on the state of conservation and management of historic cities in Arab countries - advancing the production of WH resource manual, and the development of the "Enhancing our Heritage Toolkit" - implementation of an international course on Impact Assessment for Heritage Participants of the regional workshop on Assessing Impacts on Heritage, in Kotor, Montenegro, December 2018. Project 3.1. World Heritage Convention PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 1: ICCROM Advisory Bodies Meeting, Paris, 1-3 October 2018 (Sites Unit). ICCROM representation in attended the regular biannual meeting of the Advisory Bodies to the World specific aspects of Heritage Committee, to discuss general issues on World Heritage. implementing the World ICOMOS Panel, Paris, 19-22 November 2018 (Sites Unit). ICCROM attended the Heritage Convention ICOMOS Panel on World Heritage. Third Meeting of the World Heritage Policy Compendium Working Group, Paris, 11-13 December 2018 (Sites Unit). ICCROM attended the working group, which aims at developing a compilation of World Heritage related policies. 15 | P a g e  PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 2: provision of Assessing Impacts on Heritage in Kotor, Montenegro, 3-6 December 2018 advice to Member States (Sites Unit). ICCROM organized a regional workshop on Heritage Impact based on conservation Assessments, hosted by the National Commission of Montenegro for UNESCO and capacity building thanks to International Assistance funding from the World Heritage Centre. needs The theoretical and practical workshop included 27 heritage professionals from six countries, with the aim of leading them from the general context of the World Heritage requirements through each step of the methodology suggested by the ICOMOS guidance. Member States represented: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYROM (now North Macedonia as of February 2019), Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. Natura e Cultura nei riconoscimenti UNESCO, Trento, Italy, 2-4 December 2018 (Sites Unit). ICCROM supported and participated in the international meeting, which focused on mixed nominations to the World Heritage List. Working meeting, Paris, 10-11 December 2018 (Sites Unit). ICCROM participated in a working meeting at the World Heritage Centre for the development of a Statement of Outstanding Universal Value for the World Heritage property of Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town. Deliverable (New) Course on Management and Monitoring of World Heritage Sites with special reference to China, Macao SAR, China, 8-19 October 2018 (Sites Unit). The course provided 10 international participants and 13 Chinese participants with theoretical lectures and on-site practice for management and monitoring, using the Historic Centre of Macao as a case study. In addition to strengthening capacities of the course participants, the course is further strengthening cooperation between China and ICCROM. The course was jointly sponsored by ICCROM, China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) and the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of SAR Government, Macao, undertaken by the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH) and Cultural Affairs Bureau of SAR Government, Macao. It is co-organized by ICOMOS China and the Institute for Tourism Studies of Macau. Member States represented: Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Mauritius, Mozambique, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, and Sri Lanka. Project 3.2. Embracing Change in Heritage Management, Theory and Practice PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 2 Impact N/A assessment for cultural heritage5 Deliverable (new) International Meeting on Cities and Heritage in Arab Countries, Essaouira, Morocco, 26 - 28 November 2018 (ICCROM-Sharjah). The meeting reviewed the state of conservation and management of historic cities in the Arab countries, with a focus on Moroccan cities, and offered a platform for urban conservators to exchange their experiences in overcoming common challenges in managing Historic Urban Landscapes. Forty-three experts presented case-studies from 22 cities in 13 Arab countries, and general concepts represented by regional and international organizations such as ISESCO, ICOMOS, the World Bank and ICCROM. Countries represented: Egypt, France, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Project 3.5. World Heritage Leadership (Integrating Nature and Culture) 5 This deliverable was folded into the World Heritage Leadership Programme 3.5. It is a partnership with WHITR-AP in Shanghai and was accomplished but within a larger ICCROM programme. 16 | P a g e PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 1: new Programme meeting on World Heritage Leadership, ICCROM, 18-19 resource manual on December 2018 (Sites Unit). The meeting aimed to establish the basic Managing World Heritage, structure of the new web platform proposed to host the revised content of a relevant to all World new resource manual for managing World Heritage. A work plan to structure Heritage Sites and their the interlinkages of disaster risk, climate change and impact assessment has wider landscapes been established. Deliverable 2: tools and Review meeting of the Enhancing our Heritage Toolkit, IUCN, 16-17 October management 2018 (Sites Unit). The activity was conducted to plan its further development effectiveness to support management of both natural and cultural World Heritage Sites, methodologies adapted to and its relationship to the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas. apply to all sites, The meeting achieved progress in developing the EOH toolkit further to independent of their include socio-economic context and governance aspects. typology Testing of the Enhancing our Heritage Toolkit at Cultural Sites, Robben Island, South Africa, 20-23 November 2018 (Sites Unit). It took place with the cooperation of the Robben Island Museum office and staff members. The currently adapted version of the EOH toolkit was applied in full to the Robben Island management structure. Various strengths and weaknesses on the existing tool has been highlighted through this process, leading towards further adaptation of the toolkit for cultural sites. Deliverable 4: support of Joint teaching team participation at the Heritage Management Masters existing postgraduate Course, Bocconi University, 27 November 2018 (Sites Unit). ICCROM programmes focusing on contributed to delivering the key aspects of the WH Leadership Programme to World Heritage, work of the final group work session of the Masters course on Heritage Management, universities, relevant raising awareness of the students’ knowledge and interest in institutional role UNESCO Chairs, relevant of ICCROM and WHL. UNESCO C2C and Nordic Strengthening Capacities of World Heritage Professionals in the Arab Region institutions for Cultural and Mixed sites ARC-WH-ICOMOS Capacity Building Pilot Workshop, ARC-WH, 9-13 December 2018 (Sites Unit). This was organized by ICOMOS jointly with the UNESCO Category 2 Centre Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH). WH Leadership participated as the resource group to provide necessary input on overall heritage management, climate change/disaster risk preparedness, and heritage impact assessment to the participants. This activity’s objective is to nurture professionals more engaged in the WH Convention Advisory Body working processes which provides an important channel to change management practices of World Heritage sites. Deliverable 12: Impact International Course on Impact Assessment for Heritage, Shanghai, Zhenze, Assessment for Heritage China, 15-26 October 2018 (Sites Unit). This took place with 22 participants from 17 States Parties, with collaboration of the UNESCO Category 2 Centre World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific (WHITRAP). The course was delivered to provide participants with knowledge on management and monitoring requirements, and reporting mechanisms for World Heritage properties, to understand the benefits of linking nature and culture and the role of impact assessments in heritage management planning, to equip them with current knowledge and skills of using impact assessment as a tool for evaluating impacts from various factors affecting heritage in general and World Heritage sites in particular, and to promote the exchange of experiences and information in heritage management and conservation among practitioners. Deliverable 14: leadership Representation at the RO. ME- Museum Exhibition, Fiera di Roma, 29 networks November 2018 (Sites Unit). The participation contributed to fostering a collaboration of the Leadership programme with Italian heritage conservation institutions. The key concepts of the programme was presented to a wide variety of audience through participation at a scientific panel session focusing on World Heritage Conservation, pulling together the experiences of Herculaneum, Dolomites and Florence in aspects of nature-culture linkages, 17 | P a g e PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 participatory people-centred approaches and impact assessments for sustainable development. Meeting with the Team of the Robben Island Museum during the November 2018 workshop on applying the Enhancing Our Heritage (EOH) Toolkit to the site. 18 | P a g e Programme 4: Leading and Innovating Capacity Building in Conservation Strategic Directions Objective 2.1: Lead and Innovate Capacity Building at Local, Regional and International Levels – Promote wider access, engage with new ways to deliver content and foster partnerships by addressing challenges and opportunities at all levels. Highlights include: - implementation of an international RE-ORG course in Portugal, as well as two workshops in Albania and Kuwait - implementation of CollAsia International Course on “Conserving Photographic and Archival Collections” in Vietnam - Carried out seven technical missions and advisory activities related to heritage science and heritage materials conservation. Participants of the RE-ORG International Course at the Lisbon Museum, Portugal, October 2018. Project 4.4. RE-ORG: Reorganizing Museum Collections in Storage PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 7: one RE-ORG Portugal International Course 15-26 October 2018 (Collections Unit). workshop on RE-ORG The Lisbon Museum, sponsored by the Empresa de Gestão de Equipamentos e documentation, storage Animação Cultural, E.M. Lisboa (EGEAC) and the Santa Casa da Misericórdia and emergency de Lisboa, launched a course to reorganize the storage rooms of the Central evacuation Storage Lisbon. Eleven coaches trained 10 Portuguese professionals, as well as 10 other participants from other Member States: Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, India, Canada, Norway, Colombia, and China. Six storage rooms with a total surface of 802 m2 and 14 316 objects were reorganized in 10 days according to the “ten quality criteria” defined by the RE-ORG method. The Lisbon Museum plans to open the storage areas to visitors. Isabel Raposo, a member of ICCROM’s Council, greatly appreciated the implementation and results of the course. RE-ORG Albania Regional Workshop 5-13 November 2018 (Collections Unit). The National History Museum of Albania, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Albania and the ICOM SEE, organized a workshop that took place in the storage rooms of the museum. Four coaches (two from Serbia, the other two from Slovenia and Croatia) trained 16 participants from 11 institutions in Albania. In seven working days, two storage areas in different parts of the museum building were reorganized. 19 | P a g e  PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 RE-ORG Kuwait International Workshop 25 November - 7 December 2018 (Collections Unit). The National Museum of Kuwait, financially supported by UNESCO and under the guidance of ICCROM, organized the workshop. Four coaches from France, Greece, Serbia and Egypt trained eighteen Kuwaiti and two Omani participants. In 10 working days, 1,200 m2 of storage in five locations were reorganized. Project 4.5 Collections in Context PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 3: CollAsia International Course on “Conserving Photographic and Archival two three-week training Collections”, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 22 November - 13 December activities on 2018(Collections Unit-KnowComm). Organized in partnership with the Ho Chi conservation issues Minh City University of Culture, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and hosted by an alumni Tourism. The main objectives were to improve scientific literacy, critical institution in Southeast thinking and decision-making skills among heritage professionals in charge of Asia photographic and archival collections (physical and digital), and to strengthen their regional and South-South networking. Course participants were 20 professionals from Vietnam (6), Asia Pacific Region (11) and Africa (3). Deliverable (new) International Conference on “International Integration of Conservation - Opportunities and Challenges for Cultural Heritage Values” 30 November (Collections Unit). The event was organized as a spin-off on of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Culture, Southern Institute of Social Sciences, and the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies, under the Patronage of ICCROM. Upon invitation by ICCROM, representatives of the Indonesian Ministry of Culture attended this conference, participated in one of the course study visits, and held fruitful meetings with the ICCROM team to discuss the Indonesian adhesion to ICCROM and advance its application process. Countries involved: Cambodia, Fiji, France, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Malawi, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea (Cultural Heritage Administration representatives), Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, UK, Vietnam, Zimbabwe. Presentation of the CollAsia Programme to Korean delegations from the Provincial Council of Gyeongsangnam-do, Culture & Welfare Committee on 26 October 2018 and to the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH), Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) on 20 December 2018. The objective was to inform representatives of the Korean government about the ongoing and future activities of CollAsia, as well as the achievements of the programme (Collections Unit). Project 4.6 Heritage Materials Conservation PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable (new) Renovation and Conservation of Two Royal Historic Houses: Bait Sayid Nadir and Muzna, Muscat, Oman (ICCROM-Sharjah)6. ICCROM has received a proposal to which a new annex on structural investigation has been added. The agreement is now signed and work is following the action plan of the project which was set during the first mission to Oman earlier in the year. Later, ONM added a third house to the project. This will need more study time, and costs. All additions will be subject to later annexes of the agreement. 6 Already in QR2 and QR3 in project 4.6. 20 | P a g e  PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable (new) Technical missions and Advisory (Collections Unit). Below is a list of technical and advisory missions carried out related to heritage materials conservation. Technical and Advisory missions Mission / Advisory / Institution / place, country From ICCROM Topic / issues dates Advisory Board E-European Research Collections Unit • Representing ICCROM in Stakeholder Advisory Infrastructure for Heritage Board (SAB) (acting as vice chair): facilitation of Science (E-RIHS) review of key documents (Statutes, Scientific and Technical Description and Financial Annex) by SAB for submission to European Commission. Technical mission International Workshop “From Collections Unit • Delivery of lecture on ‘Global challenges for Florence cross-disciplinary research to heritage science’. 18 October heritage science” Technical mission National Museum of Denmark, Collections Unit • Attendance of the “Nanomaterials for the 29-30 November Copenhagen Restoration of works of Art” conference and participation in panel discussion on viable business models for broad use and application of products by cultural heritage professionals, museums, scientific organizations, companies and others. Activity hosted in One-day “Green Lab” • Organized by YOuth in COnservation of CUltural the ICCROM workshop Heritage (YOCOCU) on environmentally friendly and Laboratory sustainable methods and products for the restoration of cultural heritage. Technical mission Pompeii Sustainable Collections Unit • Participation at the closing of the 2018 Summer Preservation Project /Pompeii, Academy International Workshop. Italy)7 Conference One-day conference on Collections Unit • The programme provided an overview of current attendance Preventive Conservation in management & conservation challenges and Major Museums - Comparing approaches in some of the world’s largest Strategies (Vatican Museums, museums: Vatican Museums, Louvre, National 12 October 2018) Gallery (UK), J. Paul Getty Museum, Hermitage, Museo del Prado, Palace of Versailles, Egyptian Museum (Torino, IT). Useful insights for the development of future activities in the area of Collections lecture Winter School on Preventive Collections Unit • Lecture on the ABC method for risk management to November 8, 2018 conservation: a conscious cultural heritage. strategy to safeguard cultural property8 Young participants of the one-day “Green Lab” workshop on using environmentally friendly solutions for cultural heritage restoration. The event took place at ICCROM’s Lab, 6 December 2018. 7 Already in QR2. 8 The Winter School on Conservazione preventiva: una strategia consapevole per la salvaguardia dei beni culturali (Preventive conservation: a conscious strategy to safeguard cultural property), co-organized by the Galleria Nazionale (GNAM) and the Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo (Uniurb), Sala Spadolini del Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali, Rome. It was useful in promoting ICCROM’s approach and publications on the ABC method. 21 | P a g e Programme 5: Strengthening Awareness and Knowledge of Cultural Heritage and its Conservation Strategic Directions Objective 2.3: Strengthen Awareness of Cultural Heritage and Conservation – Raise the position of cultural heritage conservation within national and international policy frameworks. Strategic Directions Objective 3.1: Strengthen the Foundations of ICCROM – Reinforce ICCROM’s position with other international organizations, expand partnerships and increase the number of Member States. Highlights include: - organization of an International and Regional Meeting on Enhancing Legal and Administrative frameworks in Arab and African Countries, Sharjah, UAE - international conference on Protecting the Past 2018: “From Digital Documentation to Heritage Management in the MENA region” - 195 new records added to the Library catalogue and shared with the community - photographic documentation and data collection completed for the Laura and Paolo Mora sample collection - a record number of ICCROM publications downloaded from the website this quarter (8 742 total downloads) Participants of the conference, Protecting the Past 2018, Sharjah, UAE, December 2018. Project 5.1. Conservation in National and International Policy Frameworks g Significant achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 1: […] International and Regional Meeting on Enhancing Legal and workshops and meetings to Administrative frameworks in Arab and African Countries, Sharjah, UAE, 22 be implemented on the to 24 October 2018 (ICCROM-Sharjah). This meeting was designed to review subject with clear and record the current status of legal and administrative protection of operational plans agreed cultural heritage, with some focus on illicit trafficking in conflict situations. with potential partners The participation of other countries from Africa was informative in drawing similarities between the cases of the Arab countries and other countries in neighbouring regions. The meeting was accompanied by a survey designed to illustrate the current situation. The conclusions of the meeting are a good base to devise a practical action plan for the short, medium, and long term. Meanwhile, the survey and the conclusions provide good documentation of the current situation. As the workshop addressed the legal and institutional frameworks, it therefore touched on all other aspects of heritage management such as underwater cultural heritage, historic urban 22 | P a g e  landscapes and post-war recovery, all of which are current themes addressed in different ICCROM-Sharjah activities. Countries involved: Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, France, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Protecting the Past 2018: “From Digital Documentation to Heritage Management in the MENA region”, Sharjah, UAE, 4 to 6 December 2018 (ICCROM-Sharjah). The conference, under the patronage and presence of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, was jointly organized by ICCROM- Sharjah, the Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project, Art Jameel and the Global Heritage Fund (GHF), with the additional support of Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, Barakat Trust and Bonzai Agency. The event focused on how digital documentation is becoming embedded in the heritage management practices of the MENA region. It addressed the following main themes: digital documentation as a preparedness and preventive tool; digital documentation and post-disaster heritage recovery; new documentation technology; capacity building in the region; and finally the donor perspectives. Presentations and round tables saw the participation of over 50 international and regional speakers from Belgium, Egypt, France, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. Project 5.2. Access to Information for the Professional Community PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 1: Wide sharing URBIS platform (KnowComm). In the fourth quarter of 2018, 195 new of bibliographic records in records were added to the Library catalogue and shared with the community ICCROM catalogue and on through the Library homepage and the URBIS platform. shared platforms E-publications (KnowComm). The Library met with the company EBSCO Gobi for future acquisitions of e-publications with the purpose to offer wider services to Library users. Deliverable 2: records Implementation of ICCROM’s Records Classification Scheme (RCS) management project (KnowComm). To ensure an effective and efficient organization, as well as accountability and business continuity at ICCROM, the Archive is progressively implementing the use of ICCROM’s records classification and filing scheme. It has updated, in conjunction with records creators, headings of the RCS; it has debriefed new staff on the use of the RCS, and has transferred series of semi-active records to the digital storage archive. Deliverable 3: InterPARES Joint IP European Team and Transnational Team Workshop, Rome, 10-11 publication December (KnowComm). The Archive Service collaborated in the presentation of the outcomes of the InterPARES (IP) research on “The impact of the Italian legal framework for cloud computing on electronic recordkeeping and digital preservation system”. In this workshop, the 20 years of IP were celebrated and the planning of next IP phase was also discussed. In addition, the Archive provided advice to the IP Transnational Team for its book proposal on “Trusting Records in the Cloud for International Organizations” (published by Routledge). Donations to Library (KnowComm). See summary graphic below. 23 | P a g e  PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 4: Archive and Laura and Paolo Mora sample collections (Collections, KnowComm). The Library donation and entire collection has been photographically documented; available data has management for research been collected; and samples are being rehoused. The design process of the use online catalogue is in progress. A promotional video has been produced and published on ICCROM’s YouTube Channel. Partner institution: HERCULES Laboratory, University of Évora, Portugal (E-RIHS9 partner).10 Gaël de Guichen archive (KnowComm). A donation agreement was signed on 12 October 2018. Records related to Mr de Guichen’s conferences and prehistoric art conservation (Lascaux and Altamira) were transferred. Next transfers are foreseen to happen in January 2019. Inventory Project (KnowComm). The Library is carrying out an inventory project of its monographic collections. The collection (ca. 500 linear meters of books) was divided into three sections, shelf reading was finished and the outcomes were saved in a database that has been created to determine the actual state of collection (missing, misplaced and/or damaged books and cataloguing gaps). In addition, several books have been classified as Rare Books (a category already existing in ICCROM Library based on criteria of age and/or uniqueness), damaged books were sorted out for binding and monographs containing photographic prints or other vulnerable materials (samples etc.) have been put aside for transfer to a climate-controlled area (ICCROM Archive).11 Deliverable 5: sharing of Network of Photographic Archives based in Rome (KnowComm). The digital resources on shared Archive Service has participated in the working group which aims to create platforms with Open Access an online photo exhibition: “Alfabeto fotografico romano”. Web design proposals have been evaluated. Partner institution: MIBACT. CeroArt cataloguing project (KnowComm). Data ingestion project for analytics of the open-access journal CeroArt. The editor of CeroArt has delivered the partially filled in master file, and a test data transfer has taken place successfully. The Editor of CeroArt continues the master file compilation.12 Deliverable (new): Open In this quarter ICCROM launched the following publications for free Access publications download on its website. Additionally, in this quarter ICCROM hit a record number of downloads of all its publications with a total of 8 742 from 1 October to 31 December 2018 (see infographic on p.29). RE-ORG resource kit in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese (Collections, KnowComm). The field-tested RE-ORG methodology has now been captured in a four-part kit, which walks you through the process of transforming your museum’s storage area. Production and availability in these four languages are thanks to partnerships with CCI and the Ibermuseums Program. The total number of downloads for this publication from ICCROM’s website during this quarter has been: 183 in Portuguese; 318 in Spanish; 287 in French; and 1 687 in English. First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Handbook and Toolkit (2 volumes) (Collections, KnowComm). ICCROM and the Prince Claus Fund have published an innovative resource that offers a practical method and a set of ready-to-use tools for securing endangered cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible. The user-friendly workflows help readers to plan and implement coordinated cultural rescue and risk reduction operations that involve local communities, heritage custodians, emergency responders and 9 European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science. 10 Updates from QR2 and QR3. 11 Updates from QR3. 12 Updates from QR2 and QR3. 24 | P a g e  PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 humanitarians. Total number of downloads from ICCROM’s website this quarter: 1 684 for the Handbook and 1 247 for the Toolkit. Protective Shelters for Archaeological Sites (Collections Unit, Sites Unit, ICCROM-Sharjah). One of few publications to address the issue of protective shelters, this book records the results of a week-long symposium in 2013 that used the archaeological site of Herculaneum as an “open classroom”. ICCROM’s partners in the MOSAIKON initiative, the Getty Foundation, the Getty Conservation Institute and ICCM, worked with the British School at Rome and the Herculaneum Conservation Project to bring together heritage professionals from 10 Mediterranean countries with a group of international colleagues with relevant expertise regarding shelters. Total number of downloads from ICCROM’s website in this quarter: 220. Endangered Heritage: Emergency Evacuation of Heritage Collections is now available online in Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Japanese, Nepali and Russian. The partners who have made the translation of these manuals possible are: the Kyoto National Museum, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage of Japan, Russian Committee of ICOM, Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield, Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation, UNESCO, UNESCO Office in Kathmandu. Deliverable (new): Library ICCROM Library Partner Project (KnowComm). The Library continued the and Archives network international cooperation project, exchanging conservation documentation with training institutions and organizations in Argentina (Universidad Nacional de La Plata), Chile (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso) and Mexico (ECRO).13 Deliverable (new): interns Interns (FinAdm). Five interns were present during the period covered by. and fellows Three of them were already present from the previous quarter. The new two entries were associated respectively to Sites and ICCROM- Sharjah. The table below identify their topics of study. Member States involved: Albania, Egypt, United States. 13 Updates from QR3. 25 | P a g e Interns at ICCROM in the period October-December 2018 Country Name Period Unit Project Albania Anisa Duraj 1 August to 31 Sites Conduct a baseline research on October 2018 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) in preparation of the September workshop. United States Hailey Perelman 3 September to 30 Collections Background research on the connection November between heritage conservation and sustainable development. United States Kathleen Dowling 3 September to 30 Library Collections cataloguing and inventory November control and in a review of emergency preparedness. United States Talia Lev 1 October to 21 Sites Reviewing the materials produced from the December 2018 Living Heritage Programme for increased promotion and communication on the website of ICCROM. Egypt Ahmed B. Suleiman 1 November 2018 ICCROM- Contributing to the field projects in Oman 31 January 2019 Sharjah and Sudan, and to the newly established MSc Programme on “Conservation Management of Cultural Heritage”. From the Laura and Paolo Mora sample collection. 26 | P a g e 27 | P a g e Project 5.3. Public Information and Outreach PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 1: exhibitions Photography Exhibition: “The Day After: Shadows of Heritage”, Essaouira, held at ICCROM Regional Morocco, 26 November to 9 December 2018 (ICCROM-Sharjah).14 The Office in Sharjah (ICCROM- exhibition was held for the third time on 26 Nov to 9 Dec 2018, in Sidi ATHAR) and elsewhere Mohammed Bin Abdullah Museum in the old city of Essaouira, Morocco. This exhibition was first presented at the Egyptian Academy in Rome, and then in Bahrain during the 42nd Session of the World Heritage Committee. The exhibition included six Arab countries in its third edition – Syria, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Palestine – presenting sites before and after destruction due to conflict and war. This traveling exhibition was implemented in the framework of the International Forum on "Cities and Heritage in the Arab States", in Essaouira, Morocco (see page 16). It is planned to continue developing this exhibition and implement in other different countries in the Arab region. Deliverable 3: heritage (KnowComm) In an effort to strengthen ICCROM’s visibility, our social media awareness initiatives on presence serves to share an immediate window on ICCROM activities, as well Instagram and other social as developments in conservation worldwide. Analytics in the infographic media platforms below. Deliverable (new): N/A Corporate Information15 Deliverable (new): Public Public Lectures Programme (ODG). In the third quarter, the Public Lecture Lectures Programme Programme hosted the presentation of Presentation of Herzalla Aymen on “Structural consolidation and stabilization of Majlis Ibrahim Al Midfa building, Sharjah Heritage Area, UAE”, and the presentation of Mu Hingyu on Building Conservation: from theory to practice - A Report from China in 2018. Project 5.4. Tracking Trends in Heritage Conservation PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 2: Review of target SDGs (ODG, Sites Unit, Collection Unit, KnowComm): Ongoing development of heritage analysis has been carried out to develop suitable indicators for cultural indicators for collection heritage activities against the Sustainable Development Goals drawing on results of critical literature scan. Within this, work has been done to better define the SDGs to which ICCROM is particularly aligned, with the aim of arriving at key performance indicators for the Organization for the next Programme of Work and Budget. Deliverable 4: In this quarter training data has been compiled with the aim of developing an development of online tool. knowledge resource Project 5.5. ICCROM Fora PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.4 2018 Deliverable 1: ICCROM Headquarters assisted the Council Working group tasked with GA Thematic Session organizing the General Assembly Thematic Discussion by carrying out background literature research. 14 Also in QR2. 15 This deliverable has been moved to the Chapter “Strengthening and Transforming ICCROM for the Future” under the title “corporate information and web development”. 28 | P a g e 29 | P a g e Strengthening and Transforming ICCROM for the Future Strategic Directions Objective 3.3: Modernize and Invest to Assure an Effective and Efficient Organization – Ensure that the investment in human and financial resources gives added value and that management and information systems provide for improved performance and accountability. Utilize the best means of electronic and media delivery to increase the effectiveness of training and outreach for the organization. Highlights include: - an analysis of revisions of ICCROM’s Rules and Regulations now ready to present to all staff - ICCROM website to expand its language offer to include Spanish PWB Deliverables Significant Achievements Q.3 2018 Deliverable (new): SAP ERP software and International Public Sector Accounting Standards implementation and (IPSAS) (FinAdm, KnowComm). The migration to the ICCROM-tailored ERP enhancement of an ERP software SAP S/4HANA16 continues. It is foreseen that ICCROM will be fully System IPSAS17 compliant by the end of the biennium 2018-19. Deliverable (new): Staff Regulations and Rules Internal Working Group (FinAdm, KnowComm, upgrading of ICCROM’s Collections Unit and Sites Unit). The work included benchmarking ICCROM staff Rules and Regulations regulations with those from other organizations to identify topics that could be considered for amendment or new entry in ICCROM Regulations. The Archive has further carried out research on the ‘History of ICCROM Staff Regulations and Rules’. A presentation and survey has been prepared for staff in order to obtain feedback for the work undertaken so far and to ensure that items were not missed in the list of suggested amendments. Deliverable (new): “Headquarters’ Committee (BuildCom)” Since the beginning of 2018 the Headquarters Committee previous BuildCom has been reinstated by decision of the Director-General, as noted Management Group meeting of February 15. The group aims to tackle the outstanding issues regarding ICCROM premises in Rome. In the year the group has been mainly following the activities in the San Francesco a Ripa worksite and reporting regularly to the Director-General. As indicated by the Director General, the inter-office task force comprised the architects who are staff members (Zaki Aslan, Joseph King, and Maria Teresa Jaquinta), colleagues in charge of the Library and Archives (Paul Arenson and Maria Mata Caravaca), Logistics (Giuseppe Cioffi), and IT Services (Roberto Nahum). Deliverable (new): Web Development Strategy (KnowComm, IT Service). The Office of corporate information Communications has been moving forward the web development strategy in and web development collaboration with IT Services and the web maintenance contractors Macaroni Bros., which has engineered and shared an update patch to be placed on the server by ITS. Work on this project is ongoing. Deliverable (new): ICCROM Website Expanding Languages (KnowComm, FinAdm). In advance of corporate information Council, Communications developed in collaboration with FinAdm a budget and web development over five years for providing a parallel Spanish version of ICCROM’s website, including translations costs of current content and moving forward.18 16 https://www.sap.com/products/s4hana-erp.html 17 IPSAS are independently developed financial reporting standards. The adoption of IPSAS was decided by ICCROM Council in November 2015. 18 Updates from QR3, originally placed in Project 5.3. 30 | P a g e Assessed Contributions from Member States At the end of the 4th Quarter, 106 (out of 136) Member States paid their contribution to ICCROM budget. 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Albania Finland Mozambique Algeria Mauritius Bangladesh Botswana Algeria Gabon Netherlands Andorra Monaco Barbados Brazil Andorra Georgia New Zealand Armenia Montenegro Bolivia Croatia Argentina Germany Norway Azerbaijan Myanmar Burkina Faso Ghana Armenia Greece Oman Belgium Oman Italy Guatemala Australia Guyana Peru Bosnia and Herzegovina Paraguay Lithuania Honduras Austria Ireland Poland Bulgaria Philippines Namibia Hungary Bahrain Jordan Portugal Chile Portugal Nepal Maldives Cambodia Korea (Republic of) Russian Federation China Qatar Pakistan Uruguay Canada Latvia Senegal Czech Republic Romania Sudan Chad Libya Serbia Ecuador Saudi Arabia (Kingdom Syrian Arab Republic of) Cuba Luxembourg Slovakia Egypt Seychelles Trinidad And Tobago Cyprus Malawi South Africa France Slovenia Ukraine Denmark Malta Sri Lanka Haiti Spain United Arab Emirates Dominican Republic Mauritania Sweden Japan Thailand United States of America Estonia Mexico Switzerland Kenya Turkey Vietnam Ethiopia Morocco United Kingdom of Great Macedonia (The Former Zambia Britain and Northern Yugoslav Rep of) Ireland Malaysia MEMBER STATES CONTRIBUTIONS MEMBER STATES CONTRIBUTIONS MEMBER STATES CONTRIBUTIONS MEMBER STATES CONTRIBUTIONS @ MARCH 2018 @ JUN 2018 @ SEP 2018 @ DEC 2018 unpaid unpaid contributions unpaid contributions paid contributions contributions 45% 31% 30% 13% paid contribu tions 55% paid paid contributions unpaid contributions 69% contributions 70% 87% 31 | P a g e Voluntary Contributions and Grants by Donor According to article 7.e2 of the Financial Regulations, “the Director-General may accept voluntary contributions, whether or not in cash, provided that the purposes for which the contribution is made are consistent with the principles, aims and activities of ICCROM.” Below is a table of contributors of voluntary contribution and grants in 2018 articulated according to quarters (the Donors are in alphabetical order by quarter). 1st Quarter Donor Gvt Funds Other Funds Euro USD Ambassadors Fund for VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS BY Government fund 23 185 Cultural Preservation DONOR @ MARCH 2018 Foundation China Government 7 400 20% Japan Government 39 147 (1st instalment) Government Government Fund 60% Prince Claus Fund Foundation 15 250 20% Suisse - Office Fédéral de Government 9 355 la Culture 2nd Quarter Donor Gvt Funds Other Funds Euro USD China Government 39 990 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS BY France Government 20 000 DONOR @ JUNE 2018 Getty Foundation Foundation 82 800 Foundation 25% Japan Government 27 962 (2nd instalment) Government La Fondation Olympique Foundation 5 210 50% UAE–Sharjah Government 1 031 761.80 Intergoverna mental Intergovernmental Organization UNESCO-WHC 5 658.24 25% Organization Intergovernmental UNESCO-Iraq 36 727.99 Organization 32 | P a g e 3rd Quarter Donor Gvt Funds Other Funds Euro USD Canada Government 20 500 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS BY DONOR @ SEPTEMBER 2018 Italy Government 131 058 Intergovernam Intergovernmental IUCN 820 ental Organization Organization 33% Monaco Government 10 000 Oman Government 5 451.70 Government 67% Intergovernmental UNESCO 17 266.66 Organization 4th Quarter Donor Gvt Funds Other Funds Euro USD Intergovernmental IUCN 15 178,91 Organization VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS BY Korea Government 176 000 DONOR @ DECEMBER 2018 Switzerland Government 82 604.82 Government Intergovernmental 25% UNESCO - WHC 8 614 Organization Intergovernmental UNESCO - WHC 33 537 Organization Intergovernmental UNESCO - WHC 84 300 organization Intergoverna mental Intergovernmental Organization UNESCO - WHC 7 515 organization 75% Intergovernmental UNESCO Kuwait 19 973 Organization The total amount in euro is 1 857 989.32 to which an amount of USD 99 277 should be added. 33 | P a g e Leading Offices, Project Partners, Countries Involved Lead Office/Service Mandatory Institutions Involved Country/Countries Involved Activities Programme 1: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflicts and Disasters Project 1.1 Disaster Risk Reduction Collections Research, ICOMOS-Turkey, ICOMOS-ICORP, Ministry of Culture European countries, Mali, Principality of Monaco, Cooperation, (Mali), Malian Red Cross, National Army (Mali), India (Kerala State), France, Turkey, Spain Training International School for Maintaining Peace, UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Prince Claus Fund, Smithsonian Institution, UNESCO, Italian Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale, European Civil Protection, Ministry of Interiors (France), Civil Protection (Turkey), EU DG-ECHO Project 1.3. Protection and Post- ICCROM-Sharjah Cooperation Sudan National corporation for Antiquities and Museums Sudan Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction (NCAM), Cambridge University, Mallison Architects, UNESCO, World Bank Programme 3: Integrating Cultural Heritage Conservation in Social, Economic, Urban and Environmental Planning Project 3.1. World Heritage Sites Unit Cooperation, ICOMOS, WHC-UNESCO, IUCN, National Commission for Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Convention Training UNESCO of Montenegro, China National Cultural Heritage FYR Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia, Italy, China, Administration (NCHA), Secretary for Social Affairs and Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, India, Mauritius, Culture of SAR Government, Macao, Chinese Academy of Mozambique, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, and Cultural Heritage (CACH), Cultural Affairs Bureau of SAR Sri Lanka Government, Macao Project 3.2. Embracing change in ICCROM-Sharjah Information, ISESCO, ICOMOS, the World Bank Egypt, France, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, heritage management theory and Awareness Morocco, Palestine, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, practice Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen Project 3.5. World Heritage Sites Unit Training, IUCN, Bocconi University, ICOMOS, UNESCO C2C ARC-WH, South Africa, Italy, China Leadership (integrating nature and Cooperation, UNESCO Category 2 Centre World Heritage Institute of culture) Awareness Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific (WHITRAP) Programme 4: Leading and Innovating Capacity Building in Conservation Project 4.4. RE-ORG: Reorganizing Collections Training, Awareness, Empresa de Gestão de Equipamentos e Animação Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, India, museum collections in storage Cooperation Cultural, E.M. Lisboa (EGEAC), Santa Casa da Misericórdia Canada, Norway, Colombia, and China, Serbia, de Lisboa, National History Museum of Albania, Ministry Slovenia, Croatia, France, Greece, and Egypt of Culture of Albania, ICOM SEE, National Museum of Kuwait, UNESCO Project 4.5. Collections in context Collections, Training, Ho Chi Minh City University of Culture, Ministry of Viet Nam, Asia Pacific Region, Africa, Cambodia, KnowComm Cooperation Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam, Southern Institute Fiji, France, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, of Social Sciences, and the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Malawi, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, 34 | P a g e  Development Studies, Provincial Council of Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, UK, Vietnam, Gyeongsangnam-do (Vietnam), National Research Zimbabwe Institute of Cultural Heritage - NRICH, Cultural Heritage Administration - CHA Project 4.6. Heritage materials Sites, Collections, Training, Oman, Italy conservation ICCROM-Sharjah Cooperation B5. Programme 5: Strengthening Awareness and Knowledge of Cultural Heritage and its Conservation Project 5.1. Conservation in national ICCROM-Sharjah Information, Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, and international policy frameworks Awareness Africa (EAMENA), Art Jameel, Global Heritage Fund (GHF), France, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, Barakat Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Trust , Bonzai Agency Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Iran, Italy, Libya, Morocco, United Kingdom, and the United States Project 5.2. Access to information for KnowComm Information, Hercules Laboratory, University of Évora, MiBAC-DGA- Portugal, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Albania, Egypt, the professional community Research, MiBAC, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina), United States Cooperation Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso (Chile), ECRO (Mexico) Project 5.3. Public Information and KnowComm Information, Morocco, Brazil, India, Sudan, Italy Outreach ICCROM-Sharjah Awareness ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS Latin America ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS Latin America JAN-MAR 2018 and APR-JUN 2018 and the Africa Caribbean Caribbean 18% 7% Africa 6% 26% Europe and North America Europe and Arab States 26% North 21% America 34% Asia and the Asia and the Arab States Pacific Pacific 26% 21% 15% ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONS Latin America and JUL-SEP 2018 the Caribbean Latin America and the OCT-DEC 2018 10% Africa Caribbean Africa 20% 9% 19% Europe and North America Europe and 28% North Arab States Arab States America 17% 18% 34% Asia and the Asia and the Pacific Pacific 24% 21% 35 | P a g e Geographical distribution of activities in Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 The following maps demonstrate the reach of ICCROM activities in within Member States over the last four quarters. These activities include courses, seminars, missions, meetings and other partnership outputs. 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 36 | P a g e 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 37 | P a g e