The first two in a series of ICOMOS-UK evening seminars took place in London in May and June 2011 on Working Internationally in the Conservation Field. Chris Blandford of Chris Blandford Associates, one of the speakers, felt it was worth it but not necessarily easy, nor did it guarantee a steady or reliable income stream. The other two panellists, Alan Frost of Donald Insall Associates and Rob Woodside of Atkins held similar views. Read More…
ICOMOS Documentation Centre, Paris- World Heritage News
- The Rapid Response Facility Contributes to avoiding the ecological isolation of Romania's Retezat Massif
- UNESCO and Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock launch 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
- Statement of the United Nations Foundation in Support of the World Heritage Convention's 40th Anniversary
ICOMOS-UK one-day workshop on Heritage Impact Assessments for World Heritage Sites, 17th March 2011
This Workshop introduces the new ICOMOS Guidance on Heritage Impact Assessments for World Heritage sites. All World Heritage sites in the UK will shortly have an agreed Statement of Outstanding Universal value (SoOUV), setting out why the property was considered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to have OUV at the time of its inscription. OUV is what needs to be sustained over time and any development of a World Heritage sites needs to ensure that the attributes that convey OUV are not threatened. Read More…
ICOMOS International Advisory Committee, Dublin 2010- letters to Dr Simon Thurley, English Heritage
As discussed and agreed at the ICOMOS International Advisory Committee meeting in Dublin last year, ICOMOS International felt it necessary to correspond with Dr Simon Thurley, English Heritage. Please use the links below to access the correspondence between ICOMOS International and English Heritage.
