Miyu Tobikawa

Miyu Tobikawa: the Secretariat

A Notice of Closing the International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage

We, the UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, Ritsumeikan University, have decided to close the International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage. The ITC that began in 2006 completed the 18th course in the last year of 2024. The UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, collaborating with ICCROM, has promoted an intensive educational programme, scientific networking, and research on cultural heritage disaster risk management. It has also contributed to creating sufficient measures for cultural heritage sites to reduce risks to both movable and immovable, as well as tangible and intangible cultural heritage. As a representative of the UNESCO Chair, I sincerely […]

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The proceedings of ITC 2024 is published now!

The proceedings of the UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, ITC 2024, are now published. They contain the outline of Disaster Risk Management Plans for Case Study Projects by ITC 2024 Participants. The course was successfully held for five weeks, from 29th July to 23rd August 2024, online, and from 30th August to 13th September 2024, onsite. You can download the PDF from here

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ITC2024 is successfully completed

UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk ManagementINTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) on DISASTER RISKMANAGEMENT of CULTURAL HERITAGE 2024, 18th year Online course:29th July to 23rd August 2024 Onsite course: 30th August to 13th September 2024 at Kyoto, Kobe city, and Sayo-cho, Japan Organized by the Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University in collaboration with ICCROM Contributed by UNESCO, ICOM & ICOMOS/ICORP The UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management – 18th INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) on DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT of CULTURAL HERITAGE 2024 was successfully held for five weeks. This year’s course had thirteen participants, two participants under the MOU with ICOMOS Philippines,

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