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The proceedings of ITC 2023 is published now!

The proceedings of the UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, ITC 2023, are now published. They contain the outline of Disaster Risk Management Plans for Case Study Projects by ITC 2023 Participants. The course was successfully held for five weeks, from 14th August to 1st September 2023, online, and from 11th September to 23rd September 2023, onsite. You can download the PDF from here

ITC2023 is successfully completed

UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) on DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT of CULTURAL HERITAGE 2023, 17th year Online course:14th August to 1st September 2023, Onsite course: 11th September to 23rd September 2023 at Kyoto, Kobe, Hirokawa, Yuasa and Nankai city, Japan International Panel Discussion: 24th September at Kyoto, 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 – 17th INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) on DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT of CULTURAL HERITAGE 2023 was successfully held for five weeks. This year’s […]

International Expert Panel Discussion on “Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage”

Date:24th of September 2023Time:15:00 to 16:30 JST (8:00am to 9:30am CET)Organizer:DMUCH (Held simultaneously with ZOOM)Location:DMUCH, Conference HallLanguage:EnglishProgramme(pdf) We hosted an international expert panel discussion titled “Good Practice to Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage. In July of 2023, our ITC team successfully published a book as Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change. This panel discussion was conducted as a book launch event of the book. During this panel discussion, we deliberated on the future direction of international training based on the content of this book. The guest lecture was delivered by Elena Mamani, a former trainee from the 2014 academic year who received recognition for her outstanding […]

Long Awaited Book “Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage” is Published

We are thrilled to share the exciting news that our long-awaited publication, “Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage,” is now officially released and available through Routledge. This much-anticipated book compiles 12 exceptional initiatives from our workshops, providing profound insights into effective strategies for safeguarding cultural heritage during times of crisis. Book InformationTitle: Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural HeritageISBN: 9781032411446Editors: Rohit Jigyasu, Dowon Kim, Lata ShakyaReviewers: Joseph King, Lee Bosher, Ksenia Chmutina, Wesley Cheek, Elke Selter, Takeyuki Okubo, Barbara Minguez Garcia, Xavier Romão, and Chris MarrionAuthors:    Abdelhamid Salah al-Sharief,    Barbara Caranza    David A. Torres    Dulce María Grimaldi    Elena Mamani    Francesca Giuliani    Junko Mukai    Marcela Hurtado    Ming Chee Ang    Mohammad Ravankhah    Monia Del Pinto    Vanessa TannerPublisher: Routledge Get Your CopyDiscover the invaluable content of “Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage” on Routledge’s website here.  We […]

The proceedings of ITC 2022 is published now!

The proceedings of UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, ITC 2022 are now published. It contains the outline of Disaster Risk Management Plans for Case Study Projects by ITC 2022 Participants. ITC 2022 was successfully held for eight weeks from 18th of August to 13th October 2022 based on the theme of Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage: Learning from the Japanese Experiences. Download PDF