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October 2013 ICCROM Newsletter 39 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY Annual Report November 2012 – October 2013 ICCROM Newsletter 39 Contents Director-General’s Message 1 Director-General’s Message Dear members of our community, 2 ICCROM at a Glance There are heavy clouds on the horizon for institutions such as ICCROM 4 ICCROM News whose mandate is the conservation of cultural heritage. Just as the most acute phase of the crisis in Mali is Training: international courses 6 over, events in Syria and Egypt are worsening. Ancient historic cities and monuments devastated, museums Training: regional activities 12 looted, archaeological sites plundered, and worse yet, thousands of lives lost in the most atrocious manner, in lands Research and Development 16 where history and cultural heritage should teach everyone the way of peace, dialogue and respect for and library users. Even former 22 Cooperation and Advice diversity. In this bleak landscape, it is participants visit while passing difficult to keep faith in the mission of through Rome on holiday, never cultural heritage. And yet one must. To failing to come back for a greeting. 24 Knowledge and Communication do so, we need to take advantage of This institution has obviously left a the bursts of clear skies, few or many mark on the personal experience of all. One of the most exciting 28 Financial Information as they may be, that we see around us. discoveries I made in my first two years at ICCROM, despite its having ICCROM is one of these breaks been founded as a cold institution in the clouds. ICCROM’s activities by governments alone, was this are carried out as usual according contagious atmosphere of friendship to schedule, with its combination that develops between people united of meetings, frequent missions by by their faith in conservation and who staff members and myself, and use this organization as a vehicle orderly administrative activity, with to create a network of personal and the constantly renewed presence of professional relationships. I believe course participants, interns, fellows that it should not only be maintained, but supported and developed. With concrete building that hosts us now Papacy in the Institute of S. Michele. study on the methods used by other the members of the Council, we are and, frankly, that we love mostly for In short, these are all elements of organizations in this area, it has discussing whether we should create the memory of fruitful working hours a story whose features (hospitality, clearly emerged, however, that for a network of ICCROM Alumni, an spent there. The character of the dialogue, compassion) seem to be effectively carrying out this activity, it extensive network that would include cultural heritage of our new premises, tailor-made to host an organization is necessary to dedicate a minimum all who have passed through these confirmed and expanded by the like ICCROM. And I hope that we can number of specialized staff. We will rooms in any capacity and who have archaeological excavations that were add a conference room where our ask our Member States if any of them drawn valuable lessons on life, as well made during the restoration, will staff and guests can tell other similar wish to support us in this effort to as professionally, and who have left give us the opportunity to carry out stories from other parts of the world. improve our economic sustainability a precious legacy of their expertise additional work to that included in the in order to maintain the quality that and passion. The upcoming new regular programme. For example, we In order to realize this and other has always distinguished ICCROM. website will give us, among many would like to create a small museum plans that the General Assembly has Nevertheless, we shall never accept new opportunities, the possibility to for the Porta Portese district, in order approved within the programmes defeat. ICCROM has a great tradition have an IT tool for building this new to provide our guests and local assigned as the Secretariat’s mission, and excellent reputation acquired network. We need to think about how inhabitants with some glimpses of we will need additional financial during decades of dedication to all this online community would work: it the history of Rome. Although without resources. Unfortunately, the funds its stakeholders, internal and external, should be open, independent, flexible, statues and marble, the history is from the regular contributions by for the cause of cultural heritage. The a source of inspiration, with the least just as interesting—how an ancient Member States have been insufficient growing number of Member States is burden possible on the existing work warehouse district that served the to cover needs for a long time; in a good testimony of this reputation. structure. Tiber River port became, during the the past, it was already necessary Middle Ages, a hostel for travelers to make some heavy cuts, some of This autumn is proving to be intense: who got off the boats or entered which were extremely painful, such long preparation for the Council and through the gate on via Portuense. as eliminating scholarships. I will raise the General Assembly has already Or how one of the most beloved the issue again in my report to the begun, and staff members are and ecumenical personalities in General Assembly so that the Member currently putting the final touches on Christianity, Francis of Assisi, had States will help us find a solution. The the Forum on Conservation Science. stayed there, and how this memory Bureau of the ICCROM Council, fully We are constantly monitoring the has for centuries inspired a small aware of the situation, has approved progress made in the renovation community of friars dedicated to the idea to resort to fundraising, Stefano De Caro of the new headquarters, which taking care of the sick and the more systematically than in the past, Director-General of ICCROM we already imagine full of life and needy. Or how at the threshold of and we tried to carry out an initial activity. It is a monument, a former Enlightenment, this tradition was investigation on the possibility to convent, very different from the taken up and expanded by the implement this hypothesis. From a ICCROM Newsletter 39: Annual Report 1 ICCROM at a Glance: 2012 – 2013 Biennium Target Indicators and our Achievements ICCROM’s Total Budget 2012 – 2013 How the Budget was Distributed 2012 – 2013 Target indicators in the In the period of November (€ 10,512,112) (€ 10,512,112) Programme and Budget for 2011 – October 2013 the the 2012–2013 biennium following results were outlined the following achieved: 27% 40% expected results: 73% 60% 12–18 courses would be 18 courses were implemented implemented 50–80 weeks of courses would be 70.5 weeks of courses were carried carried out out ICCROM Regular Extra-Budgetary Programme Corporate Budget Funding Costs Operational Costs 200–300 professionals would be 285 professionals were trained trained 150–250 resource persons would be 269 resource persons were engaged Regional Distribution of ICCROM Course This Biennium’s Conservation Literature engaged in training activities in training activities* Participants 2012 – 2013 A Topical Snapshot from the ICCROM Library Africa 8–12 fellows and visiting researchers 8 fellows were hosted at ICCROM Latin America Management Theory and History would be hosted at ICCROM and the Carribean Arab States and Policy Movable Heritage 9% 11% 2% 8–10 interns would be hosted at 20 interns were hosted at ICCROM 17% Methodologies ICCROM 25% 23% 15% * Resource persons can include instructors (ICCROM staff, in addition to locally and internationally recruited lecturers), 31% administrative staff and course assistants, guest speakers, local 19% Built Heritage craftsmen and all individuals who contribute to the enrichment of a 20% 22% 7% course and the training of its participants. They may be funded by Materials ICCROM or partner organizations, or may contribute their expertise Scientific Analysis Europe and Asia and on a voluntary basis. North America the Pacific This graph demonstrates the broad subject distribution of published materials from 2012-2013 that have been catalogued and are available from the ICCROM Library. 2 ICCROM Newsletter 39: Annual Report Location of ICCROM Training Activities 2012 – 2013* Tohoku Japan Tokyo Japan Oslo Norway Nara Japan Amman Kobe Rome Jordan Japan Italy Kyoto Japan Doha Qatar Mexico City Shanghai Mexico China Nairobi Kenya Santiago Chile Sharjah United Arab Emirates * Reporting Period: November 2011 to October 2013 ICCROM Newsletter 39: Annual Report 3 ICCROM News New Partnerships Over the last two years, new partnerships National Research Council and its Institute University of Rome, Italy, for training and have been initiated and others continued for the Conservation and Promotion internship programmes; and the Università with the aim of fostering a collaboration of Cultural Heritage, Federculture, the di Comunicazione e Lingue (IULM), Italy, for that allows ICCROM to extend and validate International Association for Classical cooperation on multi-sectorial activities. activities within its programmes. Archaeology and the Archivio Internazionale per la Storia e l’Attualità del Restauro per ICCROM has also developed a campaign Eleven statements of cooperation Cesare Brandi). to identify new fundraising strategies and have been signed. Amongst these are study the international context of private agreements with Italian institutions In a broader regional framework, an capital. The main goal is to support the to reiterate mutual collaboration on agreement for cooperation on training and preservation and enhancement of cultural conservation initiatives (signed with the research in Asia and the Pacific was signed heritage in Italy and abroad. An agreement with the Cultural Heritage Administration of with Invitalia has been signed to improve the Republic of Korea.
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