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Courses/workshops (7)



  • Conservation of Built Heritage
    Date: From 05/03/2010 to 30/04/2010
    Place: Rome, Italy

    The ICCROM is holding the third intensive course on the conservation of built heritage. The basic aim is to publicise the necessary tools to carry out conservation projects, improve strategies and adapt them to specific cases.
    More information at http://www.iccrom.org/  

  • Conservation and Management of Mosaics on Archaeological Sites
    Date: From 03/05/2010 to 21/05/2010
    Place: Tiro, Lebanon

    ATHAR and MOSAIKON are organizing a course to cover the theory and practice of on-site conservation of ancient mosaics. In the first phase, participants will have practical experience on the archaeological site in Tiro before applying their newly acquired knowledge to their own sites. More information at http://www.iccrom.org/ 

  • Practical Workshop for Beginners in Transylvania
    Date: From 06/06/2010 to 18/06/2010
    Place: Archita, Rumania

    For the second year running, the INTBAU is organizing this workshop to introduce participants to the restoration of heritage sites using traditional construction techniques. They will take part in restoration tasks on the medieval church of Archita (12th-15th centuries) and a farmhouse dating from the late 1890s.
    More information at http://www.intbau.org/tsp2010/beginners.htm.

  • ICWCT 2010: International Course on Wood Conservation Technology
    Date: From 24/05/2010 to 02/07/2010
    Place: Oslo, Norway

    The course objective is to promote cultural understanding and research in the field of wood conservation and provide participants with a valuable resource for work in their own countries. It includes a week of field work outside Oslo and trips to heritage sites constructed in wood.
    More information at http://www.iccrom.org/  

  • Intermediate-level Practical Workshop in Transylvania
    Date: From 11/07/2010 to 23/07/2010
    Place: Archita, Rumania

    This hands-on workshop organized by the INTBAU deals with the restoration of heritage sites using traditional construction techniques. Those attending will take part in restoration tasks on the medieval church of Archita (12th-15th centuries) and a farmhouse dating from the late 1890s.
    More information athttp://www.intbau.org/tsp2010/intermediate.htm  

  • Practical Restoration Workshop for Professionals in Transylvania
    Date: From 15/08/2010 to 27/08/2010
    Place: Archita, Rumania

    The INTBAU is organizing a workshop specializing in restoration. Participants will undertake difficult repairs ranging from the restoration of the medieval towers of the fortified church of Archita to structural repairs to vernacular housing. The programme promotes the use of restoration techniques based on local traditional materials and tools.
    More information at http://www.intbau.org/tsp2010/masterclass.htm.

  • Conservation and Management of Mosaics on Archaeological Sites
    Date: From 01/06/2010 to 30/01/2011
    Place: Tiro, Lebanon

    ATHAR and MOSAIKON are organizing a course to cover the theory and practice of on-site conservation of ancient mosaics. In the first phase, participants will have practical experience on the archaeological site in Tiro before applying their newly acquired knowledge to their own sites. More information at http://www.iccrom.org/.

Expired Activities (40)



  • Documenting Architectural Heritage
    Date: From 03/01/2010 to 14/01/2010
    Place: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

    The ICCROM, the government of Sharjah and the DGCS are organizing this course as part of the ATHAR programme, which focuses on documentation of heritage sites in the Arab region. The overall aim of the programme is to protect and promote the region’s rich cultural heritage, and find management tools to publicise it.
    More information at http://www.iccrom.org  

  • Conservation of Earthen Structures
    Date: From 30/09/2009 to 29/10/2009
    Place: Sharjah, Arab Emirates

    This course in the framework of the ATHAR programme sets out to help conservation professionals in the Arab world to develop the necessary skills and to work with traditional materials and techniques.
    More information at http://www.iccrom.org/  

  • AFRICA 2009. Managing Built Heritage
    Date: From 13/07/2009 to 02/10/2009
    Place: Mombassa, Kenya

    The foremost aim of the AFRICA 2009 programme is to improve the conditions of cultural property in Africa and apply sustainable parameters for its integration. The purpose of this course is to sensitize professionals to the values of built heritage.
    More information at http://www.iccrom.org/  

  • Strategies for the Development of Local Tourism
    Date: From 13/09/2009 to 19/09/2009
    Place: Leuven, Belgium

    This intensive postgraduate course is organized by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, with the purpose of presenting new strategies for the development of local heritage resources to improve implementation and applicability, bearing in mind that tourism is vital to the economic growth and development of these regions and that good sustainable management can substantially improve results.
    More information at http://www.sprecomah.eu/rlicc  

  • Learning Restoration in Transylvania (professional courses)
    Date: From 17/08/2009 to 23/08/2009
    Place: Archita, Rumania

    This year, INTBAU is extending its programme of practical courses and setting up a small masonry training centre in the village of Archita, in Transylvania-Rumania. This intensive course is aimed at people with restoration skills who wish to achieve a high level of craftsmanship. More information at http://www.intbau.org/imtc/index.htm  

  • Learning Restoration in Transylvania (courses for beginners)
    Date: From 20/07/2009 to 26/07/2009
    Place: Archita, Rumania

    This year, INTBAU is extending its programme of practical courses and setting up a small masonry training centre in the village of Archita, in Transylvania-Rumania. This intensive course will present the basic principles of restoration for beginners. More information at http://www.intbau.org/imtc/index.htm

  • Preventive Conservation: Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage
    Date: From 09/06/2009 to 27/06/2009
    Place: Quito, Ecuador

    ICCROM, along with other bodies, is organizing this course about preventive conservation with the focus on risk management in tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Risk is seen not just as isolated catastrophic events, like hurricanes or earthquakes, but also constant risks such as lighting and relative humidity, etc. More information at http://www.iccrom.org/  

  • Learning Restoration in Transylvania (intermediate level)
    Date: From 01/06/2009 to 07/06/2009
    Place: Archita, Rumania

    This year, INTBAU is extending its programme of practical courses and setting up a small masonry training centre in the village of Archita, in Transylvania-Rumania. This intensive course is aimed at people who already have experience in the field.
    More information at http://www.intbau.org/imtc/index.htm  

  • Learning Restoration in Transylvania (courses for beginners)
    Date: From 25/05/2009 to 31/05/2009
    Place: Archita, Rumania

    This year, INTBAU is extending its programme of practical courses and setting up a small masonry training centre in the village of Archita, in Transylvania-Rumania. This intensive course will present the basic principles of restoration for beginners.
    More information at http://www.intbau.org/imtc/index.htm  

  • Conservation of Built Heritage
    Date: From 02/03/2009 to 30/04/2009
    Place: Rome, Italy

    ICCROM is to hold its second course on the conservation of built heritage in Rome. The course will be based on ICCROM’s many years of experience, with first-hand knowledge of the latest international trends and approaches to the subject. Buildings, sites, historic centres and cultural landscapes will come under review. More information at www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2009_03BuiltHeritage_en.shtml

  • Master's degree in Urban Agglomerations
    Date: From 01/09/2007 to 31/12/2008
    Place: Frankfurt (Germany), Malmö (Sweden) and Aveiro (Portugal).

    The Frankfurt am Main University of Applied Sciences, in collaboration with the Swedish University of Malmö and the University of Aveiro in Portugal, have organized the new master's degree programme "Urban Agglomerations". It is aimed at professionals in various disciplines and the main objective is to draw together technical skills with other aspects such as participation, financing, development policies and their social and cultural implications. The deadline for registration is 15 April 2007. More information at
    http://www.fh-frankfurt.de/de/fachbereiche/fb1/studiengaenge/urban_agglomerations_master.html

  • Conservation and Management of Heritage Sites in the Arab World
    Date: From 27/10/2008 to 04/12/2008
    Place: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

    The aim of the ATHAR programme is to protect and promote cultural heritage in the Arabic region and help people to a greater knowledge of tradition. This course is organized by ICCROM, with the backing of governmental institutions in Sharjah. More information at http://www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2008_10AtharUAE_en.shtml

  • Doctoral research programme
    Date: From 15/09/2007 to 31/07/2008
    Place: London, United Kingdom

    The Prince's School of Traditional Arts (PSTA), in the framework of the VITA post-graduate course (Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts Programme), is offering doctorate courses and looking for candidates interested in researching traditional architecture both from the historical viewpoint and in terms of contemporary development. More information at
    http://www.princesschooltraditionalarts.org/aboutus.html

  • Master's Degree in Conservation
    Date: From 15/09/2007 to 31/07/2008
    Place: Louvain, Belgium

    The Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation is organizing the master's degree in Conservation of Monuments and Sites in response to an initiative of ICOMOS and as part of the programme of the Engineering Faculty of the Catholic University of Louvain. This internationally renowned course comprises four semesters of advanced theoretical and practical training in conservation and restoration. More information at
    http://www.asro.kuleuven.be/new/asro.aspx?tabid=323&culture=en&site=asro

  • Wood Conservation Technology
    Date: From 26/05/2008 to 04/07/2008
    Place: Oslo, Norway

    This course is organized under the auspices of the UNESCO by the ICCROM, the Directorate for Cultural Heritage of Norway, NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the NIKU. The conference sets out to provide participants with the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to diagnose the causes of deterioration and select the most suitable methods for conserving and restoring wood. More information: http://www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2008_05woodNor_en.shtml

  • Course on heritage at risk
    Date: From 05/11/2007 to 17/11/2007
    Place: Kyoto, Japan

    Kyoto is to be the venue for an international training course on the risk management of cultural heritage. The course is organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and ICOMOS. The aim of this practical training course is to prepare professionals to detect which heritage is most vulnerable, and the necessary measures to preserve and recover it.
    More information at: www.rits.dmuch.jp/dl_files/leaflet_2007+colar.pdf

  • Creating housing and social cohesion
    Date: From 08/11/2007 to 09/11/2007
    Place: Paris, France

    The IFHP (International Federation for Housing and Planning) is organizing a workshop about the construction of dwellings and social cohesion, entitled “Social Cohesion and Housing: the Role and Place of Social Housing Promoters”. The aim of this workshop is to analyse the importance of housing as a planning factor to achieve greater social cohesion and create a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experiences.
    For more information: www.ifhp.org

  • Conservation and restoration of architectural heritage
    Date: From 18/10/2007 to 20/10/2007
    Place: Genoa, Italy

    The University of Genoa, together with EAAE-ENHSA, is organizing a workshop about architectural heritage conservation, Teaching Conservation/Restoration of Architectural Heritage: Goals, Contents and Methods. The workshop will centre on the exchange of knowledge and methods for the conservation and restoration of built heritage.
    More information at: conservation07@arch.unique.it

  • Conservation workshop
    Date: From 18/10/2007 to 20/10/2007
    Place: Genoa, Italy

    The University of Genoa, jointly with the EAAE (European Association for Architectural Education) and the ENHSA (European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture) is organizing a conference about the conservation and restoration of architectural heritage. The workshop sets out to bring together teachers of conservation at European schools of architecture in order to analyse similarities and differences in contents and syllabuses in the field of conservation and restoration, compare the educational objectives and strategies of the various schools and exchange new teaching methods. The deadline for the submission of applications is 21 September.
    For more information: www.eaae.be

  • Model-building for children
    Date: From 01/10/2007 to 01/10/2007
    Place: Paris, France

    The Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, is organizing a model-building workshop for school-age children. The model is a way of understanding architecture which allows children to grasp the form, volume, structure and organization of buildings. The workshop will also familiarize children with different model-building materials and techniques.
    For more information:
    www.citechaillot.fr/activite/ateliers/ateliers_de_creation.php?id=160

  • Master's Degree in Architectural Regeneration and Development
    Date: From 01/09/2006 to 01/07/2007
    Place: Oxford, United Kingdom

    The Architecture Department of Oxford Brookes University has started up the new international master's degree programme Architectural Regeneration and Development. The principal aim is to take a multidisciplinary global viewpoint to providing professionals with the necessary tools to regenerate and develop built heritage as a basic component of sustainable development. More information at
    http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/be/architecture/postgraduate/iard/index.html

  • Conservation and Restoration of Archaeological Ceramics
    Date: From 25/05/2007 to 08/06/2007
    Place: Oporto, Portugal

    The Centre for Conservation and Restoration of the Universidade Portucalense is promoting a cycle of lectures about Portuguese faiança to form part of the post-graduate course Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics. The course lasts 14 hours, with five speakers who will give presentations on archaeology and museology. A participation diploma will be presented upon completion of the course. More information:
    http://www.upt.pt

  • Urban Design Workshop
    Date: From 01/03/2007 to 01/06/2007
    Place: Argelato, Italy

    The Facciamo Centro, with the collaboration of INTBAU, is organizing the first International Workshop in Urban Design, to be held in spring 2007. This meeting aims to continue the work begun in September 2006 and promote the quality of the built environment and analyse traditional settlements and architecture typologies. More information at
    http://www.intbau.org/argelato.htm

  • New strategies for a sustainable coastline
    Date: From 01/10/2006 to 01/06/2007
    Place: Barcelona, Spain

    The master's degree, Intelligent Coast: New touristic strategies, New territorial structures, organized in Barcelona by the Fundació UPC from October 2006 to June 2007, is aimed at students and professionals in the fields of tourism, sociology, economy, engineering, geography, architecture and town planning. It aims to create a framework for theoretical and practical exchange in order to construct an across-the-board approach to tourism and consolidate a national and international network of multidisciplinary research. Among other questions of interest, the programme devotes a section to heritage and accords particular attention to the study of specific areas. More information at
    http://www.intelligentcoast.es

  • Course on the conservation of built heritage
    Date: From 01/02/2007 to 30/03/2007
    Place: Rome, Italy

    Starting in 2007, ICCROM will be presenting a regular course for professionals on the conservation of built heritage. The aim of the course is to provide participants with an overall critical approach to conservation processes. The results will be applicable to planning policies and interventions. More information: www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2007_02BuiltHeritage_en.shtml

  • Heritage Site Management Training
    Date: From 11/03/2007 to 17/03/2007
    Place: Cluny, France

    The Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) of Cluny and the IUP Denis Diderot, with the contribution of the UNESCO, present the first international advanced training course for professionals in the field of management and administration of heritage sites. The course is based on three themes: the acquisition of knowledge and competence, implementation, and comparing and contrasting experiences. More information at
    http://www.cluny.ensam.fr/actualites/cours_patrimoine.htm

  • Diagnosis Techniques for Construction Materials
    Date: From 12/03/2007 to 16/03/2007
    Place: Granada, Spain

    The Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico and the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology of Granada University present the 13th course in diagnosis techniques applied to the conservation of construction materials in historic buildings, directed by Eduardo Sebastián Pardo. For more information:
    http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/

  • Documentation and conservation
    Date: From 18/11/2006 to 14/12/2006
    Place: Umm Qays (Gadara), Jordan; and Bosra, Syria

    ICCROM and ALECSO are organizing a course on Documentation and Management of Heritage Sites in the Arab Region. The main aim of the course is to provide participants with the necessary tools to integrate documentation into the process of heritage management and conservation. More information at
    http://www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2006_09AtharJOR-SYR_en.shtml

  • Risk management of cultural heritage
    Date: From 22/10/2006 to 06/11/2006
    Place: Kyoto, Japan

    The International Training Course on Risk Management of Cultural Heritage responds to the need to develop scientific research and education, and to train professionals with a view to incorporating cultural heritage into risk management and recovery in the event of natural disasters. This project is coordinated by the Ritsumeikan University in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and ICOMOS. More information at
    http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/337

  • International Preservation Trades Workshop
    Date: From 26/10/2006 to 28/10/2006
    Place: New Orleans, United States

    This October, the Preservation Trades Network, a non-profit network of organizations and trades, is organizing the International Preservation Trades Workshop (IPTW) in New Orleans, Louisiana. This annual event brings together professionals and trades related to traditional buildings and their preservation in order to promote new contacts and share knowledge by means of demonstrations and pilot projects. This year it centres on the theme of recovery after the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina. More information: www.iptw.org/AboutIPTW.html

  • Sustainability in rehabilitation
    Date: From 26/10/2006 to 26/10/2006
    Place: Madrid, Spain

    The Consejo de Construcción Verde de España is organizing An Introduction to Sustainability and LEED, a training course and workshop. The course centres on the green building rating system of the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), and includes a specific sector on its application to large rehabilitation projects. More information at http://www.spaingbc.org/cursos/104-nc.html

  • Eco-tourism workshop in the Moroccan High Atlas
    Date: From 30/08/2006 to 21/09/2006
    Place: Zaouiat Ahansal (Azilal), Morocco

    The village of Zaouiat Ahansal in the Atlas Mountains is the venue for this workshop aimed at students and young professionals in the fields of geography, cartography, social sciences, ecotourism, etc. The objective is to produce a guide that showcases the area’s heritage, by drawing up an eco-tourist charter to lay the bases for sustainable tourism. Registration till 1 June 2006.
    More information: www.apare-gec.org/gec_fr/camprog.html

  • The project and earthen architecture
    Date: From 11/09/2006 to 14/09/2006
    Place: Casalincontrada, Italy

    In the framework of Earth Festival 2006, the Terrae Onlus association is organizing the workshop "Progettare con la terra cruda". For four days, study and debate will combine, introducing practical classes for the design of an earthen building. Consolidated by last year's success, the aim of this year's workshop will be to design the new Borgocapo laboratory in Casalincontrada. More information at http://www.casediterra.it/index_content.htm

  • Field work in French Provence
    Date: From 01/07/2006 to 01/09/2006
    Place: Provence, France

    The Association pour la Participation et l’Action Régionale (APARE) organizes a whole range of work camps for young professionals in the most interesting spots of Provence (France), to recuperate towns, castles, churches, rural centres and other elements of traditional architecture in the area.
    More information and registration: www.apare-gec.org/apare_fr/chlist.htm

  • Conservation of painted stucco detailing
    Date: From 01/07/2006 to 30/08/2006
    Place: Oplotnica, Slovenia

    HCN, in collaboration with Etno-eko and the Office for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, is organizing hands-on workshops for the conservation of decorative artwork created by Carthusian monks at the 17th-century Manor House in Oplotnica. In the course of week-long sessions, participants will work on restoring the original stucco under the guidance of Slovenian conservators.
    For more detailed information: www.heritageconservation.net/ws-manor-house.htm

  • Restoration and traditional brickwork
    Date: From 30/07/2006 to 13/08/2006
    Place: Transylvania, Rumania

    This summer INTBAU offers a comprehensive two-week course devoted to traditional restoration methods, focusing specifically on traditional brickwork. This course will combine theory sessions with hands-on workshops. For more information: www.intbau.org/SummerSchool2006.htm

  • The popular habitat in the Medina of Marrakech
    Date: From 10/07/2006 to 29/07/2006
    Place: Marrakech, Morocco

    This June, the Campus Euro-méditerranéens pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable, with the collaboration of the Centre Méditerranéen de l’Environnement of Marrakech, is organizing the workshop "Improving the popular habitat in the Medina of Marrakech". This workshop will take place in the framework of the RehabiMed project, as part of the Euro-Med Heritage programme. It is aimed at students and young professionals of architecture, urbanism and the fine arts.
    More information: www.apare-gec.org/gec_fr/camprog.html

  • Timber in architecture and restoration
    Date: From 05/07/2006 to 09/07/2006
    Place: Toano, Italy

    This July, the Fondazione Gnudi is organizing the course “Il legno: il materiale, le applicazioni, la pratica”, devoted to analysing the selection, characteristics and use of timber in architecture and restoration, with an interesting thematic division of the various days. The course will include a series of practical experiences. Information: www.fondazionegnudi.org/pdf/018_brochure_il_legno_2006.pdf

  • Restoration work camps
    Date: From 01/06/2005 to 01/09/2005
    Place: Provence. France - Atlas. Morocco

    The Association pour la Participation et l'Action Régionale (APARE) offers 30 work camps for the restoration of built and natural heritage in Provence (France) and one in the Atlas (Morocco).
    More information: http://www.apare-gec.org

  • Earthen architecture workshops
    Date: From 22/05/2005 to 04/06/2005
    Place: Villefontaine, France

    The Grains d’Isère 2006 annual festival is organizing a fortnight of five workshops aimed at students, researchers, architects, etc. It proposes a hands-on relationship with the materials and the qualities of earthen construction, with particular emphasis on traditional construction and architecture.
    Information: http://terre.grenoble.archi.fr/grainsdisere/introGI.htm

This project was funded by the EU and formed part of the Euromed Heritage III programme (2004-2007)

 Last updated: 25/02/2010