First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis - FAC Africa 2018

When :

from Monday 12 November, 2018
08:00
to Saturday 1 December, 2018
17:55

Type of event :

Category 7-Seminar and Workshop

Where :

Ecole de Maintien de la Paix, Bamako, Mali

Contact :

Léonie EVERS, 01 45 68 20 30

UNESCO and ICCROM aim to build capacity for emergency preparedness and response in risk prone regions of the world. To this end, UNESCO and ICCROM are jointly organizing the 2018 edition of the First Aid to Cultural Heritage (FAC) international course in Bamako (Mali) from 12 to 30 November.

Participants in this training are mid-career professionals, active in the protection of cultural heritage and wanting to enlarge their skills set. They work for national heritage institutions (departments of antiquities, Ministries of Culture, Commissions for monuments and museums, national museums), architectural practices, archives, libraries, conservation institutes, universities and humanitarian organizations. They represent 19 nationalities from 4 continents.