International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes

2026 International Day for Monuments and Sites Workshop
2026-04-15 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Zoom
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Living Heritage and Emergency Response: the issues of cultural landscapes”
Date: April 15, 2026 at 11:00 UTC
Agenda:
11:00 to 12:00

Soazig Darnay – Agriculture & Fire Risk in Cultural / Rural Landscapes
Chun Hsi Wang – Resilience of a Mythic Landscape: The Conservation and Emergency Response Plan of “Yingge Rock” in New Taipei City
Esra Balcı – Responding Landscapes: Living Heritage as an Active System in Times of Disaster
Antonio Hoyuela Jayo – Living heritage and integrated risk management in island volcanic cultural landscapes

12:00 to 13:00 Discussion

Goal: Begin to develop a series of future goals and actions for the Committee on Living Heritage and Emergency Response.

The series of Workshops will continue

June 10th: “Focus on Fire”
July 22nd: “Focus on Plants’”
September 15: “Focus on Communities in Cultural Landscapes” and
November 24th: “Focus on the link between intangible heritage and cultural landscapes.”

2025 ICOMOS Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium
2025-10-12 - 2025-10-17 | Lumbini, Nepal, Lumbini, Nepal
The ICOMOS AGM will be held from October 13th through the 19th, in Lumbini, Nepal, the birthplace of Gautam Buddah.

For more information on the event schedule, registration, and other logistics, go to the event website at https://icomosaga2025.checkout.com.np/.
Find more information at the 1997 World Heritage Inscription files at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/666/.

ICOMOS World Heritage Transhumance Initiative Experts Conference
2025-06-23 - 2025-06-25 | Baku, Azerbaijan, Panorama Hotel, Baku, Azerbaijan
Currently the call for poster contributions is closed (Open until December 15, 2024).
Transhumance_Initiative_CallforPosters

ICOMOS Transhumance Initiative: Call for Posters
2025-01-15 | transhumance@icomos.org
Submit by email at transhumance@icomos.org by January 15th, 2025. Click here for more information on the Call for Posters: Transhumance_Initiative_CallforPosters

Africa24
2024-11-25 - 2024-11-29 | Swahili Pot Hub, Mombasa, Kenya, Swahili Pot Hub, Mombasa, Kenya
Africa24 Conference 2024: Conservation of Built Heritage in Africa
The AFRICA24 conference is an international event focusing on the conservation of built heritage in Africa, held in Mombasa, Kenya, November 25 to 29, 2024.
La conférence AFRICA24 est un événement international axé sur la conservation du patrimoine bâti en Afrique, qui se tiendra au Kenya en novembre 25 en 29, 2024.

Together with individual African ICOMOS expert members, eight ICOMOS international scientific committees and working groups (ICTC, ISCCL, ICICH, ISCES, ISCEAH,OCD-RBA,EPWG, and CIAV) are planning to host an international conference on the conservation of built heritage in Africa in 2024 (Africa24).
The purpose of this event is to:
• Provide support to African local communities and colleagues who work in the fields of vernacular architecture, earthen architecture, cultural landscapes, intangible heritage, cultural tourism, sustainability, and rights-based approach to heritage;
• Encourage new members to join ICOMOS in order to raise awareness of ICOMOS interests and activities related to African cultural heritage;
Agenda 2063 for the Africa of the African Union served as the conference’s inspiration.In keeping with the excellent work that the Africa Union Culture division is still doing, we would like to request a meeting to discuss potential partnership opportunities for the conference, which will be held at Swahili Pot Hub, Mombasa, Kenya from November 25th –29th, 2024.

2024 ICOMOS Annual General Meeting
2024-11-10 - 2024-11-17 | Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Arts and Convention Center, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The ICOMOS Annual General Meeting will be held in Ouro Preto, Brazil from November 11th thorough the 15th. The call for abstracts for the Scientific Symposium is closed. More information on the event can be found at bit.ly/ICOMOS-AGM-2024; and at

ISCCL Scientific Symposium 2024
2024-11-09 - 2024-11-10 | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, School of Architecture and Design, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
For more information, go to https://landscapes.icomos.org/isccl-2024-symposium/

When Does the Theory and Process of Conservation Become National Heritage?
2024-06-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
In a ground-breaking step in 2023, the U.S. National Park Service revised the National Historic Landmark status of Waterford, Virginia, as a site, to recognize the “sustained and innovative private preservation effort to conserve a comprehensive village landscape.” With this acknowledgement of a 55-year effort to preserve a cultural landscape, it is the first such heritage designation of a planning and conservation process in the United States.
In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, Elizabeth Brabec led the planning effort to implement a strategy to conserve the landscape of the village. As the top level of recognition for National Heritage in the United States, the Waterford National Historic Landmark was forward thinking in 1969, for its inclusion of the landscape within the boundaries of the village, at a time when designations included minimal landscape areas almost as an afterthought.
This lecture will delve into the history of Waterford’s conservation efforts. It will explore the theories of cultural heritage and landscape conservation of the period and discuss the outcomes of the planning effort. The presentation will also discuss the implications of moving from a recognition of successful conservation case studies, to conservation as a form of intangible cultural heritage.
