ICCROM- ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre, Sharjah, U.A.E.

Knowledge … the future of our heritage

المعرفة ... مستقبل تراثنا

ICCROM- ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre, Sharjah, U.A.E.

From a Programme … to

a Centre: Institution Building,

Sustaining Efforts2

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Providing reliable advice and up-to-date information

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Integrating the Role of Science

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Integrating Documentation in Risk Management Policies

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Making Conservation Relevant- Outreach at Various Levels

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Improving Conservation Practice and Quality

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Symposium: Protection in Times of Crisis

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Review existing national laws to develop model legislations and include provisions for emergency planning;

Develop guiding principles in relation to relevant international conventions;

Recommend and advise on GIS-based inventories of cultural assets;

Conduct courses for risk preparedness, assessment and emergency planning to protect cultural heritage in times of crisis; and

Disseminate the symposium proceedings to governments and cultural organizations in all member states.

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Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage: Sites and Museums Collections, Sharjah, UAE

2012

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Impact and Follow-up ..

some examples …..

Workshop3-5 weeks

Review Meeting1 week

Home Project≈ 6-8 months

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Documentation and Analytical Study of Fayrooz Elsaki mosque in Cairo, Mustafa Sherif, Egypt

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Rock Drawings site at Sabu, Fawzi Hassan, Sudan

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Re-Org of Saraya Archaeology Museum Store in Irbid, Ahmad Hammouri, Jordan

221 ATHAR Participants 2004-2013

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Selected Readings from ATHARSelected Readings from ATHAR Protection of Cultural Heritage in Protection of Cultural Heritage in

Times of CrisisTimes of Crisis Attitudes to the Conservation of Attitudes to the Conservation of

Islamic CitiesIslamic Cities ATHAR-MOSAIKON, Selected ATHAR-MOSAIKON, Selected

Readings- Conservation of Readings- Conservation of MosaicsMosaics

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17th & 18th Conferences of the Ministers of Culture in the Arab States, Doha, Qatar, and Manama, Bahrain

2010-2012

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ATHAR Website: www.iccrom.org/athar-centre

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Mural Painting Conservation, Church of Behdaidat (Byblos), Lebanon

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Documentation and Conservation of Ad-Dur Temple at Umm Al-Quwien, United Arab Emirates

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ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Centre’s Programme in the context of the WH Proramme for the Arab States

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4 Workshops on Professional Higher Education and Practice, Sharjah, UAE

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Activities in 2014Higher Diploma in Heritage Conservation Management: Preparations and Planning for Accreditation with the University of SharjahSyria: Contribution to EC-funded Project for Syria in the field of Training on First Aid to Cultural HeritageYemen: Integrating Cultural Heritage in University Programmes, accompanied with professional workshops in SanaaLibya: Training on Sites Conservation and Management (UNESCO-Cairo and Tripoli)- TBCQatar: Heritage Education for the Young

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Activities in 2014 International Conference LACONA10 (Lasers

in Conservation of Artworks)- June 2014 Publications-

ATHAR Publications Series, and Translation of key Resources (Management, Re-Org, Protection in times of Crisis, Mosaics: Selected Readings

Pilot Course on Inventories and Reorganization of Collections at Storage Facilities at Cultural Heritage Sites in The Maghreb, El Jem, Tunisia (ALECSO & Tunisia & Algeria)- Spring and Fall 2014

Sub-regional Course on Immediate Protection (First Aid) of Archaeological Finds at Cultural Sites (Bahrain & GCC)- Spring 2014

ICCROM- ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre, Sharjah, U.A.E.

ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre, Sharjah- UAE(Archaeological- Architectural Tangible Heritage in the Arab Region)

”knowledge … the future of our heritage“” المعرفة ... مستقبل تراثنا“

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ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre, Sharjah, UAE(Archaeological- Architectural Tangible Heritage in the Arab Region)

.. شكراThank You ..Merci