International Training Course on Post-Crisis Recovery of Cultural Heritage (PCR 2025)
Location: Online + Asti and Canelli, Italy
Dates:
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Online: 27–30 October & 3–6 November 2025
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In-person (Asti, Italy): 17–22 November 2025
Deadline to Apply: 30 May 2025, 11:59 PM CET
Course Fee: EUR 900
Scholarships Available: 5
Rebuilding Culture, Restoring Identity
In a world more and more formed by crises—whether or not attributable to armed battle, pure disasters, or climate-induced hazards—the loss of cultural heritage is greater than bodily. It represents the erasure of historical past, reminiscence, and id. Recognizing the urgency of preserving and reviving cultural heritage within the aftermath of devastation, ICCROM, in collaboration with Fondazione Santagata for the Economics of Culture, is happy to announce the second version of the International Training Course on Post-Crisis Recovery of Cultural Heritage (PCR 2025).
This distinctive coaching alternative is designed for heritage professionals, humanitarian staff, and improvement practitioners working on the frontlines of cultural heritage restoration. The hybrid format of PCR 2025 will mix eight days of interactive on-line periods with a week-long in-person workshop in Asti and Canelli, Italy—a area that itself overcame destruction and reworked post-crisis restoration into a worldwide heritage success story.
Why This Course Matters
The international improve in hydro-meteorological hazards, coupled with ongoing conflicts, is pushing cultural heritage to the brink. Without strategic and knowledgeable intervention, essential heritage websites, traditions, and neighborhood lifelines threat everlasting loss. PCR 2025 addresses this hole by empowering individuals with the abilities, instruments, and networks essential for post-crisis restoration, making certain that heritage will not be solely protected however used as a catalyst for therapeutic and resilience.
Drawing inspiration from the 1994 flood in Piedmont, which led to in depth restoration initiatives and in the end helped the area earn UNESCO World Heritage recognition, the course will showcase profitable fashions of integrating restoration with sustainable improvement and native revitalization.
Participants may also interact with case research from Mosul, Iraq, the place ICCROM, in partnership with UNESCO, supported long-term restoration efforts following the town’s devastation—providing useful insights into each the challenges and prospects of post-crisis heritage restoration.
What You Will Learn
The coaching programme blends principle and sensible studying, overlaying:
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Post-crisis heritage worth evaluation
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Situational evaluation and threat mapping
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Tools and strategies for resilience and restoration
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Strategic planning for heritage restoration
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Proposal writing and funding methods
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Monitoring and analysis of heritage tasks
Participants will interact in lectures, peer-to-peer exchanges, and hands-on periods, together with a workshop on structural reinforcement for historic buildings led by KIMIA, an Italian chief in restoration know-how.
Who Should Apply?
This course is open to 25 early and mid-career professionals globally who:
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Work in areas affected by battle or catastrophe
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Are actively engaged in cultural heritage, humanitarian support, or improvement
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Have related case study expertise and might reveal affect
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Are proficient in English
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Face monetary or geographic boundaries to accessing such coaching
Applicants from underrepresented and crisis-affected areas are strongly inspired to apply. Priority shall be given to high-quality submissions and to previous candidates who weren’t beforehand chosen.
Fees & Scholarships
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit the next in English:
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Online application type
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Professional CV (max 3 pages, with 2 references)
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Personal photograph
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Short report together with:
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Description of present or current disaster affecting heritage in your nation (100 phrases)
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Detailed case study and classes discovered (500 phrases)
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Statement of monetary want (200 phrases)
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Accepted file codecs: PDF, DOC, DOCX, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, TIFF (max 4 MB per file)
Submit your application by 30 May 2025, 11:59 PM CET
For inquiries: PCR2025@iccrom.org
Building a Global Network for Heritage Resilience
PCR 2025 is greater than a coaching—it’s a platform to foster international collaboration, strengthen interdisciplinary approaches, and empower a brand new era of professionals dedicated to defending our shared cultural legacy in occasions of disaster.
This course is delivered beneath the broader framework of ICCROM’s mission to protect cultural heritage worldwide and is made potential via the beneficiant assist of Fondazione Giovanni Goria and different companions dedicated to heritage-led restoration.
Apply now and be a part of the motion to rebuild tradition and restore hope.
Learn extra and apply through the ICCROM’s website.
For extra youth alternatives, go to: Opportunities For Youth.
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