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Subject: Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage - 2011


Kindly distribute the following Online Course Announcement throughout your 
etwork 
erci de diffuser cette annonce de cours à vos contacts
or favor, difunda a través de su red de contactos el siguente anuncio de curso 
REDUCING RISKS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE - 2011
DATES
3 May to 9 September 2011 (on line)
 October to 14 October 2011 (face to face)
7 October to 28 November 2011 (on line)
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION
8 January 2011
ORGANIZERS  
CCROM International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of 
ultural 
roperty   www.iccrom.org
CI    Canadian Conservation Institute www.cci-icc.gc.ca
CN    Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage www.icn.nl
BACKGROUND
oday, preventive conservation has become a leading theme in all fields of 
ultural 
roperty. Useful scientific and technical knowledge continues to grow but is 
ften 
ncorporated in current practice slowly, incorrectly, or not at all. Despite the 
est intentions, 
rofessionals and institutions dealing with the preservation of cultural 
roperty may apply 
nrealistic standards, guidelines or lists of best practice, with no clear sense 
f priority, or of 
ealistic expected benefits. With limited resources, decision makers are usually 
onfronted 
ith difficult choices in planning conservation strategies. 
he risk management approach, which informs and guides decision makers in many 
ther 
ields, offers a sound methodology to incorporate the most recent knowledge into 
urrent 
ractice. It allows an integrated view of all expected damages and loss to 
ultural property, 
nd of their mitigation, thus providing a useful tool for the design of more 
fficient 
onservation strategies. 
n the recent years, ICCROM, CCI and ICN have worked on developing and 
isseminating 
he risk management approach for cultural heritage field, including five joint 
raining 
nitiatives since 2005. For 2011, they have partnered again to offer this 
xceptional course. 
or the first time, it includes a substantial distance-learning component, to 
nable 
articipants to apply the risk management approach in their own working and 
ultural 
ontext.
AUDIENCE & APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
he course is designed for a maximum of 30 participants. They can be 
onservators, 
rchitects, archeologists, archivists, conservation scientists, collection 
anagers, registrars, 
urators (in museums, archives, historic houses), and any other professionals 
nvolved in 
he preservation of cultural heritage. At least three years of practical 
xperience in the field 
s preferred.
ecause the course has a strong distance-learning component, the participants 
ust have 
ccess to a computer with an Internet connection.
ach participant must make arrangements with an institution that will form the 
ase-study 
or that participant. This institution may be the employer of the participant or 
an be another 
nstitution. During the course, the participant must have full access to the 
ollections or the 
ultural heritage under study.  
OBJECTIVE
articipants will become familiar with the risk management concept and its 
arious 
pplications in the field of cultural heritage. They will learn a practical 
ethod of evaluating 
ifferent types of risks and apply it to a case study in their own working and 
ultural context. 
hey will also examine recent research that is necessary for better estimates of 
isk, and 
hus for establishing priorities. In each participating institution, they will 
mplement each 
tage of the risk management approach, from risk assessment of the cultural 
eritage under 
tudy to the development and planning of options for risk mitigation. They will 
roduce a 
ormal report for the participating institution. 
COURSE METHODOLOGY
he course structure follows the steps of the Australian and New Zealand 
tandard for Risk 
anagement, the international reference in the field. These include 1. Context 
nd values 
ssessment, 2. Risk Identification, 3. Risk analysis, 4 Risk evaluation, 5. Risk 
reatment (or 
itigation) and 6. Risk communication. 
n its first part on line, the course will address step 1-4. The face-to face 
orkshop (in 
ctober, exact dates and venue will be determined at a later date) will focus on 
tep 5 and 
. After the workshop, a last distance-learning phase will allow participants to 
inalize their 
ase-study report and present it to their institutions. 
uring the distance-mentoring/online coaching, the required time for 
articipation in the 
ourse is 12 to 15 hours per week. At all stages of the learning and risk 
anagement 
rocess, participants will be able to share their experience with colleagues. 
hey will have 
ccess to readings/resources/forums and to mentors and tutors who will help them 
hrough 
he process advise them on how to resolve challenges. Regular assignments will 
easure 
rogress. 
TUTORS AND MENTORS  
CI, ICCROM, ICN, associated professionals, former Risk course participants
WORKING LANGUAGE    
ore materials will be available in English, Spanish, and French. Tutors will 
lso be 
vailable in these three languages (other possible to be determined). However, a 
roficiency 
n reading English is necessary to access many important publications in the 
ield.
COURSE FEE: 1300 EUR (Euro) - payable in 6 instalments
TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION AND LIVING EXPENSES (3-14 October only)
articipants are responsible for their round trip travel costs, accommodation 
nd living 
xpenses for the face-to face workshop. In order to cover these costs, 
articipants are 
trongly encouraged to seek financial support from sources such as governmental 
nstitutions, employers and funding agencies. The organizers may be able to 
ffer a limited 
umber of scholarships to selected candidates who have been unable to secure 
unding.

PPLICATION REQUIREMENTS 
y 28 January 2011, candidates must submit:
- Application form (http://www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/forms_en/applfrm_en.doc)
 A letter of interest from the institution which will form the case-study
 Maximum 5 pages illustrated presentation on the case study with a brief 
escription of the 
ultural heritage under study, its institutional context, and the risks that are 
erceived by the 
nstitution and which could be the focus of the case-study.
Applications should be mailed to the following address: 
Risk 2011 - Collections Unit - ICCROM
3, via di San Michele
-00153 ROME RM, ITALY
el (+39) 06 585531 Fax (+39) 06 58553349
-mail: risk2011 at iccrom.org

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