News & Events
ICOMOS News
- New Heritage Skills Task Force
Delegates at the ICOMOS-UK Conference on Action on Skills Training and Education for the Historic Environment (29-30 April 2008) agreed on the need to co-ordinate action across the whole built conservation sector to promote heritage skills training.
- 2008-05-07 12:36:20
- Launch of new 'Conversations' series
On 23 April, ICOMOS-UK launched 'Conversations' with an inaugural event on 'Our Sacred Landscapes' in Birmingham. This also coincided with International Monuments and Sites Day 2008 whose special theme is religious heritage and sacred places.
- 2008-04-24 22:27:44
- Merranblo Wind Farm Development, Orkney
ICOMOS-UK Precognition for the Public Local Inquiry on the proposed erection of three wind turbines at Merranblo, Orkney, Scotland.
January 2008
- 2008-02-07 17:19:51
- Caltongate Development: Edinburgh Old & New Towns World Heritage Site
Press release on the Caltongate Development and its impact on the Edinburgh Old & New Towns World Heritage Site.
06/02/08
- 2008-02-07 17:00:10
- Stonehenge World Heritage Site road scheme
ICOMOS-UK Press Statement on the Government announcement on the Stonehenge road improvements scheme.
6 December 2007
- 2007-12-06 16:54:58
- Revised Olympic budget to have a massive impact on heritage funding
Does the third sector heritage lobby need to be stronger in its dialogue with the government? The revised budget for the Olympics will mean £90m less funds for the HLF and thus for heritag signals the vulnerability of the heritage lobby.
- 2007-03-19 13:36:52
- The Heritage Protection Review White Paper
ICOMOS-UK warmly welcomes the news that World Heritage sites (WHSs) are to be given statutory protection in the planning system in order to control development within sites and their settings, and to ensure there is no erosion of value over time.
- 2007-03-15 10:21:52
- Cornwall and West Devon Minining Landscape inscribed as a WHS
On Thursday 13th July the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape as a WHS. This follows years of hard work by the WH Team in Cornwall County Council in particular.
- 2006-07-17 12:21:44
- ICOMOS Advisory Committee Meeting, Edinburgh 8-13th September 2006
The annual ICOMOS Advisory Committee Meeting is this year being held in Edinburgh - hosted by Historic Scotland - from 8th to 13th September 2006.
- 2006-07-10 17:21:18
- Government proposes demolition of Commonwealth Institute
A leaked letter from the Foreign Office and DCMS asking the ODPM for its view on introducing special legislation to overturn the Grade 2* listing of the Commonwealth Institute in London has angered the UK heritage sector, including ICOMOS-UK.
- 2006-06-08 15:50:03
