MoU signed betwen ARC-WH and ICOMOS

The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) have signed a MoU on 14 March 2018. A general framework of the areas of collaboration and understanding includes a list of activities and training programmes, exchange of research and information, strengthening the capacity and technical understanding of Arab States Parties of the implementation of the World Heritage Convention, meetings and programmes planned and implemented by both organizations. ICOMOS, founded in 1965, is an international non-governmental organization that is also an Advisory Body to the World Heritage Committee, providing the Committee with evaluations of cultural and mixed properties proposed for inscription on the World Heritage List.