UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2012
The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan is organizing the 7th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage from 8 to 22 September 2012 (application deadline: 31 May 2012).
This training course aims at promoting the development of collaborations and network building among scholars and professionals in cultural heritage protection. During the course, participants will prepare a disaster management plan for a cultural heritage site by taking into consideration the nature of that heritage and the disaster management context of the respective country.
The theme of the 7th UNESCO Chair International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage will be ‘From Recovery to Risk Reduction for Sustainability of Historic Areas’.
For more detailed information and application forms for the course,
please visit: http://www.ritsumei-gcoe.jp/heritagerisknet.dmuch/itc/index.html