Dear colleagues, we are pleased to share with you this call to Best Practices by the Council of Europe, and encourage you to present the best practices in Conservation-Restoration. This is now your opportunity as national association to enrich and foster the visibility of our profession on European level. You are invited to send new …
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Research and Review–Advancements in conservation and assessment of previous experiences The Nordic Association of Conservators (NKF) was founded in 1950 and functions as a regional group in The International Institute for the Conservation of Artistic and Historic Works (IIC), and is known as IIC Nordic Group. NKF XXII Congress is an international congress held every …
On 9 May 2020, on the occasion of Europe Day which this year marks the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration and the launch of the process of European integration, members of the European Heritage Alliance have launched the Europe Day Manifesto ‘Cultural Heritage: a powerful catalyst for the future of Europe’. As E.C.C.O. is …
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Message by Susan Corr, E.C.C.O. President “Covid 19 is a cultural issue as much as a health issue because the control of it depends, not on the hospitals and health resources but on the behaviour of people – how well we engage in social distancing. Recovery from the economic collapse in 2008 was engineered at …
E.C.C.O. and the NACE Working Group is pleased to share with you this publication at the International Journal of Cultural Heritage. Dowload here ABSTRACT This paper reports on the findings and recommendations of the European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers Organisations’ (hereafter E.C.C.O. [1]) investigations into the inclusion of Conservation-Restoration in the NACE Codes [2]. It is …
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Dear members and friends of E.C.C.O. We urgently call for your support and expertise concerning the public consultation on the use of in-situ generated nitrogen for pest management of cultural heritage! Download the letter here Link to the Public Consultation form (Deadline 18/01/2019!!) Further information on the consultation: Background: The EU regulation 528/2012 (Biocidal Products …
ECCO is pleased to share the Publication: ‘Conservation Ethics today: are our Conservation-Restoration Theories and Practice ready for the 21st Century?with the contributions of the Conservation-Restoration Profession by ENCoRE, ECCO, ARI (Italy) and VDR (Germany). Ursula Schadler-Saub, International Scientific Committee for Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration ICOMOS: “The present publication in the proceeding …
Next 30th of November 2019, E.C.C.O.s Committee will join the Round table: “From the Contemporary Culture to the Cultural Heritage: dialogues between the world of creation and conservation in Europe”. Arranged by the Conservation-Restoration Department from the MNCARS (Madrid, Spain), in collaboration with ACRE, E.C.C.O. and GEIIC, addressed to professionals, researchers, students and Conservation-Restoration, Art …
The 11th VDR Conservators’ Day takes place from November 26th – 28th, 2020 in Kassel. The interdisciplinary conference “Looking for TRACES. Finding (HI)STORIES – Sciences in Cultural Heritage“ addresses the complex changes to which cultural heritage from all centuries is intentionally or unintentionally subject. The aim of the conference is to promote an interdisciplinary exchange …
E.C.C.O.s Committee is glad to share with the Conservator-Restorers Community and all the Heritage Professions this Statement for the Celebration of the European Day of Conservation Restoration: Last year, 2018, was designated European year of Cultural Heritage. The year provided the impetus for us, the European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers organisations to invite our members to …
