Building bridges with ICCROM
During her visit to Rome, on 29 January, Europa Nostra’s Secretary General Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović met with ICCROM’s Director-General, Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral. During their strategic encounter, they underlined Europa Nostra and ICCROM’s shared recognition of cultural heritage as a powerful vector for strengthening democracy, social cohesion and resilience, and agreed to explore ways of future collaboration.
On 29 January, @ICCROM_DG Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral welcomed @SneskaEN, Secretary General of @europanostra.
The exchange expressed support for ICCROM’s work and strategic vision and key role in the multilateralism context, highlighting shared values in promoting culture as an… pic.twitter.com/2oLxpTJR9s
— ICCROM (@ICCROM) January 31, 2026
In a statement issued on 9 January, Europa Nostra had called on the EU to step forward and reinforce organisations like ICCROM placed at risk by the U.S. withdrawal. ICCROM is a vital intergovernmental institution advancing cultural heritage conservation worldwide.
In the meantime, Europa Nostra applauded the recent announcement by the European Commissioner Glenn Micallef of an additional financial support for the READY Programme run by ICCROM and funded by the EU. For more information on the high-level meeting, which took place on 30 March at Villa Europa in Rome, see this link.
Europa Nostra applauds Cssr @GlennMicallef‘s announcement of renewed support for @ICCROM.
This sends a strong signal after the U.S. withdrawal of support in early January — reinforcing the EU’s commitment to cultural heritage, shared values & recovery efforts in Ukraine. https://t.co/hTngN5HnvR
— Europa Nostra (@europanostra) March 31, 2026
