We do much of our work through our Committees, made up of ICOMOS-UK members, who operate on a voluntary basis. We support this through a small secretariat, based in our London office, where we currently have three part-time staff. At present, other than the Executive Committee, there are eight committees, detailed below, who work in distinct areas of cultural heritage, from landscapes and world heritage sites to digital, intangible and wood heritage, and to develop ICOMOS-UK. The committees work on policy and practice, hold regular meetings and organise occasional events. We are in the process of developing or rejuvenating other committees - please contact us for details, or keep an eye on this page.
You need to be a member of ICOMOS-UK before you can join a Committee; application details are here. For further information and to apply to join a committee please contact us by emailing admin@icomos-uk.org , including a brief note telling us which committee you are interested in and what your relevent experience and interests are.
This Committee takes a particular interest in the cultural landscape dimension of World Heritage Sites. It reviews and comments on development proposals or guidance relating to cultural landscapes.
Chair: Paul Walshe
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The aims of this committee are to:
Chair: Paul Walshe
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The Development Committee works to develop the membership, marketing and profile of ICOMOS-UK.
Chair: Michael Mail
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The ICOMOS-UK Digital Technology National Committee focuses on all aspects of digital and electronic technologies and their application to tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and has members representing many disciplines including including the museum, engineering and archaeology sectors and from commercial industries and academic institutions. The Committee meets four times a year in different locations, and is planning to stage conferences and facilitate research connections and information exchange amongst cultural heritage cohorts. A key objective is to link up with colleagues worldwide.
Chair: Richard Hughes
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This Committee’s work ties in with the ICOMOS International Training Committee (CIF). It looks at the changing needs of education and training in the broader fields of conservation with an international perspective.
Chair: vacant
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This committee aims to integrate Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), as defined by the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and associated Guidelines, into ICOMOS-UK's wide ranging activities relating to the understanding, safeguarding and promotion of heritage, with focus on oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals and festive events,knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe, traditional craftsmanship, and other areas of arts and heritage practices that emerge in the future which the Committee considers relevant to its work.
Chair: Clara Arokiasamy, OBE
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The Wood Committee was re-established in 2017. It aims to promote understanding and cooperation in the field of conservation of wooden built heritage, and provide a multidisciplinary forum for the interchange of experience, ideas, knowledge, and the results of research between administrators, archaeologists, architects, conservators, engineers, wood scientists, legislators and other professionals.
Chair: Doug Evans
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The World Heritage Committee is the focus of World Heritage activity within ICOMOS-UK. It considers issues arising in the UK on World Heritage Sites, tentative lists, nominations, management plans and monitoring reports. It also advises ICOMOS international and UNESCO, via the Secretary, on all matters relating to World Heritage in the UK.
Chair: Peter Marsden
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