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70 years after the 1954 Hague Convention: joint strategies and future…
On the 70th anniversary of the Hague Convention this article focuses on civil-military cooperation for the protection of cultural heritage in conflict
21 February 2025
Reports and booksGood practices and lessons learntFranceall Europe/EUCultural Heritage
A Day of Exchanges on Cultural Heritage Risk Prevention in Portugal
On 6 May 2025, cultural heritage and civil protection stakeholders met in Coimbra to take stock of the country’s national resilience capacities
Assessing damages and risks to heritage post emergencies - now enabled by…
State-of-the-art and user-friendly technology for assessing damage on heritage developed by ICCROM
9 July 2025
Case studiesMulti-hazardPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
B+CARE: the regional hub for cultural emergency response in the Balkans
The German Archaeological Institute introduces KulturGutRetter and PROCULTHER-NET at the regional conference B+CARE held in Tirana.
Climate change threats to cultural heritage under the magnifying glass
PROCULTHER-NET contribution to a multiplier event on climate change and its impacts on cultural heritage and security organised on May in Brussels
Collection of digital data on the field for the assessment of damage to…
State-of-the-art and user-friendly technology for assessing damage on heritage developed by the PROCULTHER project
9 July 2025
Good practices and lessons learntMulti-hazardRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUCultural Heritage
CPforHeritage
Operational Forces of Civil Protection for the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Single country grants for disaster risk management (Track 1)
Cultural heritage sector planning in the Campi Flegrei area on…
This paper shares the two exercise phases with a cultural heritage scenario organised in Italy to face the bradyseism phenomenon and volcanic risk.
10 July 2025
Good practices and lessons learntResearch papersEarthquakeVolcanogenicPreparednessPreventionItalyall Europe/EUCultural Heritage
“Culture, Rescue: all hands on deck!”: National authorities to assist in…
A look at the inter-institutional cooperation established in France to draw up emergency plans for the protection of cultural heritage.
10 February 2025
Good practices and lessons learntTraining materialall Europe/EUCultural Heritage
DALIH: a database for recording disaster damage and loss data for cultural…
What do we lose when lose cultural heritage? How do we measure it? This paper looks into the recording of damage to cultural heritage.
8 July 2025
Research papersMulti-hazardPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments
Data acquisition and data management for the emergency rescue of cultural…
State-of-the-art and user-friendly technology for assessing damages on heritage developed by the Germany Archaeological Institute
2 July 2025
Reports and booksMulti-hazardPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUCultural HeritageTechnological developments
Disaster risk management and cultural heritage: The perceptions of…
This article aims to explore the perceptions of a group of UNESCO world heritage site managers (WHSM) on disaster risk management.
29 April 2024
Research papersMulti-hazardGlobalCultural HeritageClimate change
Earthquake debris of cultural interest: the Italian methodology for their…
The Italian methodology for managing earthquake debris of cultural significance, with lessons learnt from the Central Italy earthquake of 2016.
17 February 2025
Good practices and lessons learntMulti-hazardRecoveryItalyCultural Heritage
Earthquakes debris of cultural interest: the Italian methodology for their…
Italian methodology for managing earthquake debris of cultural significance, with a focus on regulations and operational guidelines.
11 September 2025
Case studiesEarthquakeFloodLandslideVolcanogenicRecoveryItalyall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradationUrbanisation
Establishing operational readiness in a cross-sectoral team
A field exercise in Germany tested the operational readiness of the Cultural Heritage Response Unit, with part of it involved in EU MODEX Venice 2024
11 September 2025
Reports and booksCase studiesFloodMulti-hazardPreventionRecoveryResponseItalyall Europe/EUCultural Heritage
EU MODEX Venice: Multi-Sector Disaster Response and Heritage Preservation
From 17 to 21 October 2024, an EU MODEX exercise took place in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy, as part of the EU MODEX Cycle 12 (2024-2026).
Experiences in capacity building of cultural heritage rescue in Pécs,…
This document shares best practices on operational and legal frameworks for protecting cultural heritage at risk, developed at local level in Hungary
2 September 2025
Good practices and lessons learntMulti-hazardPreventionRecoveryHungaryall Europe/EUCultural Heritage
Field exercises for USAR/medical/EUCPT/TAST/ORC "Cycle 12"
Field exercises for urban search and rescue modules, medical teams, EUCPT and TAST and other response capacities.
Modules field and table top exercises (MODEX)
Field exercises for water-related, forest firefighting and CBRN "Cycle 12"
Field exercises flood, forest fires and CBRN. Two of the exercises include the participation of EUCPT and TAST.
Modules field and table top exercises (MODEX)
Fifth issue of the PROCULTHER-NET Technical Bulletin out!
The July 2025 edition of the publication focusing on the protection of cultural heritage at risk is now available for download
Fire in the Church of the Holy Trinity of Segovia (Spain): from response…
The technical aspects of the case of the Trinity Church in Segovia severely damaged by fire and the coordinated action taken to deal with it.
7 July 2025
Case studiesReports and booksWildfiresPreparednessRecoveryResponseSpainall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Fire in the Church of the Holy Trinity of Segovia: from response to…
An account of interdisciplinary and coordinated interventions for the restoration of paintings damaged by fire in the Trinity Church in Segovia.
7 July 2025
HighlightedCase studiesWildfiresRecoveryResponseItalyCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradationTechnological developments
First European Heritage Hub Forum
The first European Heritage Hub Community of Practice (EH-CP) Forum will take place on 28 September 2023.
Venice, ItalyHybrid
Focus on cultural heritage in the context of disaster risk reduction…
The paper shares the example of Türkiye on how cultural heritage can be directly embedded into DRR Plans both at national and regional levels.
7 July 2025
HighlightedResearch papersEarthquakeMulti-hazardRecoveryResponseWestern Balkans & TurkeyCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Forest fires and cultural heritage: protection strategies in Castilla y…
The impact of forest fires on rural cultural heritage and the strategies implemented in the Region Castilla y León (Spain) to address them.
9 July 2025
Case studiesGood practices and lessons learntWildfiresPreventionRecoveryResponseSpainall Europe/EUCultural HeritageClimate changeEnvironmental degradation