Initiatives

• the strengthening of its presence world-wide by encouraging the creation and growth of ICOMOS National Committees;
• extending the influence of the Venice Charter by creating flexible doctrinal texts for specific sectors of architectural heritage;
• defining adaptable management techniques for cultural properties;
• developing training programmes on a multilateral basis involving the collaboration of National and International Committees;
• enriching ICOMOS International Documentation Centre in Paris and setting up video and slide libraries devoted to architectural heritage;
• organising and managing expert missions at the request of heritage administration and legal entities which judge necessary the intervention of a consultant for a particular conservation question;
• playing a vital role in counselling UNESCO on those cultural properties to be included on the World Heritage List and on the reporting of the state of conservation of the properties already listed;
• reaching specialists by means of wide distribution of the organisation''s quarterly newsletter, ICOMOS News, its Scientific Journal, the publication series "Monuments and Sites" on the heritage of particular countries and the publishing of conference proceedings;
• awaking public interest in conservation by encouraging media coverage and the celebration of the International Day for Monuments and Sites (18 April).