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FIRST AID TO CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TIMES OF EMERGENCIES

By Samuel Franco Arce
(and the collaboration of several Portuguese experts)

Samuel Franco Arce
Former President of ICOM – Latin America and Caribbean Regional Alliance
Member of the Disaster Risk Management Standing Committee of ICOM, DRMC
Member of AVICOM - Audio Visual and New Technologies International Committee of ICOM
Director of The Cultural Emergencies Center, Antigua Guatemala
Director of Casa K'ojom, Research, Documentation Center and Museum on Intangible Cultural Heritage
Cultural First Aider and Consultant, certified by ICOM, ICCROM, UNESCO's Memory of the World and Blue Shield. Trainer of Professionals in the Cultural and Emergency Response sectors, in safeguarding Cultural Heritage in times of crisis, an international programme supported by ICCROM, Smithsonian Institution, UNESCO and Prince Claus Fund Cultural Emergency Response programme.