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Asian Academy for Heritage Management

The Asian Academy for Heritage Management is a network of institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific region that offers professional training in the field of cultural heritage management. The mission of the AAHM is to strengthen professional capacity to sustainably manage heritage resources by providing a regional platform for institutional cooperation in education, training, and research. Under the guidance of UNESCO and ICCROM, AAHM promotes integrated, holistic and multi-disciplinary management of heritage resources, including both tangible and intangible expressions of culture.
 

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Asian Academy Newsletter
Please download the latest edition of the Asian Academy Newsletter: Vol. VI Issue 1 - April 2009 (PDF format, 733KB)
 
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AAHM 2009 Field School
Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM) is pleased to announce the fourth Field School, which will be held under the overall theme of the “Intangible Cultural Heritage and Museums” from 23 August to 5 September 2009 in Lamphun, Thailand.

For more information about the Field School, please contact us at: asian-academy[at]unescobkk.org.
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Second UNESCO-ICCROM AAHM Conference, 1-3 December 2009

Hosted in Macao SAR, China, a historic city currently experiencing intense urban development, the second UNESCO-ICCROM Asian Academy for Heritage Management conference will explore the challenges as well as opportunities for tourism in historic urban areas.

The conference will examine the relationship between the conservation and management of urban heritage and the development of cultural tourism...[more]