Based on the Strategic Plan adopted by the General Assembly, ICOM's activities respond to the challenge and needs of the museum profession.

ICOM's activities are implemented by its Committees and by its Secretariat, particularly through the organisation of international professional meetings, publications, training, partnership and raising public awareness.

The ICOM Secretariat, in conjunction with the relevant International and National Committees, is currently developing projects on the following themes:

Capacity Building

Training Program for the Staff of Nubia Museum

Use of New Technologies for Museums in Carribean Countries

Community Involvement

Museum Education Program of Africa (MEPOA)

Museum Forum - Community Involvement in Conservation

Cultural Tourism

Museum Heritage and Cultural Tourism in Latin America (Trujillo, Peru and La Paz, Bolivia, 21 - 26 May 2000)

Illicit Traffic in Cultural Property

ICOM Measures Concerning the Fight Against the Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property

Protection of Cultural Heritage in Southeast Asia

The "One Hundred Missing Objects" Series

Customs and Police Partners to Museums in the Fight against the Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property

The UNESCO and UNIDROIT Conventions

International Museum Day 1997-1998

List of useful links

Bibliography
The ICOM Red Lists

Intangible Heritage

Workshop on Museums and Intangible Heritage - Asia Pacific Approaches (Shanghai, China, 20-25 October 2002)
ICOM 2004 General Conference

Risk Management

Museums Emergency Program

Blue Shield
Resources on Iraqi Museum Collections

To obtain information about our past activities please refer to our Activity Report (1998-2001)