CONGRESS HISTORY

Every two years, as of 1992, the International Centre for Heritage Preservation has organized its International Conference to serve as a showcase for the cooperation in training, research and development which has taken place in Latin America and Europe, where experts in the field of Preservation and rehabilitation of Built Heritage meet to share their know-how. Since the keynote is international cooperation, the venue of the conference alternates yearly between Latin America and Europe.

The first conference was celebrated in the Canary Islands in 1992 when the International Centre for Heritage Preservation was set up thus affording a physical headquarters and point of coincidence in Spain between Europe and Latin America. www.cicop,com

The 1994 conference was held in Argentina. The innovation here was that the conference was spread over various different venues, allowing for international seminars to be held in various provinces. So apart from the conference sessions in Mar de Plata, seminars were organised in Córdoba, Salta, Misiones, Buenos Aires and Chubut (Patagonia).

The 1996 conference was held in Granada. The promoters of the event, the University, Junta de Andalucía and other institutions made it possible for this historic city to host the III International Conference in Rehabilitation of Architectural Heritage and Building.

In 1998, the International Conference was held in La Habana (Cuba) and was sponsored by the Official Historian of the City of La Habana’s Offices, by CICOP (Cuba) and various Universities and Government Institutions in the magnificent convent of San Francisco en the old quarter of La Habana.

In the year 2000, the Italian CICOP was responsible for the organisation of the event in Florence.

In the year 2002, the International Conference was held again in Latin America with Paraguay and Bolivia as the organising countries.