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ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) was founded in 1965 in Warsaw, one year after the signature
of the Venice Charter, the International Charter on the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites.
ICOMOS is the international, non-governmental organization, the branch of UNESCO.
ICOMOS works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places and promotes the theory, methodology
and scientific techniques applied to improving the preservation of cultural heritage, like: buildings, historic cities, archaeological sites or cultural landscapes. ICOMOS takes charge of entries on The World Heritage List and monitors polish cities,places and objects on The List.
The headquarter of the International Secretariat of ICOMOS is in Paris. ICOMOS brings together over 7500 members,
and exists already in more than 130 countries.
The members are interdisciplinary experts: architects, historians, archaeologists, art historians, geographers,
anthropologists, town planners and lawyers.
Polish National Committee ICOMOS brings together 200 the best polish experts work for the conservation
and protection of cultural heritage.
The purposes of PKN ICOMOS are: promotes polish attainments of preservation monuments, and improves international experiences of
conservation in Poland.
Since the beginning in 1965 the presidents PKN ICOMOS were: prof. Stanis豉w Lorentz (1965-1981), prof. Krzysztof Paw這wski (1981-1984), prof. Olgierd Czerner (1984-1993) and prof. Krzysztof Paw這wski (1993-2002), prof. Andrzej Tomaszewski (2003-2008).
Nowadays The Presidium of PKN ICOMOS consists of:
President: prof. Bogus豉w Szmygin, Lublin
Vice-president: prof. dr Ewa ㄆ篡niecka, Wroclaw
Vice-president: prof. Krzysztof Paw這wski, Warsaw
Vice-president: prof. Andrzej Tomaszewski, Warsaw
Vice-president: mgr Marek Konopka
Secretary General: prof. Piotr Molski, Warsaw
vice-Secretary General: dr kons. Ewa 安i璚ka, Warsaw
Treasurer: mgr Barbara Werner, Warsaw
The others members of Presidium:
prof. Danuta K這sek - Koz這wska
dr Marcin Gawlicki
Colleagues Judgement consists of:
prof. Maria Brykowska
prof. Bogumila Rouba
prof. W豉dys豉w Zalewski
© 2005, PKN ICOMOS, autor: Katarzyna Pa逝bska