Latin America & the Caribbean: Training activities
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The implementation of the 1970 Convention effectively addresses the endemic problem of illicit excavations and trade of archaeological artifacts, especially the illicit export of religious and Pre-Columbian artifacts. The current debate focuses on improving security conditions in archaeological sites, better management of inventories and monitoring of border controls.
- Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16-20 May 2016
Workshop on the protection of cultural heritage in the region with the technical support of UNESCO (available in Spanish only) - link to the video - Lima, Perú, 10-12 de noviembre de 2014
III Taller Internatcional de control de tráfico ilícito de bienes culturales (available in Spanish only) - Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 23-26, June 2014
Capacity-building workshop on the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property in Haiti - Lima, Peru, 3-5 December 2013
Sub-regional training workshop on the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property in the Andean region/Central America - Paraguay: 23-25 July 2013
Second meeting on the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property in the Southern Cone - Saint-Lucia: 3-5 December 2012
Regional Seminar on the Fight against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property for the Caribbean - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 29-31 October 2012
1st South-American meeting of officials specialized in the fight against the illicit traffic of cultural property - Lima, Peru, 23-25 October 2012
Building capacities and raising awareness on the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural objects - Santiago de Chile, Chile, 25-26 July 2012
Seminar on the struggle against illegal trafficking of cultural heritage - Quito, Ecuador, 19 April 2012
International Seminar on police strategies to prevent crimes against cultural heritage - Mexico City D.F., Mexico, 29 September-1st October 2009
Regional workshop on the protection and safeguarding of the cultural heritage of the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean - Quito, Ecuador, 17-19 September 2008
Andean subregional workshop on the 1970 UNESCO Convention, the control of illicit traffic of cultural property and museums - Quito, Ecuador, June 2007
Professional training
