This component is designed to provide technical training through existing practical tools and prevention mechanisms that ensure a better protection of cultural property as well as to facilitate their restitution. This training is divided into different modules:

Module 1: Use of practical tools

• UNESCO-UNIDROIT Model Provisions on State Ownership of Undiscovered Cultural Objects;
• UNESCO Rules of Procedure for Mediation and Conciliation;
• Model Export Certificate for Cultural Objects (UNESCO-WCO);
• Object ID Standard, an international standard for describing art, antiques and antiquities;
• UNESCO International Code of Ethics for Dealers in Cultural Property and ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums ;
• Professional charts and codes of ethics for art trade;
• Basic Actions concerning Cultural Objects being offered for Sale over the Internet (UNESCO-INTERPOL-ICOM);
• UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws;
• ICOM Red lists of cultural objects at risk

Module 2: Role of police and custom services in the fight against the illicit traffic of cultural property

• International routes for the illicit traffic of cultural property;
• Transport and concealment of illicitly exported cultural property;
• Prevention and intervention at protected archeological sites, identification of risk levels on national and regional sites, practical recommendations to improve protection measures;
• Sampling, treatment and preservation of archeological findings;
• Protection and prevention systems in museums and religious buildings;
• Protection of archives and libraries;
• Protection and safeguarding of archeological heritage in case of armed conflict;
• Customs operations;
• Investigation techniques which address difficulties specific to the fight against the illicit traffic of cultural property.