<
 
 
 
 
×
>
You are viewing an archived web page, collected at the request of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) using Archive-It. This page was captured on 13:38:48 Dec 23, 2021, and is part of the UNESCO collection. The information on this web page may be out of date. See All versions of this archived page.
Loading media information hide

UNESCO’s Cooperation with the European Union to Fight Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property

image

 

Inter-regional and crosscutting action aiming to strengthen the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property (2019-2022)

The current project offers capacity development for a diversity of professionals on a broadened geographical scope. In addition to the EU Member States, the Members States in the Western Balkans and the partner countries of the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) South are invited to actively participate in the project.

 

Save the date: 27 January 2022 from 10am to 4pm CET

UNESCO/EU Workshop on the Role and Means of the Financial Sector in fighting illicit trafficking of cultural property

How can the financial sector fight the illicit trafficking of cultural property and associated money-laundering? What is its role? What are its tools? What are its obstacles?

To answer all these questions and more, UNESCO is organising an online workshop, with the support of the European Union, bringing together experts, teachers, researchers, representatives of the European Central Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction, the European Banking Authority, the European Banking Federation, the European Securities and Markets Authority, the Financial Action Task Force, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other members for what promises to be an exciting discussion.

Sign up

                                                                                     

Workshop for the European Neighbourhood Instrument South partner countries on the implementation of the UN resolutions on the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural goods and its links with the financing of terrorism 

 

Videos of the workshop sessions:

EN          FR           Session 1 / Introductory Session - UNESCO and European Union in the fight against illicit trafficking  
EN          FR           Session 2 / Snapshot of an ENI South Country
EN          FR           Session 3 / The United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
EN          FR           Session 4 / The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism
EN          FR           Session 5 / INTERPOL
EN          FR           Session 6 / Training on Cultural Heritage, Crime and Security

On 28 October 2021, UNESCO, in the framework of its cooperation with the European Union, hosted a capacity-development workshop for EU Neighbourhood South Partner countries (ENI) addressing the implementation of UN Security Council and UN General Assembly resolutions relating to the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property. 

Programme EN / FR

To know more about the resources and the results of this workshop, click here

 

Joint UNESCO/ICOM workshop for European museum and cultural heritage professionals

Videos of the workshop sessions:

EN          FR           Session 1 / Opening – Museums and their role in fighting illicit traffic
EN          FR           Session 2 / Collections’ Management and Preventive Conservation
EN          FR           Session 3 / Due Diligence and Practical Tools 
EN          FR           Session 4 / Cooperation with Law Enforcement Agencies
EN          FR           Session 5 / International Cooperation and Education

On 4 and 5 October 2021, UNESCO, in partnership with ICOM, hosted a capacity-development workshop for museum and cultural heritage professionals from European Union (EU) Member States. The workshop aimed to raise awareness on cross-cutting cooperation and to strengthen the network of museum and cultural heritage experts to enhance mechanisms to fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural property in Europe and beyond.

To know more about the resources and the results of this workshop, click here

 

Peer-to-Peer Workshops

The peer-to-peer exchange was developed in a pilot format of several sessions to facilitate the sharing of experiences and good practices among professionals and thus enhance inter-regional cooperation among three States Parties to the 1970 Convention:

  • Algeria as representative of the ENI South partner countries and a source country,
  • Serbia as representative of the Western Balkans and a transit country
  • The Netherlands as representative of the EU Member States and a destination country.

 

 

 

Facets of the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural property - expert voices

Today's stolen object is tomorrow's lost memory

 

Cultural goods: a particular case

 

Preventive measures 

 

Trafficking and financing of terrorism

 

The role of the experts 

 

Online sales platforms

 

Cross-cutting cooperation

 

Previous EU-funded projects implemented by UNESCO

  • Training the European judiciary and law enforcement officials on the fight against the illicit trafficking in cultural property (2018-2019) 
  • Engaging the European art market in the fight against the illicit trafficking in cultural property (2016-2018) 

To find out more about these projects, please click here.