Objectives
Our objectives are:
- To promote the safeguarding and protection of all cultural heritage in Syria irrespective of their religious or ethnic identity
- To recognize that all forms of cultural heritage in Syria are valued as equal in importance
- To promote understanding across diverse communities of the communal value of heritage
- To recognize that the holdings of cultural repositories are also locations of the tangible expressions of human history
- To document and preserve knowledge of the damages to cultural heritage in Syria during the present conflict
- To develop, maintain and support a wide network of contacts and volunteers dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage through effective practices
- To create an open electronic platform with hands-on information for heritage workers operating during a violent conflict
- To provide practical knowledge and simple technologies to protect and preserve cultural heritage
- To provide instructive material to develop basic skills in computer use, management, bookkeeping and English
- To assist in the preparation for the post-conflict situation
- To liaise between heritage workers operating during a violent conflict and the international heritage community
Illegal excavations in Apamea. Sattelite pictures from 2011 (left) compared to 2013 (right). The recent ones show holes dug in the ground in order to loot the findings (https://www.facebook.com/Archeologie.syrienne?fref=ts)