Training for Climate-Resilient Earthen Heritage, Tiébélé, Burkina Faso

ICOMOS will host an 8-day training course at the Royal Court of Tiébélé—World Heritage site—to equip African heritage professionals with skills to conserve earthen architecture in the face of climate change. Participants will be selected through an open call disseminated by the fifteen ICOMOS National Committees (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Zambia), ensuring geographic outreach and diversity. Using Tiébélé as a case study, participants will learn adaptive conservation techniques, climate risk assessment, and disaster response. Open to early and mid-career professionals across 15 African countries, the course draws on ICOMOS expertise and will be held in English and French to ensure broad participation.