The Blue Shield is formed from a network of national committees across the globe, who are all working to protect cultural heritage. You can read about their most recent activities in the reports submitted at our general meetings. Many national committees also maintain social media accounts to which you can subscribe for updates. There are currently almost 30 national committees, with more under construction. Want to know where they are? Look Around the globe!
Like the International Board, Blue Shield national committees aim to be proactive, developing and coordinating knowledge and measures wherever possible that prevent or mitigate damage before it can occur. In order to do this, the Blue Shield champions the importance of cultural heritage, raising awareness of its importance to demonstrate that it is not a luxury, and should be given full consideration in line with its place in international law.
Blue Shield’s mission and goals are delivered through six areas of activity. With respect to cultural property protection (CPP) in the event of armed conflict and natural/human-made disasters, the Blue Shield works in the areas of:
Blue Shield national committees realise these areas of activity in the following national contexts.
Find out more about the work of the national Committees here! (New presentations are added regularly)
Or read this fantastic publication on the work of the African National Committees (publication is in both French and English), featuring the work of our National Committees in Senegal, Cameroon and Mali, and our (at time of press) National Committees Under Construction in Mozambique and Niger – and made possible thanks to Blue Shield Germany and the German Federal Foreign Office.
Are you looking for the guidance to create a national committee?
Read more about our national committees in the publication by Krste Bogoeski: Twenty Years Blue Shield (1996-2016)
or read about the work of national committees in the reports from meetings
in the national committee annual reports
or find and contact a committee around the globe
You can also read about the work of the Blue Shield International Board
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