1. Iraq Cultural Heritage Project

   This multi-tiered project was developed by ECA's Cultural Heritage Center in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage.

2. Assistant Secretary Satterfield Leads Meeting of Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee

   On April 12, 2022, the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Lee Satterfield, convened the 16 member agencies of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee (CHCC).

3. Cultural Antiquities Task Force Conducts Training Countering the Trafficking of Paleontological Resources

   The U.S. Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF), coordinated by the U.S. Department of State, held a virtual training workshop for law enforcement officials from the United States to enhance their knowledge of paleontological resources and build their capacity to protect those materials by disrupting trafficking in them.

4. Cultural Heritage Coordination Committee Meeting

   The Interagency Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee conducted its third quarterly meeting. The meeting was chaired by Scott Weinhold, Senior Bureau Official of the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, which chairs the committee and serves as its secretariate.   

5. Virtual Workshop Trains U.S. Law Enforcement to Detect Trafficking in Fakes and Forgeries

   Trafficking in stolen, looted, or forged art, antiquities, and other cultural objects benefits criminal organizations and terrorist groups, erodes the legal art market, and harms our relationships with foreign partners and allies.

6. Virtual Workshop Trains U.S. Law Enforcement to Combat Trafficking in Manuscripts

   Over 100 participants included reps from across the federal government, U.S. universities, and private sector.

7. Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee Gathers in Washington

   On March 2, 2023, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy, Rafik Mansour, convened the 16 member agencies of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee (CHCC).

8. Future of Babylon Project

   The U.S. Department of State is assisting with management planning, preservation, and educational development at the ancient site of Babylon, home to the “Tower of Babel” and Nebuchadnezzar’s wondrous “Hanging Gardens.”

9. Cultural Heritage Game Jam Winners Tell Their Story

   The role of games in protecting cultural heritage

10. United States and India Sign Historic Cultural Property Agreement

    United States and India Sign Historic Cultural Property Agreement

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