Association for the Conservation of the Cultural Patrimony of the Americas
(Asociación para la Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural de las Américas)

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The APOYO mission

The APOYO Goals

The APOYO Strategies

The APOYO Newsletter

The APOYO Directory

The APOYO/CCI Poster Project

APOYO Translation Activities

Additional APOYO Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

The APOYO mission:

APOYO is an informal group of international members with the mission of supporting the conservation and preservation of the material cultural patrimony of the Americas.

It was started in 1989 by interested members of the AIC (the American Institute of Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works) but has functioned independently.

Currently it is under revision for new publication

 

The APOYO Goals:

* To create and nurture cohesive bonds among the conservation and preservation professionals worldwide who are involved in the conservation of the material cultural patrimony of the Americas.

* To promote high standards for the protection of the material cultural patrimony of the Americas.

* To gather and disseminate information on conservation and preservation for the Latin American community in its native languages.

 

 

 

The APOYO Strategies:

Initially APOYO identified through surveys and personal communications that the most pressing need in Latin America was for technical publications in Spanish and Portuguese, as well as information about professional meetings and training opportunities.

To meet this need, the immediate objective was to promote and accelerate the exchange of information on conservation and preservation issues.

APOYO has promoted this exchange through an outreach program that has had the following strategies:

* To identify colleagues in Latin America and the Caribbean.
* To integrate them into a communications network.
* To establish an accessible forum to present their work and current needs.
* To provide them periodically with timely and useful information that both enhances their professional performance and raises the overall quality of conservation in the hemisphere.

These strategies have created a network that currently includes approximately 4,000 conservation and preservation professionals, and continues to grow. These professionals are drawn from throughout the Americas, as well as Spain and other countries.

In addition to this wide geographical representation, they provide ample participation from the diverse specialties involved in conservation, such as paper, library and archival materials, textiles, photographs, paintings, ethnographic objects, sculpture, metals, stone, and natural science.

The network also includes other individuals in related fields, among them curators, collections managers, educators, archaeologists, and architects.