On 21 and 22 October, a congress was held at the International Cultural Centre as part of the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko’s long-term investment programme entitled “Sculpture in Public Space for the Independent”.

3-April 2025

As part of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the International Forum “Safeguarding Cultural Heritage – European Challenges in Times of War and Crisis” was held at the International Cultural Centre on 3–4 April 2025.

4-5 September 2024

The 7th edition of the Heritage Forum of Central Europe took place on 4–5 September 2024 under the multifaceted theme “Responsibility and Renewal”.

16-18 June 2021

During the 6th Heritage Forum of Central Europe, held online on 16–18 June 2021, participants focused on the interrelationships between cultural heritage and broadly understood development.

19-20 September 2019

The 5th edition of the Heritage Forum of Central Europe took place on 19–20 September 2019. Its aim was to reflect on the multifaceted relationships between heritage and the environment.

1-2 June 2017

The aim of the 4th edition of the conference, held on 1–2 June 2017, was to discuss and analyse the relationships between heritage and society.

16-18 September 2015

The central theme of the 3rd edition of the Heritage Forum of Central Europe was the city. The analysis of the city brought together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, including urban planners, economists, sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists, historians and art historians.

11-14 June 2013

The central theme of the 2nd Heritage Forum of Central Europe, held on 11–14 June 2013, was “The Boundaries of Heritage”.

7-9 July 2011

The 1st edition of conference took place on 7-9 July 2011 as an expert meeting within the Polish Presidency of the European Union. The conference was organised in cooperation with the Monument Care Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (Odbor pamatkove peće Ministerstvo kultury Ćeske republiky), the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic (Pamiatkovy urad Slovenskej republiky) and the National Office of Cultural Heritage, Budapest (Kulturalis Óroksegvedelmi Hivatal).

A week-long educational programme for cultural professionals and students from the Central European region.

“Heritage is a function, and therefore an option of development,” says Gregory J. Ashworth. So what is the impact of cultural heritage on its social and economic surroundings? Is heritage an important element of the life of local communities and individual persons, and if so, why? What strategies should be adopted at the local and regional level to make full use of the potential at hand?

8–10 June 2022

In 2022 we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the “Convention for the Protection of the World Heritage of Culture and Nature” adoption by the UNESCO General Assembly. On this occasion, an international scientific conference will be held at the International Cultural Center.

5-6 marca 2015

An international conference that summarises the research project “The Myth of Galicia” and the resulting exhibition under the same title, presented at the ICC Gallery.

4-6 June 2014

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the first free elections in Poland of the 4th June and the round anniversaries of the Polish accession to the European Union and of the creation of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures (2004) became an exceptional occasion for the International Cultural Centre in Cracow to organise an international congress taking up the subject of changes in perception of oneself and others, which have taken place in the past quarter of a century as well as the issue of national identity in the 21st century.