The IHBC has welcomed the first digital Newsletter from COTAC – the Council on Training and Education in Conservation – the UK’s conservation skills link body, while anyone interested can sign up HERE.
IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly said: ‘As the IHBC is a partner in helping develop COTAC’s next Business Plan, we are delighted to see such a focus on new services for members. Indeed as COTAC enters its 60th Anniversary year in 2019, we see this development as a critical ‘statement of intent’ for COTAC’s future plans and ambitions.’
Michael Netter, COTAC Secretary and lead on its Newsletter service, said: ‘Each newsletter is designed to contain a promotional item about COTAC, a relevant photo with caption, a snippet from a past COTAC newsletter, and a brief introductory note; the remainder of the content will be providing readers with news regarding heritage and conservation skills and training both domestically and internationally.’
‘Hopefully this will become a key ‘service’ which can be used to help promote COTAC to members, stakeholders and potential funders.’
COTAC writes:
In 2019 the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC) reaches a significant milestone with its 60th Anniversary. Established in 1959, COTAC’s founding principle lay in its recognition of the need for specialists to properly specify and oversee work involved in repairing and conserving historic buildings and churches at a time when knowledge of traditional building technologies was fast disappearing.
Through considerable voluntary work over the years COTAC has quietly and influentially worked to lift standards, develop training qualifications and help build networks across the conservation, repair and maintenance sector of the construction industry. This has involved national agencies, professional and standard setting bodies, educational establishments and training interests. Much has been achieved but much more remains to be done. Based in the Building Crafts College, Stratford, London, and embarking upon a new chapter in its development, COTAC will launch its 5-year Corporate Plan in January 2019, its 60th Anniversary….
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