The Cultural Heritage Conservation Science Center (CHCSC, Director Park Jongseo) in the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) under the Korea Heritage Service will hold the '2025 On-site Technical Training Program' for conservators practically working in the field of conservation of cultural heritage in Indonesia from August 25 to 29 in the National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

The OTTP (On-site Technical Training Program) is part of an international exchange project targeting countries in the Asian region with the venerable base in terms of conservation and management of cultural heritage as a customized training program. It aims at their own capacity building by providing a customized training on conservation and management for cultural heritage according to on-site situations of each country.

In Indonesia the first OTTP for metal conservation was held in July, 2023 (National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta), and the second OTTP for the advanced course on metal conservation was conducted in April, 2024 (Borobudur Conservation Office, Central Java). This third OTTP will focus on ‘Comprehensive Approaches to Conservation Materials’ for 20conservators practically working with 18 organizations (consisting of 17 museums and 1gallery) under Indonesian Heritage Agency in Indonesia.

The detail of this course consists of ▲ the selection of conservation materials and considerations for cultural heritage, ▲the properties of acrylic resin and hands-on practice of application, ▲ the utilization of acids for cleaning and hands-on practice of application, and ▲the understanding of process and materials for restoration of paper heritage. For the systematic sessions, the training samples such as the fragments of broken earthenware, the corroded metal plates and the damaged paper documents were prepared beforehand by the OTTP team, which will make all participants directly follow the conservation process and application of conservation materials.

Referentially, the OTTP has begun in 2013 in connection with the official development assistance (ODA) project by the Korea Heritage Service which has provided conservation equipment and other supplies to countries in the Asian region, and a total of 14 training sessions were conducted for 7 countries until 2024: Mongolia, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Cambodia

The Cultural Heritage Conservation Science Center in the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage will disseminate excellent conservation technology of Korea to international communities and make efforts to train conservation experts in the Asian region through the active administration of conducting the OTTP.