ABOUT IPCHS
Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia (IPCHS) is the national institution responsible for the preservation, protection and promotion of immovable and related movable and living cultural heritage.
Our tasks and objectives
Protection of cultural heritage: IPCHS is responsible for the identification, evaluation, documentation and protection of Slovenia's cultural heritage.
Cultural heritage research: IPCHS conducts research on cultural heritage and cooperates with various professional and scientific institutions in its study.
Education and awareness raising: IPCHS runs education programmes and raises public awareness of the importance and value of cultural heritage. In doing so, it encourages a responsible attitude towards heritage and promotes its importance for the identity and cultural richness of society.
Cooperation with local communities: IPCHS cooperates with local communities, municipalities and other stakeholders in the protection and management of cultural heritage. The aim is to create synergies between national and local levels and to preserve heritage at all levels.
Cultural heritage management: IPCHS participates in the planning and implementation of measures for the conservation and maintenance of cultural heritage at national and local level.
International cooperation: IPCHS cooperates with foreign institutions and organisations, exchanges knowledge and experience, and participates in international projects in the field of cultural heritage protection.
IPCHS bodies
Jernej Hudolin
Director general
In 2014, architect Jernej Hudolin took over the management of the IPCHS. Under his leadership IPCHS has implemented several major projects. Recent projects include the restoration of the Plečnik House and the National Gallery in Ljubljana and the Minorite Complex in Maribor, the restoration of Bled Castle and the church on the island, the extensive rehabilitation and presentation of ancient mosaics in Izola and Celje, and the logistically challenging restoration of the Aljaž Tower, the exceptional restoration work on the works of Benedetto and Vittore Carpaccio, two of the paintings were also exhibited in the Doge's Palace in Venice in 2023 as part of the retrospective exhibition of the works of Vittore Carpaccio, after the completion of the conservation and restoration work.
Under his leadership, the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia has become a partner in multi-million euro, development-oriented international projects such as the InnoRenew Centre of Excellence (CoE) and The European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS).
Regional units
The 7 regional units of the IPCHS cover the whole state, dealing with the registration of heritage and monuments, their valorisation and the procedures related to their proclamation. As part of their administrative tasks, they issue cultural protection conditions and consents or opinions for interventions.
Organisational units
Centre for Conservation
Damjana Pečnik
Director
Zvezdarska 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: 00386 1/400 79 27
E-mail:tajnistvo.skd.sri@zvkds.si
The Centre for Conservation is one of the two main organisational units of the IPCHS. It brings together two larger organisational units that operate throughout the country, the Restoration Centre and the Centre for Preventive Archaeology. Within the Center for Conservation also the Research Institute operates. The main tasks of these units are to ensure the methodological and infrastructural development of restoration conservation and preventive archaeology, to carry out complex research and other interventions on monuments, heritage and archaeological remains. We pay special attention to the popularisation of our work.
Restoration Centre
Martina Lesar Kikelj
Head
Poljanska cesta 40, 1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: 00386 1/23 43 140
E-mail: tajnistvo.rc@zvkds.si
As part of the national public service, the Restoration Centre is responsible for the development of the conservation and restoration profession and carries out direct implementation tasks on state-owned monuments. The Conservation Centre also carries out direct activities on privately owned monuments, for which it conducts and implements preliminary surveys, prepares conservation plans and conservation and restoration project documentation for the interventions it carries out. Particular attention is paid to research, promotional and educational tasks.
Development Service
Damjana Pečnik
Head
Zvezdarska 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: 00386 1/400 79 27
E-mail: tajnistvo.skd.sr@zvkds.si
The Development Service is responsible for the coordinated and unified management of the overall professional tasks of the ZVKDS, coordinates and directs development projects, and carries out tasks in the field of
publishing, popularisation and international cooperation.
Shared services
Sabina Ogrinc
Head
Zvezdarska ulica 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: 00386 1/400 79 27
E-mail: tajnistvo.ss@zvkds.si
Shared services are the organisational unit of the SCCDS, where the common business, administrative and technical tasks of the Institute are carried out. These tasks are carried out by: the Informatics Department, the Human Resources Department, the Planning, Analysis and Management Department, the Legal Affairs and Procurement Department, the Accounting and Financial Department, and the Office of the Director-General.
Catalogue of information of a public nature
We recognise the importance of open and transparent operations.
Tenders
Media Hub
Our work seeks to contribute to the dissemination of ideas, knowledge and behaviour, which are brought together by experts from different disciplines within the diverse system of the SCCRS. We pay particular attention to relations with the media.
