On 3 December 2017, INTO celebrates its tenth birthday. Use this timeline to explore the key events of INTO’s first decade!
Over the past ten years, membership has grown from 22 in 2008 to 76 in 2017. New Trusts have been established with INTO’s help in the Czech Republic, Georgia and Portugal. INTO has advertised 120 working holidays on behalf of its member organisations. Five ICNTs have been held in four continents involving over 700 delegates from more than 70 countries.
You can read an article summarising INTO’s achievements here. Join us in celebrating! #10yearsofINTO
And as INTO enters it second decade, you can find out more about our plans for the future here.
December 3, 2007
INTO was formally established on 3 December 2007 at the 12th International Conference of National Trusts held in New Delhi. On the occasion, Fiona Reynolds,…
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The INTO Secretariat was established in London and began developing services and programmes for its members for the benefit of people of all nations of the…
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INTO got off to a quick start and was invited to participate in discussions with the Ottawa government about the establishment of a National Trust…
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Hosted by the National Trust of Korea, the main purpose of the partnership gathering was to ‘lay a foundation for a lasting relationship among those…
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INTO Director of Membership, Oliver Maurice arranged for French environmental officers to visit his old stamping ground in the Lake District. The French team…
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Following the Canada House event in London, we then headed for Slovakia for the first face-to-face meeting of the INTO Board as the guests of the…
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The 2008 INTO Annual Report listed 22 subscribing members and introduced the INTO team and our early priorities: “The INTO Executive Committee consists of 12 members…
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In June, Oliver Maurice joined the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum’s biennial Conference, Making the Right Connections, on Grand Cayman. A number of National Trusts…
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The Indonesian Heritage Trust (BPPI/Badan Pelestarian Pusaka Indonesia) in cooperation with INTO held Executive Training on Heritage Cities Master Plan on serial of cities in…
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The INTO Congress (AGM) and 13th International Conference of National Trusts was held in Ireland from 13th – 17th September 2009, hosted by An Taisce…
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In November 2009 our Chairman, Simon Molesworth, attended a conference in Guangyang, China, devastated by an earthquake in 2008. The Ruan Yisan Heritage Foundation is seeking…
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At the biennial INTO Conference, the 13th International Conference of National Trusts, in Dublin in September 2009, delegates addressed the theme ‘Conservation in a Changing Climate’….
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Although the National Trusts have been coming together for many years, 2009 was only our second full year of operation as the International National Trusts…
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New regional opportunities were developed as the outcome of a special invitation by HRH The Prince of Wales for INTO to participate in the State…
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The opportunity for staff and volunteers to spend time with another trust learning and sharing is an important benefit to being part of the INTO…
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In April 2010, Oliver Maurice was invited to support the Taiwan Environmental Information Association (TEIA) in their endeavours to begin the process of founding a truly…
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Earlier this year we recruited two interns to assist the Secretariat. Rosie Fforde helped increase the amount of material on our website, developed processes for…
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This year we worked with the British Council and the Meridian Society to develop a touring exhibition called ‘Urban Heritage Conservation in China’ about the…
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In November 2010, Oliver Maurice spent some time with INTO members in Africa, each at different stages of Trust formation, ranging from the 50 year…
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In 2010, INTO grew and extended its reach. It was an exciting year with some significant fundraising successes that enabled us to move forward with…
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As an outcome of INTO’s participation in the visit of HRH The Prince of Wales to the region in March 2010, INTO ran its Central…
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Amicus (Plural amici), from amō (‘I love’). Pronunciation: /a’mikus/. Definition: Friend … Across the sector, charities have been finding it tough to keep sufficient funds…
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In 2011, we helped source specific assistance for organisations such as the Zimbabwe National Trust, which needed help planning how to secure the future of…
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The 14th International Conference of National Trusts brought together 300 delegates from 36 countries in Victoria, British Columbia, from 12-15 October 2011. In her closing…
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Connecting People, Places and Stories was the theme of our Conference in 2011 and serves as a good description of our wider work programme that…
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At the invitation of the British Council, Catherine Leonard and INTO Volunteer Julie Thompson attended the China-UK Cultural Heritage Forum in Zhouzhuang and Tongli. Catherine…
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In 2012 INTO launched its Working Holidays pilot in collaboration with several member organisations. Opportunities included constructing a shelter in a pristine Canadian forest run…
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We collaborated with the Asia-Europe Foundation on a series of case studies highlighting the work of INTO member organisations to sustain urban heritage in…
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We were delighted to make our first donation from the INTO Foundation in 2012 towards the forthcoming conference in Uganda, which was soon followed by…
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INTO emphasises what is special about the National Trust approach and helps build the brand – nationally and internationally – through the development and promotion…
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In 2012, INTO reaffirmed its call for recognition of the social and cultural factors associated with the implications of climate change that have been missing in…
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This year we celebrated the centenary of Octavia Hill, one of the founders of the National Trust in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Whilst this…
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With the help of the NTEWNI Press Office, we held an international blogathon on World Heritage Day (18 April 2013). It was a great opportunity…
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In May, our Head of Secretariat, Catherine Leonard, was invited to Trinidad and Tobago by the Honourable Clifton de Coteau, Minister of National Diversity and Social…
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The International Conference of National Trusts is still at the heart of our movement and every two years we convene in a different continent. In 2013,…
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At its meeting in Washington in 2012, the INTO Board agreed to establish a Small Grants Programme (SGP). The SGP is designed to provide small…
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Throughout the year, INTO continued to provide a focal point for the worldwide National Trust movement, advising on the potential for Trusts in the Czech Republic,…
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The First Caribbean Conference of National Trusts took place in Barbados in May 2014 and provided an excellent opportunity to learn and network with the…
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Katie Jacob was our US/ICOMOS intern for ten weeks this summer. Her main role was to develop case studies from across the INTO network for sharing…
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One of our newest members is the Czech National Trust and we are delighted to welcome them to the INTO family, particularly as we have been…
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The members of the International National Trusts Organization (INTO) own and manage many farming properties across the globe helping to sustain the rural communities within…
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INTO personnel and volunteers were joined by a team from Tesouros de Galicia along the Camino Inglés in September. The aim of the 120km hike from…
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INTO volunteer and NTEWNI Solicitor, Tim Butler, arrived safely in the South Atlantic after a 5 day voyage from Cape Town. The Saint Helena National…
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This 2014 year has been a period where INTO again demonstrated the two-way benefit of cooperative relationships. Bringing together its global network, INTO has been able…
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At the end of last year, the Swedish Society for Public Parks and Gardens (SSPPG)’s founder and former Project Manager, Cecilia Liljedahl, visited London on…
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Our IT team supported INTO members in South Africa and Zimbabwe with the development of much needed new websites. The INTO IT team has created…
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We held our biennial conference, the International Conference of National Trusts (ICNT) in Cambridge from 7-11 September 2015, kindly co-hosted by the National Trust of England, Wales…
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As the year of two coastal celebrations: the golden jubilee of the NTEWNI’s Neptune Coastline Campaign and forty years of the Conservatoire du Littoral (CdL), the…
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At the beginning of February INTO delegates joined a workshop hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the National Trust for Historic Preservation in…
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In 2015, we welcomed a new Chairman, Dame Fiona Reynolds, who wrote in her first Annual Report message: “The highlight of 2015 for me was…
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On 18 April 2016 we held our first World Heritage Day event in Cambridge and launched our State of Global Heritage Report. Fiona Reynolds…
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Catherine Leonard represented INTO at the Second Caribbean Conference of National Trusts and Preservation Societies hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago National Trust, Citizens for Conservation…
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Today we celebrated the official opening of the first property of the Czech National Trust. INTO has been involved with the CNT for the…
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The ‘Who owns the Monuments’ Conference organised as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the National Trust of Slovakia (NTS), brought together different perspectives…
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In the last quarter of 2016 INTO members in Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zimbabwe began working together on a joint heritage education project. ‘Encourage African Youth…
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One of the highlights of 2016 has been working with groups in Georgia Lebanon and Thailand thinking of setting up a National Trust. INTO is…
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On 18 April 2017 the International National Trusts Organisation (INTO) launched a new resource, ‘Trust Kids!’. A list of 25 things young people can do…
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On Friday 19 May, we had the pleasure of welcoming the Council of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to our offices in Grosvenor Gardens….
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One of INTO’s roles is to grow the capacity of existing Trusts but also to help establish Trusts in countries where they don’t currently exist….
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There was a workshop at the 2005 International Conference of National Trusts which explored the idea: “Are there useful and feasible ways that the international…
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The 17th International Conference of National Trusts was jointly hosted by the Indonesian Heritage Trust/ Badan Pelestarian Pusaka Indonesia (BPPI), the International National Trusts Organisation (INTO)…
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INTO has been an active advocate for the issues that National Trust face dealing with climate change for many years. Our team has attended most…
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As INTO looks forward to its next decade, its leaders are even more convinced of the value of global co-operation. Conservation is not something that…
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