Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage SItes in Albania

?e international debate concerning the overall capacity in disaster risks mitigation and adaptation strategies of entire systems, communities and sites has increased significantly during the last decade, mainly due to the interplay of multiple factors which have worsened the severity of hazards turning them with increased occurrences into full-fledged disasters. Nowadays, an integrated approach is mandatory in the field of sustainable development and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): the traditional ri? between culture and science, and the subdivisions among disciplines and fields of science have to be overpassed by the needs of our times. ?ese compel us to interface the advancements in science and technology in DRR with policy makers, emergency responders and local communities. Working in synergy in an integrated manner is not an easy task to undertake. CNR-IGAG, the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe and ICCROM, under the framework of the ONE UN initiative, have endeavored to make this idea a working concept: scientific field assessment of geo-vulnerabilities in the World Heritage Sites of Albania have been combined with the sucessful attempt to train emergency responders and site managers to deal with DRR in the same sites. ?e achievements of such activities constitute the narrative of this script.