As part of The Getty Conservation Institute/World Monuments Fund Iraq Cultural Heritage Conservation Initiative, the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) hosted a training course for personnel of the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) during the period August 28-September 25, 2005. The course, supported through funding from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and organizational support from the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, provided 21 Iraqi and 3 Jordanian professionals with training on the methodology and tools needed to collect and update information on the condition, significance, and management status of the country's cultural heritage sites for a computerized database that will be provided to the SBAH through the Initiative, as well as a plan for the management of their heritage sites. This month-long course provided an excellent opportunity for professional and cultural exchange among Iraqis, Jordanians, Americans and Europeans that will not only benefit cultural heritage sites in Iraq and Jordan but strengthen relations between all the participating countries.