Macedonian Cultural Heritage:
4 new publications presented
Macedonian Minister of Culture officially presented 4 photographic books on national cultural heritage, realised with the support of UNESCO Venice Office and Cooperazione Italiana as operational follow-up to annual ministerial conferences on cultural heritage in SEE.
On 12 November 2009 the Macedonian Minister of Culture, Ms. Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska, opened the official ceremony for the presentation of 4 publications on the safeguarding and promotion of Macedonian Cultural Heritage. The event, held at Daut Pasha Hamam, also saw the participation of Mr. Pasko Kusman, Director of the Cultural Heritage Protection Office in Skopje, and of the Director of UNESCO Venice Office.
On 1-4 October experts and professionals on underwater cultural heritage from South-Eastern Europe and other European and Mediterranean countries will meet in Zadar, Croatia, hosted by the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology
On 20 March 2009 an extraordinary session of the IWG will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, aimed at paving the way for organisation of 2009 Ministerial Conference.
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media of Montenegro started up activities for preparation of a management Plan for the city of Cetinje, with support of the Trust Fund for Cultural Heritage in SEE.
Ministers of Culture of South-Eastern Europe met in Bucharest for the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Cultural Heritage in SEE, in order to re-launch regional cooperation for safeguarding and promoting the shared cultural heritage.
Photographic book on the richness and diversity of Bosnian handicraft traditions, published with the support of UNESCO, is now available on-line in electronic version.