Bulgaria to host extraordinary session of International Working Group
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.
The Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria, in cooperation with the Section for Culture of UNESCO Office in Venice and with the Bulgarian National Commission for UNESCO, will host an extraordinary session of the International Working Group (IWG) as the technical consultative and coordination body within the framework of the annual Ministerial Conference on Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe.
The meeting will be held in Sofia, on 20 March 2009, according to the attached programme.
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.
The first ever guidebook on Montenegrin museums, published by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Media of Montenegro with the support of UNESCO, is now available on-line in electronic version.
The 2008 edition of the Ministerial Conference on Cultural Heritage in SEE will take place in Bucharest on 20 September, organised by the Romanian Ministry for Culture and Religious Affairs with the support of UNESCO
The final workshop in Milan offered the chance to assess the activity's results, to discuss about the lessons learned, and to start the definition of possible operational follow-ups.