NEWS & EVENTS
Communication of Heritage

Launch of regional training course on public communication in the field of cultural heritage

The Culture Section of the UNESCO Venice Office is about to launch a training course aimed at Ministries of culture of SEE countries, with the objective to enhance skills and knowledge of participants about purposes, theories and techniques of public communication, with special focus on the communication of cultural heritage. The course will be carried out under the scientific supervision of the School of Communication of IULM University in Milan.

Training activities will have an overall duration of 3 months (October – December 2007), to be provided through e-learning teaching modules and interactive sessions, simply accessible through the internet.

Contents, structure and modalities of the course will be presented during a 2-day start-up workshop due to take place in Ludbreg (Croatia), at the Croatian Conservation Centre, on 24-25 September 2007. The workshop will be organised in cooperation and with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Croatia.

Participation in the course is open to representatives of Ministries of culture of Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.

Programme of start-up workshop

NEWS & EVENTS

Cultural heritage in Romania: final report on activities for promotion of villages with fortified churches

Cultural heritage in Romania: final report on activities for promotion of villages with fortified churches Activities for the promotion of villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, implemented within the Trust Fund for cultural heritage in SEE, closed in October 2007 with an extremely positive balance.

[MORE ...]

Communication of Heritage:
beginning of e-learning activities

Beginning of e-learning activitie After the start-up workshop which took place in Ludbreg (Croatia) on 24-25 September 2007, regular training activities for the course “Communication of Heritage” have started on 15 October.

[MORE ...]

Archaeological Map of Albania

Extensive guide-book to the richness and diversity of Albanian archaeological heritage, in Albanian and French versions, to be released soon

[MORE ...]

SEE Ministers of Culture approve the Zadar Declaration

Ministers of culture of South-East European countries plus Italy, gathered in Zadar on occasion of fourth Ministerial Conference on cultural heritage in SEE, approved a common statement for the enhancement of regional cooperation on the safeguarding and promotion of the shared cultural legacy.
The text of the Zadar Declaration, as well as further information on the conference, are available at

Zadar Conference Page

Zadar Conference: Italian government confirms new contribution of €800.000 to UNESCO Trust Fund

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Mr. Francesco Rutelli, in Zadar for the fourth Ministerial Conference on Cultural Heritage in SEE, announced that...

[MORE ...]

Fourth Ministerial Conference on Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe
(10 September 2007)

On 10 September 2007 the Ministry of Culture of Croatia, in collaboration with UNESCO, hosted the fourth Ministerial Conference on Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe

[MORE ...]

Presentation of guide-book on Montenegrin museums

On 25 July 2007 the new guide-book on Montenegrin museums, produced by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Media of Montenegro with the support of UNESCO, will be officially presented to the public.

[MORE ...]

Communication of Heritage

Launch of regional training course on public communication in the field of cultural heritage.

[MORE ...]

Opening of second "Cultural Heritage Info Centre" in Romania
(19 June 2007)

Opening of second Cultural Heritage Info Centre in Romania On 19 June 2007 a new "Cultural heritage Info Centre" will be inaugurated in Sighisoara, in order to facilitate and promote cultural tourism in Romania.

[MORE ...]

New tools for promotion of Romanian cultural heritage

A new web-site on Transylvanian fortified churches and the inauguration of the "Cultural Heritage Info Centre" in Sibiu (25 April 2007) will support and facilitate cultural tourism in Romania.

[MORE ...]

Inauguration of exhibition about Thracian heritage in Bulgaria
(Kazanlak, 30 November 2006)

The archaeological exhibition The Thracian Cosmos: the Sacred Realm of Kings, will be officially opened on 30 November 2006, in the town of Kazanlak (Bulgaria). On show most important and beautiful findings from excavations in the so-called “valley of Thracian kings”, shedding new light on Thracian religious beliefs and cosmogonical notions.

[MORE ...]
[PICTURES ...]

NEWS & EVENTS Communication of Heritage

NEWS & EVENTS
Communication of Heritage