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