21 May-10 June, 2019

Nafplion, Greece

Digital Tools for acquiring, processing, managing and analyzing spatial data are crucial for sustainable management of cultural heritage and allow a better understanding of the objects under study. Laser scanning, photogrammetry, topography and GIS are important tools to facilitate this complex management process. Within the context of this summer school, the Heritage Management Organization (HERITΛGE) – in close collaboration with its partners – Ghent University College (HOGENT, Belgium) and Leica Geosystems (Italy), organizes three integrated and consecutive specialist courses on various topics in geomatics.

The Volunteer Leader call for the 2019 RRCs is open! CHwB Albania would be delighted to have you again on board with them, this time as a camp volunteer leader. 

This is a valuable opportunity to gain new skills and build knowledge and experience in the field of cultural heritage, specifically on building conservation, conservation of artifacts and interpretation.

Camp volunteers will help organizers, craftspeople and participants with issues of coordination, communication and guidance.

Read carefully CHwB Albania's call for volunteer leaders for eligibility criteria, deadlines and camp volunteer leader's tasks.

The Belgrade Fortress, also called Kalemegdan, is the most important cultural and historical monument of Serbia’s capital town. Kalemegdan is protected as immovable cultural property of exceptional importance for the Republic of Serbia. It represents the key point for understanding Belgrade’s development as well as to comprehend its history of diverse civilizations that were involved in Belgrade’s life.  The fortress needs to be preserved entirely in its originality without implementation of awkwardly abundant structures such as lift gondola.

The Belgrade Fortress is situated at the conjunction of two rivers, Danube and Sava. Kalemegdan’s walls are offering fantastic views to this attractive scene. Moreover, this sight is easily accessible and anyone can reach it without difficulties. However, the gondola lift is planned to be erected in the length of 1km among the fortress and opposite side of the conjunction. Any intervention of this type would mean irreversible and irrecoverable loss for present and future citizens of Belgrade, Serbia, Europe and World.

BALKAN EARTH conference and REGIO EARTH festival 2019 favor the connection between the earthen specialists in the Balkan Region and the awareness of the similarities of our rural/traditional architecture as well as of the socio-cultural dynamics that characterize our countries. This will help taking more informed decisions about the conservation and capitalization of the potential of this shared heritage, organization of vocational trainings and transnational routes on the theme of traditional architecture in the Balkan region.

The 2019 Regional Restoration Camps will provide participants with engaging lectures and hands-on experience with restoration and conservation, using traditional materials and techniques, as well as with the interpretation of cultural heritage sites and museums. During each Camp, participants will follow a rigorous but very fulfilling schedule, which combines theory – through lectures and presentations – with exercises and physical work on historic monuments and artifacts in different locations around the region.

Spanjola Fortress is active this year too and is getting richer in its activities. 

We announce the invitation to participate in the "Artist in Residence" program. All interested, motivated and creative people are invited to apply for an art workshop. The selected group will work on arranging the fortress, and in addition it will participate in interesting lectures, Eco kitchen and informational excursions, in the municipality of Herceg Novi. The theme of this year's project is “Object”. It is in our interest, to, with a limited budget, realize the idea/project, which, through the artistic expression of the participants in the workshop, will give Spanjola, the purpose and the name toward which we are aiming, which is The Art Residence. Artist in Residence program will be held during the European Heritage Day 2018, organised by the Ministry of Culture.

We are very pleased to announce the first BASHKË ART CAMP, which will take place from the 9th to the 16th of September 2018 in the historic center of Gjirokastra in Albania.

SEE Heritage member organization DRAGODID proudly announces the 9th dry-stone international student/young professionals’ volunteer camp Petrebišća 2018. The camp will be held in an abandoned dry-stone seasonal village Petrebišća on Učka mountain, July 28th – August 5th 2018.

Participants will:
- learn dry-stone basics
- learn to shape stone using hand tools
- build a dry-stone wall ”from scratch”
- repair a stone slate roof
- carry stone slates extracted from a small quarry
- renovate dry-stone village infrastructure
- participate in an informal dry-stone competiton and a petanque competition!

The "Balkan Museums without Barriers #2" conference is starting tomorrow, and we are READY!

Skopje will host museum professionals, d/Deaf and disabled people who will attend interactive workshops and inspiring lectures focused on increasing the access and inclusion to museum and cultural institutions.

A multi award winning, visual and performance artist and artistic director Dr Rachel Gadsden will deliver a keynote speech on the first day of the conference about her work experience in this field.

HMO Training Heritage Leaders

Autumn 2018

Executive Leadership Program in Heritage Management Workshops

Interpretive Writing for                                                                Natural and Cultural Heritage

A jointly certified course by Interpret Europe and                                                              the Heritage Management Organization

3-7 November 2018 (with available option of a 3-day course, 3-5 November)

Location: The Heritage Management Organization Headquarters                       Kimonos 11 & Pagkalou streets, 19200, Elefsina, Greece

The key to effective word-based Heritage Interpretation is written text that grabs and holds the reader’s attention.

During a 5-day course participants will discover and practice a wide range of techniques to engage readers and master the techniques of interpretive writing. Participants will have the opportunity to strive to become a Certified Interpretive Writer awarded by Interpret Europe, the European Association for Heritage Interpretation, after successfully completing, and being assessed on, the following exercises: