Every two years docomomo (the international committee for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement) organizes an international conference, bringing together docomomo members and friends from its 72 national Working Parties, as an opportunity for in-depth exploration of an important theme or aspect of the Modern Movement.

Transylvania Trust launches at Bánffy Castle, Bonţida (Cluj Co., Romania), two Artists and Craftsmen in Residence programmes for artists, craftsmen, artisans, and creators interested in and preoccupied by the reinterpretation of historical values through contemporary methods. The residence programmes ensure the temporal and spatial conditions for learning and creation in an exceptional historical setting: Bánffy Castle, Bonţida.

SEE Heritage is excited to announce that the conference “Cultural Heritage Counts for (South-East) Europe” is to be held in Belgrade between 15 and 17 June 2017, along with capacity building days “Education and Citizen Engagement” organized by Europa Nostra, Europa Nostra Serbia and SEE Heritage Network in partnership with the Creative Europe Program and European Commission.

The Conference is organized on three important occasions:

SEE Heritage is promoting successful work of it's member organizations and is stimulating mutual collaboration. This spring we are collecting material for a PDF catalogue of GOOD PRACTICES.

Organizations of SEE Heritage network are invited to participate and contribute to this catalogue by sending examples of best practices.

Our member organization 4 GRADA DRAGODID received an interesting review of different agricultural and environmental subsidies that European countries provide for the construction and maintenance of hedges and dry stone walls.

The Review: Landscape elements Output

Citizens from around the world can now vote online for the Public Choice Award and rally support for the winning project(s) from their own or another European country. Voters have the chance to win a trip for two to Finland and be a special guest at the Awards Ceremony that will be held in the historic city of Turku on 15 May. During the ceremony, the seven Grand Prix laureates, each of whom will receive €10,000, and the Public Choice Award winner, chosen from among this year’s winning projects, will be announced.

PRIZREN FORTRESS (KALAJA)

Prehistoric, Roman and Late Antiquity cultural layers are preserved under its walls. The life here began back in the Late Bronze, and the fortress was built around 1500 years ago. The Fortress now has massive walls and various residing quarters belonging to later stages, such as medieval and Ottoman times. Through a systematic research, conservation and restoration work, it will be transformed into an open archeological museum and an important destination point for the cultural tourism of Prizren and Kosovo in general.

Ref: Beautiful and Green - Catalogue of the Region South, Prizren Fortress, (2015, p. 14). Prizren: EC Ma Ndryshe and six municipalities of Prizren region, Team of editors: Arben Idrizi (editor), Vesel Hoxhaj and Hekuran Kabashi (Historians), Margarita Azizi (Researcher), Samir Karahoda (Photographer)

http://ecmandryshe.org/repository/docs/Katallogu_English.pdf

Are you a former Camp participant looking to stay involved with the Regional Restoration Camps? Do you want to share your knowledge and experience with a new group of eager participants?

CHwB-Albania is looking for volunteers to assist at this year’s Regional Restoration Camps. Camp volunteers will attend the full camp and assist with a variety of tasks to help make the experience as rewarding as possible for participants. They will help organizers, craftspeople and participants with issues of coordination, communication and guidance. Be sureyou understand the duties and meet the eligibility and qualifications before applying!

Join us to learn the fascinating technique of dry-stone walling. This time we will create a spiral - shaped path leading to a stone hill, which will be supported by dry-stone walls.

This is our fourth workshop with the renown association Dragodid, which is nationally and internationally active in preserving the skills of drystone walling. 

For anyone interested to increase theoretical knowledge and practical skills in building with natural materials. The training covers theory and practice within two days and will be held from 9:00 am (Saturday) until 16:30 (Sunday).