Experience for Change within the Cultural Heritage Sector (exCHange) Project promoted in Georgia
The grant beneficiary Friends of Cultural Heritage (KUMID/FOCUH) and the Project Partner, World Association for the Protection of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Times of Armed Conflicts (WATCH) promoted the Experience for Change within the Cultural Heritage Sector (exCHange) project in Georgia. Exchange is being implemented under Civil Society Dialogue II Programme. The participating [...]
Continue Reading →Workshop for the South Caucasus Region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) Museums Disaster preparedness and management – natural disasters and armed conflicts Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia 3-7 October 2011
“Workshop for South Caucasus Region Museums: Disaster preparedness and management – natural disasters and armed conflicts” which was held in Tbilisi, at Georgian National Museum, continued the cycle of training programmes provided by ICOM National Committee in Georgia with collaboration and co-financing of ICOM (International Council of Museums) and Ministry of Culture and Monuments protection [...]
Continue Reading →A concept study took place in the historic city of Mtskheta (Georgia) from 27th to 30th September 2011 within the framework of War Free World Heritage Listed Cities project.
Objective of this activity was to conduct an assessment of the existing factors of threat to this listed urban heritage site that were recently at risk from armed conflict. This activity represents a crucial moment of the project when the current situation on the ground was analysed and recorded through experts’ ground survey and [...]
Continue Reading →One more step towards the protection of listed world heritage sites … when the 1954 Hague Convention applies in town!
Mtskheta, 27-30/09/2011 A concept study will take place in the historic city of Mtskheta (Georgia) from 27th to 30th September 2011 within the framework of War Free World Heritage Listed Cities project. Objective of this activity is to conduct an assessment of the existing factors of threat to listed urban heritage sites that were recently [...]
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Preparatory works for the design of the Integrated Management Plan for the Historical Monuments of Mtskheta will be carried out with the support of the UNESCO
$25 000 to address the urgent need of setting the basis for an integrated management plan and long term programs for protection and conservation of the Historical Monuments of Mtskheta in Georgia – this amount was allocated by the World Heritage Centre, UNESCO unit, through its international assistance. The National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation [...]
Continue Reading →Every project has its own story. War Free World Heritage Listed Cities is not an exception, and we want to tell you our story.
Dear readers! Every project has its own story. War Free World Heritage Listed Cities is not an exception, and we want to tell you our story. This is our very first edition of the Newsletter that will be published bi-monthly. We will focus on the cultural heritage protection in Mtskheta and Byblos, publish relevant news [...]
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