The Regional Restoration Camps are here! If you still do not have a practice as a participant, this is your opportunity to enrich your life with a fantastic experience. Do not miss it.

First application window: You can now apply to become parts of the following Camps scheduled in May and June.  

LOCATION                           DATES                   THEMES

Prishtina, Kosovo             20 – 31 May       Conservation of artifacts, interpretation

Kruja, Albania                 20 – 31 May        Historical crafts and entrepreneurship

Shkodra, Albania             02 – 14 June       Dynamic heritage interpretation

Berat, Albania                 02 – 14 June       Building conservation, interpretation     

APPLICATION DEADLINE for these camps is 15 April.

Dear SEE Heritage members and followers!

Main Conference Topic:

RENEWAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

Subtopics:

Theory

Deindustrialization and Reindustrialization

Projects for the renewal of the industrial heritage

Renewal of the industrial heritage – realizations

Revitalization of industrial areas

Education and synthesis

SEE Heritage members Visnja Kisic and Goran Tomka  co-authored three 'learning kits' for civil society organisations active in heritage sector:

Fundraising

Advocacy

Citizen Engagement 

The kits were published by Europa Nostra. 

The Heritage Management Organization is announcing several workshops for the 2018 spring:

1. Strategy
2. Temporary Exhibitions
3. Heritage Interpretation

Take a look and apply.

More information available here.

The European Travel Commission (ETC) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) would like to invite you to attend the ETC-UNWTO INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON TRANSNATIONAL TOURISM THEMES AND ROUTES on 16th-18th November 2017 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain

This unique event is intended to shed light on the landscape of tourism themes and routes in Europe and worldwide. This occasion will provide an excellent platform to better understand the development, management, and promotion of transnational tourism routes, and will offer practical guidance for DMOs, NTOs and NTAs on how to market and promote destinations through transnational thematic tourism experiences and products. In addition, the event will be the best occasion to officially launch the brand new ETC-UNWTO Handbook on Marketing Transnational Tourism Themes & Routes.

Executive Leadership Development in Heritage Management Workshops

Human Resource Management for Heritage Organizations

22-24 November, 2017

Location: HMO Headquarters, Kimonos 11 & Pagkalou, Elefsina, Greece

This workshop explores the crucial subject of people management in not-for-profit Heritage Organizations. People are simultaneously the largest single item of operating costs and the only source of conservation, service and innovation. They are therefore the key asset in all organizations focused on those objectives and the management of people is a key concern for executives.

Executive Leadership Development in Heritage Management Workshops

Communication Strategy and Strategic Marketing for Cultural Organizations

24-26 October, 2017

Location: HMO Headquarters, Kimonos 11 & Pagkalou, Elefsina, Greece

Today, more than ever, it is critical that strong messages be part of an effective communication strategy for today’s leaders. By focusing more on content, when embracing traditional as well as social media, leaders can more effectively manage and enhance the reputation of their organizations.

Summertime is a time of leisure and escapes from every-day life routine. It is also an excellent opportunity to take pleasure in a variety of cultural festivals. And if you happen to be in Budva, Montenegro during hot summer night of 30 July don’t miss your chance to see one of the best documentary theatre plays produced in SEE region – KoTo(R) o KOTORU

This project started as a community organized need to examine influences of tourism and uncontrolled construction on the UNESCO listed town of Kotor and the surroundings. It was initiated by SEE Heritage member organization EXPEDITIO. The process turned out to be very engaging and important for the citizens involved in it, and under the guidance of the theater director Petar Pejakovic the play was born.