Evaluation of Cultural Heritage without Borders (2008-2011)
Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) was founded in 1995 by prominent members of the cultural heritage community in Sweden as a direct response to the targeting and destruction of cultural heritage during the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Since then it has been active in conserving cultural heritage as part of the wider reconciliation effort in the […]
Artistic Crafts’ of Prizren, Rahovec and Suhareka
Prizren used to be the city of crafts and handicrafts and the traces of these activities can still be seen today. In Prizren the most distinguished crafts were: the crafts’ of gunsmith, silversmith, cutlers, scissor-makers, coopersmith and tinsmith, the crafts;’ of tanners and saddlers, the crafts’ of white woolen cap makers, tailors’ and silk processors, […]
Tour de Culture 2011
Tour de Culture is a non-competitive and recreational cycling event in Kosovo, open to all (professionals and amateurs, young and old, men and women). The START of this year’s tour will be from Novobërdo/ Novo Brdo fortress continuing the journey towards Graçanica/Gracanica and the FINISH will be marked in front of Newborn sculpture in Prishtina/Priština. […]
Visioning Workshop Partesh/Partesh – Ohrid/Ohwr, Macedonia 2011
The visioning workshop is the initial step in the process of drafting long-range development plans. The purpose of Partes-Pasjane 2022+ Visioning Workshop was to explore the aspirations, issues of concern, and visions of various stakeholders for this municipality. The visioning workshop was an opportunity for the municipal stakeholders to get familiar with the role of […]
1+1 LIFE & LOVE SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION
One afternoon in March 2009, a group of people from six Balkan countries sat in a cold room in the National Museum in Sarajevo. The subject under discussion was how to produce a joint exhibition. The problems seemed huge. Political divisions and disagreements meant that it was sometimes difficult for some museums to work together. […]
Integrated Conservation projects in Junik Municipality
It all began in 2001, in a context where cultural heritage was not a priority compared to the needs of reconstruction of the burned houses, in short, the return to normal life. Just this year, with a fund of the European Commission and the Swedish International Development Agency, Sida, the Swedish foundation Cultural Heritage without […]