Cultural Heritage for Peace and Reconciliation
As part of the evaluation process, visits have been made to the main areas of CHwB’s operations: Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The impressions from the visits are described in a separate chapter below and will not be summarised here. Suffice it to say that the projects reviewed represent a vast area of actions, from the restoration […]
Heritage after War – The Hadum Mosque Restoration
Works done in Hadum Mosque under the management of CHwB, 2003 – 2005 During the first six months of the CHwB’s engagement, work focussed on finding and engaging the best possible experts and craftsmen. Parallel to this activity, an analysis was carried out of the existing building materials and a search was initiated for possible […]
European Heritage Days
The Council of Europe officially instituted the “European Heritage Days” (EHD) in 1991, with the support of the European Union. Since then the Council has assigned responsibility for the practical aspects of organizing the European Heritage Days to a co-ordination office appointed for a set period: the Stichting Open Monumentendag (the Netherlands) from 1991 to […]
Development of Isniq Village – Preservation of its urban and rural identity
The present guidelines define the prescriptions for Isniq urban development and preservation. The main subject of preservation is dealt within the first two chapters, whilst urban development is tackled in the last one. The inspiring principle for these guidelines is the following: There is no preservation without development. In Isniq it has been also assumed […]
European heritage days – Kosovo cultural heritage – 2006
The Council of Europe officially instituted the “European Heritage Days” (EHD) in 1991, with the support of the European Union. Since then the Council has assigned responsibility for the practical aspects of organizing the European Heritage Days to a co-ordination office appointed fora set period: the Stichting Open Monumentendag (the Netherlands) from 1991 to 1994, […]
An Archeological Map of the Historic Zone of Prizren
The Swedish NGO Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) runs a programme ‘Preservation and Development Plan for the Historic Zone of Prizren’. The programme is based on an integrated conservation process and is aimed at enhancing sustainable urban development, which includes social, cultural, economical, and education development. The programme uses a participatory approach, involving the community […]