CLINK - Cultural heritage linking diversities in Europe

Timespan:01/01/2019 - 30/06/2020

Donor:European Commission (Europe for Citizens) - Strand 2: Democratic engagement and civic participation

Applicant:Local Democracy Agency Mostar (LDA Mostar)

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CLINK - Cultural heritage linking diversities in Europe

Timespan: 01/01/2019 – 30/06/2020

Donor: European Commission (Europe for Citizens) – Strand 2: Democratic engagement and civic participation

Applicant: Local Democracy Agency Mostar (LDA Mostar)

Partners: LDA Subotica (Subotica / Serbia); Association des Agences de la Democratie Locale (Strasbourg / France); LDA Knjazevac (Knjazevac / Serbia); LDA Prijedor (Prijedor / Bosnia and Herzegovina); LDA Sisak (Sisak /Croatia); LDA Niksic (Niksic / Montenegro); Omma Studio (Heraklion / Greece); LDA Zavidovici (Zavidovici / Bosnia and Herzegovina); LDA Albania (Vlore/Albania).

Objective: Project aims to deepen the connection between people from 10 communities from 3 EU (CRO, FR, GR) and 4 non-EU countries (BiH, SRB, MN, AL) and the heritage that surrounds them, as well as to raise their awareness on connections and place their own cultural heritage has in the tapestry of Europe’s rich and diverse cultural heritage.

Description:

Through planned activities it gathers and engages in discussions, forums, exchange of practices, study visits, art events a diverse group of participants: state and non-state cultural actors, entrepreneurs, craftsmen, designers, architects, youth groups, local authorities and CSOs.

Activities follow two paths: international events gathering all partners (Caen/Normandy, FR; Knjazevac, SRB; Mostar, BH) and local events in 9 communities. Activities have been designed to reach 750 direct and 100.000 indirect participants, to have strong European dimension and tackle three out of four themes of the European Year of Cultural Heritage: engagement (practices of bringing Europe’s cultural heritage, history and shared values closer to people; direct engaging of young people in a dialogue with state and non-state cultural actors on the policies of promotion and preservation of cultural heritage, exploring cultural heritage and creating artistic reinterpretation of it; engagement of a wider public with those reinterpretations), sustainability (re-imaging public, industrial, religious or military heritage sites; responsible and sustainable tourism developed around cultural heritage) and innovation (education and training for the traditional crafts in order to foster participation and social innovation).

Expected outcomes are raised interest in cultural heritage with direct and indirect participants, awareness of EU policies on cultural heritage and ways of its promotion, protection and sustainable use for socioeconomic development of societies, as well as enforced sense of belonging to a common European space.

CLINK – Cultural heritage linking diversities in Europe

CLINK - Cultural heritage linking diversities in Europe

ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED

I. FIRST INTERNATIONAL EVENT (Caen – Normandy, France)

II. POP-UP Galleries

III. SECOND INTERNATIONAL EVENT (Knjazevac, Serbia)

IV. Community Forum

V. Research in the communities – mapping potential cultural heritage sites with potential for adaptive re-use

VI. FINAL INTERNATIONAL EVENT (Online Conference – hosted by: Local Democracy Agency Mostar)