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©Ramirez – Mostar old town panorama


Religious, Cultural and Historical Heritage: Foundation for More Intensive Cooperation

The Heads of States from the South East European region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey) will be attending their annual meeting on 2 June in Mostar. The summit will be attended by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. A Declaration will be adopted, confirming the need to promote inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue as a means to ensure the sustainability of cultural heritage.

© HBF/MINICH - Austrian National Exhibition in Auschwitz


Holocaust education and intercultural understanding in South-East Europe

UNESCO is convening an international meeting of experts to discuss the establishment of a permanent regional exhibit space for 6 Ex-Yugoslav countries within the to-be renovated ex-Yugoslav pavilion (nr. 17) in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial, a site placed on the World Heritage List in 1979 by UNESCO. An international steering committee is being established for this purpose, comprising institutions such as Holocaust Memorial Museum (USA), Mémorial de la Shoah (France), Topographie des Terrors (Germany).

©Gruppo Alcuni - no name


Watch for every drop of water!

14 information sheets have just been released under the title “Drops of Water” as part of UNESCO’s active promotion of the H2Ooooh! Initiative. Schoolchildren from around the world are invited to participate in this scientific and creative learning experience. Facts and figures about water, together with a list of references that will help schools prepare and realize their storyboard. Whether or not their work will be selected, taking part in this exciting endeavour will be a unique opportunity to raise awareness, and to learn something new about water and what one could do to safeguard such a precious element for our lives!

© Parco del Delta del Po – F. Gasperoni


Towards sustainable development

The Project “Outlining a sustainable future for the Po Delta area as a MAB Biosphere Reserve (DMBR)” was designed to facilitate a common effort of supra-communal master planning and management of this territory of outstanding international value, associating the Emilia-Romagna and Veneto Regions. The project agreement signed between UNESCO and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo in March will be officially presented during a Press Conference in Rovigo (Italy) on 16 May.

© Museum of Greek Folk Art - Velissarios Voutsas, 1993


Promoting a shared vision of intangible cultural heritage in South-East Europe

An appointment for 14 countries and an opportunity to enhance the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention, to share experiences on national measures and policies, and to reinforce cooperation on shared heritage and capacity-building. After Bulgaria, Turkey, Croatia, Romania and Serbia, Greece takes turn hosting the sixth edition of the annual meeting of the South-East European Experts Network on Intangible Cultural Heritage within the frame of the UNESCO's new global initiative “Culture: a Bridge to Development”.

©SEE PhytoChemNet


Phytochemistry and Chemistry of Natural Products for Green and Sustainable Growth

In the frame of the International Year of Chemistry 2011, nine countries from the region founded SEE PhytoChemNet - the Southeast European Network on Phytochemistry and Chemistry of Natural Products for Green and Sustainable Growth. The Regional Steering Committee will have an extended meeting in May to advance in specifying the division of labor in the joint study of Sideritis species as a platform for the elaboration of standardized protocols for extraction, analysis and other related research activities. 

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