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EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS - CYPRUS
oct 13
Every year in September, the 50 signatory States to the European Cultural Convention take part in the European Heritage Days – a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, putting new cultural assets on view and opening up historical buildings normally closed to the public. The cultural events highlight local skills and traditions, architecture and works of art, but the broader aim is to bring citizens together in harmony even though there are differences in cultures and languages.
Each year, national and regional events are organised around a special theme. These themes vary in each country from year to year. They include such topics as:
- specific forms of heritage (e.g. farmhouses, musical instruments, culinary traditions, garden architecture);
- specific periods in history (e.g. the Medieval heritage, the Baroque heritage);
- society’s approaches to heritage (e.g. heritage and citizenship, heritage and youth).
This years European Heritage Days will take place in Nicosia between the 14th and 16th of October. The theme this time around will be heritage communication. A draft of the programme is laid out below. We look forward to seeing you there!
«European Heritage Days Events»
Filoxenia, Congress Center
Nicosia, Cyprus
14-16 October 2012
Draft Programme
| Saturday 13 October Preparatory meeting for the workshops |
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| Arrival of Secretariat, Coordinators, Facilitators - airport transfer as registered |
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| Sunday 14 October Launch of the EHD 2012 in Cyprus (optional) |
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| Arrival of participants - airport transfer as registered |
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| 9:00 - 12:00 | Facilitation training (Workshops’ leaders) Ms Paulina Florjanowicz Department of Town Planning and Housing, Nicosia |
| 15:00 - 19:30 | Launch of the EHD 2012 in Cyprus (optional) Kapedes village Cultural route, Open Doors |
| Opening Speeches by: - Mrs Eleni Mavrou, Minister of Interior - Council of Europe Representative (tbc) - Mr Alessandro Senesi, Deputy Head of Unit Culture programme and actions, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission (tbc) - Mr Andreas Kitromilides, President of the Local Authority Cultural event |
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| 20:15 | Bus leaving the hotel for the dinner venue (for those not attending the EHDs event) |
| 20:30 | Dinner |
| 22:30 | Return to the hotels |
| Monday 15 October 5th European Heritage Days Forum |
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| 8:00 | Buses leave the hotel(s) to Filoxenia Congress Center |
| 8:30 | Registration – Filoxenia Congress Center, Nicosia |
| 9:00 | 5th EHD Forum: “Communicating Heritage” Chair: Ms Athena Aristotelous-Cleridou General Rapporteur: Mr Noel Fojut Moderator: Mr Graham Fairclough |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Welcome and introduction: - Mr Andreas Assiotis Permanent Secretary to the Minister of Interior - Council of Europe Representative - Mr Alessandro Senesi Deputy Head of Unit Culture programme and actions, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission (tbc) ▪ Fostering Democratic Dialogue through heritage: the Cyprus example Ms Athena Aristotelous-Cleridou, Acting Director, Department of Town Planning and Housing, Nicosia Ms Agni Petridou, Municipal Engineer, Nicosia Master Plan ▪ Introduction to the Forum Mr Noel Fojut |
| 10:30 - 13:30 | Plenary Session Moderator: Mr Graham Fairclough |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Theme 1 From Audience to Participation - Making Heritage: 1001 Stories from Denmark Ms Mette Bom - Developing Heritage Audience: the example of the Berlin Wall (tbc) Dr Ares Kanandides - Recreating Heritage and Re-living the past: Travel through Malmö in 1692 Mr Rolf Albertsson - Virtual Museum Transnational Network Questions and answers |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Coffee |
| 12:30 - 13:50 | Theme 2 From Participation to Empowerment - New Lives under old roofs: The case of Borussia Ms Aleksandra Chabiera - Ms Iwona Lizewska - ICT and Heritage Education: Youth and Active Participation in exploring the past (tbc) - English Heritage - Democratic Participation in Heritage: The Local Development Pilot Project for the wine villages of Limassol Ms Irene Hadjisavva Question and answer |
| 13:50 - 14:00 | Summing up, General Rapporteur |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 15:00 - 17:00 |
Workshop Session Facilitator: Ms Paulina Florjanowicz 4 workshops led by EHD National Coordinators (3 in English and 1 in French) - Group 1: Heritage online - Workshop in English Case study: Heritage Education and Youth Exchange Brief SWOT analysis. Recommendations. - Group 2: Heritage strengthens Community - Workshop in English Case study: Wine Museum Map Brief SWOT analysis. Recommendations. - Group 3: Empowered by Heritage - Workshop in English Case study: (tbc) Brief SWOT analysis. Recommendations. - Group 4: theme to be confirmed - Workshop in French Case study: (tbc) Brief SWOT analysis. Recommendations. |
| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Coffee (Editorial Team: Preparation of the Conclusions) |
| 17:30 - 18:15 |
Conclusion Session Workshops Reports - Workshops’ leaders Workshops’ Synthesis Report - Ms Paulina Florjanowicz Concluding remarks - Mr Noel Fojut End of 5th EHD Forum |
| 18:20 |
Buses leave the Congress Center to the hotels |
| Monday 15 October Official Ceremony - Evening programme for all participants |
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| 18:45 | Buses leave the hotels to the venue |
| 19:00 |
Official Ceremony Hadjigeorgakis Cornesios Mansion, Nicosia |
| 19:00 - 19:30 |
Opening speeches: - Mrs Eleni Mavrou, Minister of Interior, Cyprus - Mrs Androulla Vassilliou, European Commissioner - Council of Europe Representative (tbc) |
| 19:30 - 20:00 | Europa Nostra Public Award - Mr Piet Jaspaert, Europa Nostra |
| 20:00 - 20:30 |
Cultural event |
| 20:30 |
Reception |
| 22:00 | Buses leave the venue to the hotels |
| Tuesday 16 October Group A EHD National Coordinators only Congress Center (address tbc), Nicosia |
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| 8:30 9:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:00 11:00 - 13:00 |
Buses leave the hotels to the Congress Center, Nicosia Annual EHD National Coordinators’ Meeting Opening Speeches Introduction Coffee break Training Session of the EHD National Coordinators on the Communications Platform |
| Group B Other participants |
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| 9:00 - 12:00 |
Excursion: Cultural visit of Choirokitia (World Heritage site) and Lefkara (traditional settlement) |
| Group A and B | |
| 13:00 - 14:30 14:30 - 18:00
19:30
20:00 22:00 |
Lunch Nicosia case study visit
Buses leave the hotels to the venue
Dinner (informal) Buses leave the venue to the hotels |
| Wednesday 17 October Departure of participants |
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| airport transfer as registered - special arrangement |
