Regional Project News
Euromed Heritage targets students to raise awareness about heritage protection
18-02-2010
The EU-funded Euromed Heritage IV, through one of its 12 projects Elaich, is seeking to increase awareness of cultural heritage and its conservation by preparing an educational tool addressed at high school students, which will be evaluated and discussed during a workshop it is holding in the Greek capital Athens.
An announcement said the workshop, to take place between 22 and 25 February 2010, would evaluate the conclusions of the first experimental course started in November 2009 and currently under way in Greece, and discuss recommendations for further developments and a better sustainability of the action. The introduction of a course for cultural heritage protection for high-school students will also be examined. Participants include project partners, teachers, students and a number of additional stakeholders.
The Elaich project is seeking to create an educational tool with a multi-modal interface through which a group of high level conservation scientists will expose the general public to the modern principles of the preservation of cultural heritage. The countries involved are Israel, Greece, Italy, Malta and Belgium.
EuroMed Heritage IV is a €17 million EU-funded programme which contributes to the exchange of experiences on cultural heritage, creates networks and promotes cooperation with the Mediterranean Partner Countries. It focuses on the appropriation by the local populations of their cultural heritage and favours access to education and knowledge of cultural heritage. It supports a framework for the exchange of experiences, channels for the dissemination of best practices and new perspectives aimed at the development of an institutional cultural environment. (ENPI Info Centre)