Clink – Cultural heritage as a link diversity of Europe
Duration: 01/01/2019 – 30/06/2020
Donor: European Commission (Europe for Citizens) – Lesson 2: Democratic engagement and civic participation
Applicant: LDA Mostar (LDA Mostar)
Partners: LDA Subotica (Subotica / Serbia); Association des agences de la Democratie Locale (Strasbourg / France); LDA Knjazevac (Knjaževac / 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);
Project description:
The project aims to deepen the connection between people from 10 communities from the three EU (USA, FR, GR) and four non-EU countries (BiH, SRB, MN, AL) and cultural heritage that surrounds them, as well as raise awareness about the connections and place that their own cultural heritage takes on a tapestry of rich and diverse cultural heritage of Europe.
Through planned activities gathers and include in the discussion, forums, exchange practices, study visits, artistic events raznličite groups of participants: State and non-State cultural actors, entrepreneurs, craftsmen, designers, architects, youth groups, local authorities and civil society organizations.
Activities:
Activities follow two times: international events gathering all partners (Knjazevac / SER, Strasbourg / FR, Mostar / BiH) and local events in 9 communities. Activities are designed to reach 750 direct and 100,000 indirect participants, have a strong European dimension and address three of the four themes of the European Year of Cultural Heritage: engagement (practice of approaching European cultural heritage, history / history and common values of people, direct inclusion of young people in dialogue with state and non-state cultural actors on the policy of promoting and preserving cultural heritage, researching cultural heritage and creating artistic reinterpretation, engaging wider public with these reinterpretations), sustainability (designing public, industrial, religious or military heritage from the foundation, responsible and sustainable tourism developed around cultural heritage) and innovation (education and training for traditional crafts to encourage participation and social innovation). Expected outcomes increase interest in cultural heritage with direct and indirect stakeholders, awareness of EU policies on cultural heritage and ways of its promotion, protection and sustainable use for socioeconomic development of societies, as well as a strong sense of belonging to a common European area.
