International Cooperation for Professional Training in Protection of Monuments – Heritage Train II
Project Goal:
The project goal is to contribute to development and improvement of the professional training in the field of cultural heritage through Czech-Slovak-Austrian cooperation.
Background:
The project is based on the need to implement systematic education among the employees of monument offices, as well as employees of local governments and other entities involved in the protection and development of cultural heritage. This need was identified in the Slovak repoblic, Czech republic and in Austria within the frame of the project International Cooperation for Professional Training in Protection of Monuments (Heritage Train I.) conducted from 2019 to 2022.
Target Groups:
- Craftsmen
- Employees of monument boards and institutions
- Employees of regional and local governments
- Owners of built heritage
- Architects and civil engineers
Project Activities and Results:
- Compiling the pool of experts
- Preparation of learning modules and compiling of virtual library
- Piloting selected modules
- Evaluation of piloted moduls and adjustment
- Multiplier events and establishment of new partnerships
Overview of the modules of the International Training Programme:
- M1 U1 / Theoretical and methodical aspects of monuments care
- M1 / U2 Legal and administrative aspects of monuments care /Sk, CZ, AT)
- M1 U3 / Art-history aspects
- M2 U4 / Effective communication with stakeholders (workshop)
- M3 U5 / Building materials – properties, deterioration/damages and methods for repair and conservation
- M4 U6 / Historic structures and building parts – failures, diagnostic methods, repair and conservation
- M5 U7 / Current requirements for building operation and use
- M6 U8 / Aspects and methodology of specific types of built heritage
- M7 U9 / Built heritage in urban planning and development
- M7 U10 / Management of heritage sites – planning and controlling heritage sites
- M7 U11 / Economic aspects
- M7 U12 / “Open” unit reflecting emerging issues/topics / Excursion
- M8 U13 – U16 / Workshop in Project Preparation and Implementation
- M9 U17 – U21 / Built Heritage Crafts – Introduction / BDA/VFB /AT)
- M10 U22 – U26 / Methods of Conservation and Restoration of Built Heritage / UPCE FR (CZ)
- M11 U1 – U4 / Private Owners As Good Managers Of Historic Buildings / BDA/VFB (AT)
Finaning:
The project is funded by the European Union under the ERASMUS+ program, Key Action 2 – Strategic Partnerships. The total budget for the project for four partners is 400,000 EUR. The project duration is from October 2023 to September 2026.
Donors and Partners:
Project partners:
Academia Istropolitana Nova – Svätý Jur, Slovak republic
Univerzita Pardubice, Faculty of restoration – Litomyšl, Czech republic
Forderung der Baudenkmalpflege Verein (Association for the Advancement of the Architectural Heritage Conservation) – mauerbach, Austria
The National Heritage Institute of the Czech Republic (Národní památkový ústav České republiky) – Praha, Czech republic
Associated partners:
Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic – Bratislava
Bundesdenkmalamt (Federal Monuments Authority) – Wien, Austria
Slovak Chamber of Architects
Slovak Chamber of Civil Engineers
Institute for Heritage and Culture
The Association of Castle and Chateau Owners
World Cultural Heritage Region Semmering-Rax
Arte-fakt, Association for the Preservation of Monuments
