Civil Society and Heritage 2010

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to participate in the forthcoming ‘Heritage Care through Active Citizenship’ conference, which will take place in Mechelen (Belgium) on 23-24 March 2009.

This European Conference on Civil Society Organisations in the Field of Heritage will address the issues of active citizenship, civil society and volunteer organisations (NGOs) within the European heritage sector. The conference will provide a platform for European organisations active in all fields of heritage – both tangible and intangible – to share relevant experiences, good practices and success stories.

The conference will involve 180 European participants representing the diversity of the European civil society for heritage. The delegates will predominantly be representatives of European heritage NGOs, and prominent European heritage experts. Chief executives from national heritage authorities and representatives of international organisations will also contribute significantly to the content of the conference.

Themes include:
- support for voluntary heritage initiatives
- quality management in heritage NGOs
- visibility of heritage organisations
- creation of (international) heritage networks
- the value of cultural heritage for society
- intercultural dialogue

Conference programme
A provisional schedule and an overview of the workshops and confirmed speakers are available in the ‘conference programme’ section.
More detailed information and abstracts will be added soon.

Registration
You can download the registration form (.doc) and return the completed form to the conference organisers.

If you register before 31 December 2008, you will qualify for the early-bird rate of 25 euro. After this date, the rate will increase to 50 euro. Please note that only 180 participants will be accepted to attend the conference, so please register as soon as possible. Registration will close on 28 February 2009.

The organisation of the conference will cover the cost of hotel accommodation in Mechelen. Participants should not make any arrangements for their own accommodation. You will receive more information after you have registered.

Download the complete first announcement (pdf).

Monday 23 March

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Dag Myklebust (Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Norway)
From Oslo to Mechelen – via Portoroz
Annick Schramme (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Civil society action in the field of heritage in Europe: strengths and weaknesses
Marc Jacobs (FARO. Flemish Interface for Cultural Heritage)
The Republic of Heritage. Citizenship, sustainable formal and informal networks and cultural dynamics
Simon Murray (National Trust, UK)
The National Trust’s new approach to Heritage Care through Active Citizenship

WORKSHOPS

Workshop I: The local connection – Heritage, place & communities (chair: Philip A. Turner)

Philip A. Turner (ECOVAST – European Council for the Village and Small Town)
Citizen engagement in the Heritage and future of Small Towns and Landscapes
Paul Van Schoors (vzw Roosendael, Belgium)
An integral, durable and socially integrated approach: the Roosendael domain
Anna Achiola (Medieval Rose Association, Greece)
Historic Revivals and their Influence on Local Communities – Showcasing the Medieval Festival of Rhodes
Alexandra Kapetanovic & Snezana Pejovic (Montenegro)
Activities of NGOs in the field of cultural heritage in Montenegro: EXPEDITIO & NOTAR
Stephen Harrison (Manx National Heritage)
The Story of Mann – an expression of local, national and international value for heritage identity
David Baxter (Built Heritage Conservation Training Centre, Banffy Castle Bontida) & Csilla Hegedus (Transylvania Trust, Romania)
Community building through revitalising cultural heritage. Case Study: Transylvania Trust, Romania
Dirk Sturtewagen & Joris Capenberghs (Centrum Waerbeke, Belgium)
Communities of Practice around Silence, Quiet and Open Space in Flanders
Gerhard Ermischer (Spessart Projekt, Germany)
Cultural landscape as place for civil society engagement in heritage management

Workshop II: The people connection – Heritage & volunteers (chair: Marc Jacobs)

Sara Crofts (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, UK)
Faith in Maintenance – Helping Volunteers Care for Historic Places of Worship
Holger Rescher (German Foundation for Monument Protection)
So that the past has a future – the German Foundation for Monument Protection
Ans van den Berg (Stichting Vrienden van de West Brabantse Waterlinie, Netherlands)
Restoration of historic defence lines originating from the eighty years war
Philipp Breidenbach (Stowarzyszenie Wspólnota Kulturowa “Borussia” (culture community), Poland)
Between open-air museum and modern times
Pam Moore (TICCIH)
The Role of Volunteers from Civil Society in the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage of Europe
Liesbeth Thiers (CO7, Belgium)
‘Westhoek imag(in)es’: a regional image base made by volunteers
Tihana Stepinac Fabijanic (ECOVAST Croatia)
Restoring traditional buildings in Croatia
Gergely Palla (The Living Tradition Foundation, Hungary)
Civil organisations in the Hungarian folk culture

Workshop III: The trans-border connection – Heritage & networks (chair: Angus Fowler)

Angus Fowler (Germany)
Transnational Networks
Joan Munt & Adriaan Linters (EFAITH)
EFAITH: a network of European Industrial and Technical Associations
Pieter Caljé (Grensschap Albertkanaal, Netherlands-Belgium)
Grensschap Albertkanaal: a gaze protecting landscape values and creating cross border unity
Raphaël Souchier (ADD Europe, France)
Heritage Care through Active Citizenship: what does it take?
Tijl Vereenooghe (Belgium)
Towards an inventory of heritage organisations in Europe
Olivier Muzellec (Le Non Lieu, Roubaix)
Des ‘totems roubaisiens’ aux ‘beffrois du travail/belforten van de arbeid’
Anne-Sophie Buffat (Réseau Art Nouveau Network)
Réseau Art Nouveau Network: increasing civil society awareness of Art Nouveau heritage
Aleksandra Kapetanovic
South-East Europe Heritage Network (SEE Heritage)
Piret Noorhani (Baltic Heritage Network, Estonia)
Networking the Cultural Heritage of the Baltic Diaspora
Orane Proisy (Ministère de la Culture, France)
HEREIN – Le Réseau européen du patrimoine

Workshop IV: The transmission of cultural heritage: intangible heritage and heritage education (chairs: Renaud Albasini & Marianna Hajdukiewicz)

Pierre-Julien Canonne (ANCT Gannat, France)
Masques et Mascarades – Faces multiples d’Europe
Cyrill Renz (CIOFF Suisse)
Système d’Inventaire des expressions traditionnelles
CIOFF – Cultural Commission
Revitalisation des jeux traditionnels
Renaud Albasini (CIOFF)
Mutra Fondation for traditional music – Three countries one culture
Marianna Hajdukiewicz (Center for Citizenship Education, Poland):
Traces of the Past – Education for the Future
Darko Babic & Zeljka Miklosevic (University of Zagreb / Wind Rose Association, Croatia)
Heritage literacy
Daniel Pletinckx (Visual Dimension, Belgium)
The Future for our Past: ICT supports cultural heritage understanding
Karel Loeff (Netherlands)
Treasures of Amsterdam

Tuesday 24 March

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Hervé Glevarec (CNRS, France)
Le souci patrimonial amateur comme enracinement
Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović (Europa Nostra)
Building a structured dialogue between civil society and European decision makers
Kristin Kuutma (University of Tartu, Estonia)
Cultural Heritage and the Empowerment of Communities: Challenges of Representation and Politics
Daniel Thérond (Council of Europe – Directorate of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage)
Innovative approaches of the Faro Council of Europe Convention and shared responsibility for cultural heritage

WORKSHOPS

Workshop V: Call for action – Active citizenship in the field (chairs: Paul Van Schoors)

Judy Ling Wong (Black Environment Network)
Making (heritage) policy relevant for ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups
Aytekin Imranova (‘Protection of historic-cultural and natural heritage’ Public Control Committee, Azerbaijan)
Protection of historical-cultural and natural heritage in Azerbaijan and activities of NGOs
Elisabeth Seip (Fortidsminneforeningen, Norway)
Heritage Care and NGOs in a Changing Society
Karel Dendooven & Eva Van Hoye (Belgium)
Heritage NGOs in Flanders and the Flemish heritage policy

Workshop VI: Call for action – Active citizenship in the field (chairs: Rupert Strachwitz)

Bernhard Furrer (Switzerland)
L’ancrage des organisations volontaires dans la législation – un élément important pour leur perception par la société
Sandra Ferracuti (Simbdea, Italy)
Small, rebellious museums. Heritage awaiting a succession
Willem Heijbroek (Cultural Heritage Organization Heemschut, Netherlands)
Future listed buildings and ensembles from the reconstruction period (1940-1965) in the Netherlands
Peter Ressen & Luc Wolters (Oud Limburgse Schuttersfederatie, Belgium-Netherlands)
Push your government. The Old-Limburgian Schuttersfeast as intangible cultural heritage
Johan De Vriendt (Belgium)
Heritage Community Doel