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Statement concerning election campaign banners
The Georgian National Committee of Blue Shield responds to election campaign banners of the ruling party of Georgia, which feature images of buildings damaged or destroyed during the war in Ukraine, including cultural heritage sites. It is unacceptable to use these...
The opening of the exhibition – “Traditions of the Didi Liakhvi Valley – Village Kekvi” was held in Gori
On the 7th of august, the opening of the exhibition – “Traditions of the Didi Liakhvi Valley – Village Kekvi” was held in Gori. The photos and texts presented at the exhibition allow the visitor to learn about the rich cultural heritage of the...
The training of trainers “First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis”
The training of trainers “First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis” was organized by Blue Shield Georgia in Tbilisi. 11 trainers from the field of cultural heritage and the Georgian National Guard participated in the four-day training....
A webinar “IDP organizations and coalition building”
A webinar “IDP organizations and coalition building” was organized by the Blue Shield Georgia and the Penn Cultural Heritage Center. The webinar was held within the framework of the “Protection of Cultural Heritage of Occupied Regions – Phase...
Statement on the Sokhumi National Gallery Fire
Joint Statement by the National Committees of Blue Shield and ICOM Georgia Regarding the Fire at the National Gallery of Sukhumi. We express our deep concern and sorrow in response to the devastating fire that occurred at the National Art Gallery in Sokhumi on...
Conference ‘Cultural Rights, Heritage Destruction, and the Future of Ukraine’ December, 2023
On December 4-8, Penn Cultural Heritage Center (Penn Cultural Heritage Center) organized a conference “Cultural Rights, Heritage Destruction, and the Future of Ukraine”, in Philadelphia, USA. A group of Cultural Heritage experts from Ukraine spoke about the damage to...
The statement about the armed attack carried out by the Russian occupation forces near the Lomisa church in the village of Kirbali
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New youth volunteering project – “Cultural Heritage First Aid in Crisis”
“First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis – Youth Volunteering Program” aims to expand the network of cultural heritage defenders in emergency situations within the country. The project involves retraining a team of trainers and with their...
Preliminary Study of the Collections at Kaspi Municipality Museums has started
With funding from the International Alliance for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Conflict Regions – ALIPH foundation, special studies are being conducted on the current state of the museum collections of Kaspi Municipality. In order to create...
Statement by the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield about the state of cultural heritage sites located in the occupied territories of Georgia
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State of cultural heritage in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Preliminary Observations
Cultural Heritage Sites By 2005, the wall paintings on the South wall containing the depiction of Bagrat III were severely damaged in the Bedia Cathedral (10th century). The cathedral is in poor physical condition as the roof is leaking, the walls have cracks and are...
The chairperson of GNCBS participated in the second Tbilisi Women’s International Conference
On July 1, Manana Tevzadze, the chairperson of the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield, participated in the second Tbilisi Women’s International Conference and spoke about the activities of the Blue Shield Georgia at the thematic panel Women...
Werestling tradition in Kekhvi
Duro Kakhniashvili tells us about the favorite entertainment activity of the occupied native village, which brought Ossetians and Georgians together. “Ossetians also came from Tskhinvali, they also wrestled… We respected each other very much… We hung...
Fishing
The war changed many things, but not the favorite activity. Roin Kakhniashvili tells us about his hometown and fishing. The video sketches were prepared for the preservation of the intangible cultural heritage of the occupied Tskhinvali region and will be posted on a...
Angels Day
The wish for the Angels Day is the same every year – the dream of every person from Kekhvi is to celebrate the holiday on their native land. When and how was the tradition celebrated? To talk about it, Nino Nadiradze hosted us at home, where she prepared boiled...
Beer Brewing for Village Day
At home, there was a different joy to all this… Here, when May 20 comes, my heart breaks rather than being happy…” – Ketevan Lomsadze. People displaced from Kekhvi celebrate May 20 to this day, far from their homeland. Our host shared the...
Focus group meeting in Koda
Within the framework of the project “Protection of Intangible Heritage of the Occupied Regions”, a focus group meeting was held in Koda with the population of the occupied village of Kekhvi. IDPs from Kekvi spoke about the traditions and customs of their...
Focus Group meeting in Tserovani
Within the framework of the project “Protection of the Intangible Heritage of the Occupied Regions”, a meeting was held with the displaced population from the Didi Liakhvi Valley in the youth house in Tserovani. The purpose of the meeting with the focus...
GNCBS at the ALIPH Foundation (“International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas”) forum
On March 6-7, 2023, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the ALIPH Foundation (“International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas”) forum #ALIPH2023 was held, in which the chairman of the National Committee of Blue Shield of Georgia,...
Presentation of the Report on Occupied Georgian Heritage at Newcastle University
On March 3, 2023, at Newcastle University in Great Britain, the presentation of the English-language report by the National Committee of Blue Shield of Georgia – “Implementation of international humanitarian law for the protection of the cultural heritage...
Seminar – “The Role of Communities in the Cultural Heritage Field”.
Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield, together with the Penn Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC), conducted a seminar – “The role of communities in the cultural heritage field”. The workshop was led by cultural anthropologists from the...
Blue Shield at the international conference “Heritage in War: Plan and Prepare”
Manana Tevzadze, the Chair of Blue Shield Georgia participated in the international conference “Heritage in War: Plan and Prepare” which was held on February 28 in London, at the invitation of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s “Culture in...
Presentation of new publication and project achievements
We are delighted to share a new online publication prepared by the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield – Georgian translation of “First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis” – Handbook and Toolkit by ICCROM and Prince Claus Fund. ...
Presentation of the Report about Cultural Heritage in the Tskhinvali Region
The presentation of the report by the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield – “Implementation of International Humanitarian Law for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of the Occupied Tskhinvali Region” and the launch of the online...
Statement concerning the demolition of a historic bridge in Tskhinvali
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Preserving the Cultural Heritage of the Occupied Regions (Tskhinvali Region- PCHOR) Project
The National Committee of Blue Shield of Georgia is pleased to inform that in June 2022, the organization’s proposal “Protection of the Cultural Heritage of the Occupied Regions” (Tskhinvali Region-PCHOR) received a grant from the US Embassy in...
A new Project “Protection of Intangible Heritage of Occupied Regions”
Since March 2022 the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield has been implementing a new project “Protection of Intangible Heritage of Occupied Regions”. The project was made possible by Cultural Emergency Response Program grant (CER). The partners...
Blue Shield participated in the inter-agency field exercise “Racha – 2022”
On September 18, 2022, Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield participated in the inter-agency field exercise “Racha – 2022” organized by the National Guard of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia and the Emergency Management Service of the...
The two year project -Planning for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Gori, Georgia was successfully concluded
The project was financed by the international fund Aliph and started in January 2020. In the conditions of the pandemic, various activities and works planned within the framework of the project were delayed, but not stopped. On June 29, the members of the Blue Shield...
Civil-Military Training
The four-day theoretical and practical training “Protection of Cultural Heritage during the Armed Conflict” was held on May 17-18 at the National Guard HQ in Tbilisi, and on May 19-20, at the Sergi Makalatia Historical-Ethnographic Museum in Gori, where a...
A Stakeholder Meeting in Gori
On November 11, in the Art House in Gori, Georgian National Committee of Blue Shield organized a stakeholder meeting on the development of a disaster risk management plan for the Sergi Makalatia Historical and Ethnographic Museum in Gori. During the meeting, the...
A working meeting in Gori Museum
On June 22, a working meeting was held at the Sergi Makalatia Historical-Ethnographic Museum in Gori within the framework of the project “Planning for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Gori, Georgia”. The museum was provided with professional photo studio...
Statement on Museum of Fine Arts in Tbilisi
Joint appeal by Georgian National Committee of Blue Shield, ICOMOS Georgia and ICOM Georgia to the following international organizations: ICOMOS, ICOM, Blue Shield International, Europa Nostra, and World Monuments Fund: We would like to draw your attention to the...
Statement regarding the building and collections of the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts
Joint statement by ICOM Georgia, ICOMOS Georgia and Georgian National Committee of Blue Shield Regarding the building of the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts and the collections preserved in it. We would like to draw the attention of the general public to the...
First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Training held in Gori
On July 14-16, the Sergi Makalatia Historical-Ethnographic Museum in Gori hosted a training on the topic – First Aid for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis. The three-day training was led by Ms. Rebecca Kennedy, a cultural heritage first aid expert from the...
Blue Shield participated in field training “Paldo-2021”
On July 2nd, GNCBS joined “Paldo-2020”- a joint field exercise by the Georgian National Guard and the Emergency Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. As part of the exercise, the team coordinated the emergency protection...
International conference “Protection of Cultural Heritage on Occupied Territories: Georgia and International Experience”
The international conference “Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Occupied Territories: Georgia and International Experience” will be held on June 24-25. The conference will be held entirely online. National Georgian Committee of the Blue Shield is a...
Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield meeting with EUMM
On September 29, Manana Tevzadze, the chairperson of Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield, met with representatives of the Gori field Office of European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM). The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the monitoring...
The first working meeting with government agencies within the framework of the “Planning for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Gori” project
Today, on July 29, the first working meeting was held within the framework of the ongoing project of Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield “Planning for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Gori, Georgia” with government agencies responsible for the...
Preventive Conservation Training in Gori
June 29 – July 1, Georgian National Committee of Blue Shield held a training on “Preventive Conservation of Museum Collections” for the staff of Shida Kartli museums within the framework of the project “Planning for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Gori,...
“Planning for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Gori, Georgia” – Remote working mode
Blue Shield Georgia, with the support from ALIPH Foundation (International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas) launches two-year project titled “Planning for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Gori, Georgia” in Gori Sergi Makalatia...
Call for papers for the international conference: “Protection of Cultural Heritage Across Occupied Territories of Georgia: International Practices and Regional Application.”
Call for papers for the international conference: “Protection of Cultural Heritage Across Occupied Territories of Georgia: International Practices and Regional Application.” Deadline for Abstract submission is March 10th, 2020 . The conference will be held...
Blue Shield signs agreement with International Committee of the Red Cross
Signing of the MoU, 13 February 2020, Geneva. © ICRC 2020 From left to right: Benjamin Charlier (ICRC), Peter Stone (Vice-President of Blue Shield / Newcastle University), Karl von Habsburg (President of Blue Shield), Helen Durham (ICRC), Yves Daccord (Director...
European Night of museums at Tbilisi Chess Palace and Alpine Club
Location: Tbilisi Chess Palace and Alpine Club Date: 18.05.19 Within the scope of European Night of museums initiative GNCBS has announced a call for professional and Amateur photographers to collect photos depicting late soviet modernist architecture in Georgia....
Workshop: Creation of the concept of interpretation center for Tbilisi Chess Palace and Alpine Club
Date :11.05.2019 Location: Tbilisi Chess Palace and Alpine Club, Alpine club office The workshop was held within the framework of the project “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Modern Architecture in Georgia” and aimed at enhancing the skills of...
Adaptive Reuse Workshop – Finding Compatible Uses for Modern Icons
Date: 03.06.2019-07.06.2019 Location: Tbilisi Chess Palace and Alpine Club, Alpine club office The workshop was held within the framework of the project “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Modern Architecture in Georgia” and it aimed at capacity building,...
An international conference – “Protection of the cultural heritage across the occupied territories of Georgia: International Practices and Regional Application”
Photo: Salome Meladze, Tsunari church, XIVth c. Detail The George Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation, TSU History and Ethnology institute, Korneli Kekelidze National Center of Manuscripts of the Georgian National...
Project – “Planning for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Gori, Georgia” is one of the winners of international grant competition of Fund ALIPH
Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield is pleased to inform wider public about becoming a recipient of The International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas (ALIPH) Fund to undertake a project “Planning for the Safeguarding of...
TAIEX Expert Mission on Risk Management for Movable and Immovable Monuments during Emergency Situations
On 2-4 December 2019, with the initiative of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia and with the support of TAIEX, the mission of international experts on the protection and risk management of immovable and movable monuments of the Georgian...
A Public lecture on safeguarding late soviet modernist architecture
On September 26,2019 a public lecture dedicated to the Importance of preservation of late soviet modernist architectural heritage will be held in the Auditorium of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. On the lecture invited expert spoke about the importance...
A Seminar on the importance of safeguarding late modernist soviet architectural heritage
On September 24, 2019, with the initiative of the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield at Tbilisi Chess Palace and Alpine club was organized a one-day seminar “Preserving Modernist Architectural heritage and the Importance of it’s Adaptation based on...
Seminar and public lecture on the importance of safeguarding late Soviet modernist architectural heritage
On September 24, 2019, with the initiative of the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield will be organized a one-day seminar “Preserving Modernist Architecture and the Importance of their Adaptation based on the Example of Best Practices”. The...
9th Regional Training for South Caucasus Museums – Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis
In 9th regional training for South Caucasus Museums – “Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis”, that took place at Georgian National Museum, between July 17 and 19, Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield was involved as a partner...
Community Centered Tools for Sustaining Cultural Heritage and Building Disaster Resilience
The field trip planned within the scope of the Joint project of Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield and International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) , ” Community Centred Tools for Sustaining...
Training in First aid to Cultural heritage in times of crisis at National Archives of Georgia
The training in First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis took place on April 24th and May 1st 2019, at National Archives of Georgia. It was conducted by alumnae of international training course “First aid to cultural heritage in Times of Crisis”...
Tbilisi Chess Palace and Alpine Club was listed as an immovable cultural heritage monument
Photo: Private Archive German Gudushauri We are delighted to inform you that on the basis of an application by Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield, according to the Order of Georgian Government on May 27, 2019, the Tbilisi Chess Palace and the Alpine Club...Chess Palace and Alpine Club _ video history
Film was commissioned by the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield as part of the project “Conservation of late Modernist Architecture and it’s Sustainable Use in Georgia”. Supported by the Getty Foundation through it’s “Keeping it Modern” initiative.
Chess Palace and Alpine Club photo exhibition – Call for Participation
Tbilisi Chess Palace and Alpine Club by Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili and Germane Ghudushauri opened in 1973 in Tbilisi, Georgia and is one of the most remarkable buildings from Late Soviet Modernist architecture. Since its opening, the Tbilisi Chess Palace and Alpine Club...
TBILISI CHESS PALACE AND ALPINE CLUB ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF GETTY FOUNDATION’S 2018 KEEPING IT MODERN GRANTS
Photo: Lasha Shartava We are pleased to inform you that Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield received a architectural conservation grant from The Getty Foundation dedicated to significant 20th century buildings as part of its Keeping It Modern initiative....
As scientists report, Christ’s tomb has been unsealed after centuries
After removing the marble tiles the limestone walls of Christ’s tomb and the place where he was put after crucifixion came to light. This is the first time after 1555 when we are able to see the tomb walls. As the experts state the original structure of the grave has remained the same.
Planned Construction on Gomi Street, which Changes the Scape of the Quarter
The Council of Cultural Heritage of Tbilisi Architecture Service has affirmed the construction of three-storey building project. According to the document the consent has been given for the adjustment of the roof.
German Villages Lost in Tbilisi
Next year, it will be two centuries since the first man from Baden-Württemberg stepped onto Georgian soil and founded the first German colony nearby Tbilisi together with other 30 families. It is, understandably, hard to imagine that Swabians from Wurttemberg traveled thousands of kilometers and played a comprehensive role in the contemporary socio-economic life of Tbilisi.