[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n Preserving the Cultural Heritage of the Occupied Regions (Tskhinvali Region- PCHOR) Project<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Project Duration<\/b>: September 2022- July 2023<\/em><\/p>\n The partners of the project:<\/strong> Didi Liakhvi Valley Museum-Reserve (DLVMS) and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC).<\/em><\/p>\n The PCHOR Project maintains a primary goal: To empower Georgian IDPs by promoting awareness of their shared cultural heritage, investing in the resilience of cultural identity, and encouraging a newfound investment in the cultural heritage of Georgia\u2019s occupied regions.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n Cultural Emergency Response<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n \u201cProtection of Intangible Heritage of Occupied Regions\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Project Duration<\/b>: March 2022 – June 2023<\/em><\/p>\n The partners of the project:<\/strong> Historical-Cultural Heritage Protection Center \u2013 a local NGO and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC).<\/em><\/p>\n The project aims to preserve the intangible heritage of the internally displaced population from the Tskhinvali region. It is a pilot project and at the initial stage, it focuses on the population displaced from the village of Kekhvi.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n ALIPH Foundation<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n “Planning for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Gori, Georgia”<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n Project Duration<\/b>: March 2020 – March 2022<\/em><\/p>\n Partners of the project:<\/b> Municipality of Gori, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Georgia, Georgian National Agency for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, The Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, The Ministry of Defense National Guard.<\/em><\/p>\n The International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n The International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas (ALIPH) provides concrete support for the protection and reconstruction of cultural heritage in conflict zones and post-conflict situations. The Alliance was founded in March 2017.<\/p>\n Project by Blue Shield will aim at establishing a Disaster Risk Management Plan for armed conflict for the Gori Museum, documenting it\u2019s collections, improving storage conditions, enhancing capacity in preventive conservation and in first aid\u00a0to cultural heritage of the Gori and other shida Kartli museum staff. The project will also address enhancing civil-military cooperation among state authorities responsible for the protection of cultural heritage.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n The Getty Foundation<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n Conservation of Modernist Architecture and its Sustainable Use in Georgia<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Project duration : <\/i><\/b>September 2018 \u2013 February 2020 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Partners:<\/i><\/b>Tbilisi City Municipality, Georgian Chess Federation and the Alpine Club.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n The <\/span>Getty Foundation\u2019s <\/b>grant, under it\u2019s <\/span>Keeping It Modern initiative<\/a><\/b> is to support research and preparation of conservation plan and maintenance recommendations for Chess Palace and Alpine Club in Tbilisi, Georgia, designed by famous Georgian architects Vladimir Aleksi-Meskhishvili and Germane Gudushauri. <\/span><\/p>\n The aim of the project is: To develop a first ever conservation plan for a late Soviet Modernism building in Tbilisi which will serve as a prototype for other similar period buildings, to facilitate future proper restoration, conservation and continued maintenance of a late Soviet Modernism style building; Awareness raising on the values of late Soviet Modernism period architecture among city authorities and wider Georgian public through listing the site and carrying out public awareness activities with the help of international experts and use of various types of media; Training young architects and heritage professionals in documentation and conservation planning processes. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n Implementing the 1954 Hague Convention and its two protocols to protect heritage sites in occupied territories of Georgia<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n Project Duration:<\/i><\/b> June 1st, 2018 \u2013 March 31, 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Partner: <\/i><\/b>University of Newcastle, School of Arts & Cultures,Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences (HaSS) <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Project activities include: Collation and translation of documents relating to the state of conservation and protection of heritage sites in Georgia\u2019s occupied territories from media, governmental institutions, and others. Mapping the data to understand which heritage sites have been affected during the conflict. Review of the data with University of Newcastle and identification of paths for future work, Translation of the data into English; Development of a case study (occupied Georgia) examining implementation and effectiveness of Article 9 of the 1999 Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/strong><\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n Strengthening Common Engagement and Mutual Support in Raising Awareness of World Cultural Heritage Values<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Project Duration: <\/i><\/b>October-December 2017 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Partner:<\/i><\/b> World Heritage Watch e.V. (Germany)\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n GNCBS as one of the partners out 3 seminars in Georgia\u2019s world heritage sites, in Kutaisi, Mestia and Mtskheta. The seminars were attended by the staff of cultural institutions, like the museum and library, secondary school teachers, students, journalists and local government officials as well as heritage activists and local population. Within the scope of the project, BNCBS participated in the journalists\u2019 exchange by selecting and sending one journalist to Ukraine and hosting one from Russia. The selected journalist from Georgia travelled to Ukraine for a study visit and met with various stakeholders, had interviews with museum and heritage site management staff. Her article about the World Heritage situation in Kiev was published online in Tabula newspaper. Journalist from the St. Petersburg journal \u201cGorod\u201d travelled to Georgia. GNCBS arranged his meetings, excursions and interviews in Mtskheta, Tbilisi and Kutaisi. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Prince Claus Fund Cultural Emergency Response (CER)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Emergency response to mold outbreak at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Library<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Project Duration: <\/strong>December 2016 \u2013 March 2017<\/em><\/p>\n Partners:\u00a0<\/strong>Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Library<\/em><\/p>\n The aims of the project included:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Swedish Institute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Cultural Heritage at Risk Engaging Civil Society and Media<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Project Duration:\u00a0<\/strong>April 2016\u00a0– January 2017<\/em><\/p>\n Partners<\/strong>:\u00a0Cultural Heritage without Borders \u2013 CHwB (Sweden and Albania)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The aim of the project was\u00a0to raise awareness on the protection of heritage in a wider public; Strengthening Cultural Heritage Society Platform (CHSP);\u00a0as well as informing young people about heritage protection and management issues.<\/p>\n Within the framework of the project, was developed\u00a0\u00a0action plan and communication strategy for Cultural Heritage Society Platform, round table discussions around the issues of cultural heritage protection,\u00a0 journalists with the best\u00a0 material prepared on cultural heritage were awarded and\u00a0 a “Heritage Club” was created.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Forum Syd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Youth Heritage Activists\u2019 Camp<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Project Duration: <\/strong>April-October 2016<\/em><\/p>\n Partners<\/strong>:\u00a0Cultural Heritage without Borders \u2013 CHwB (Sweden and Albania)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Young Activists Heritage Camp” was aiming at increase the involvement of young people in the field of cultural and natural resources, at developing their skills as activists in order to increase civic\u00a0awareness on the values \u200b\u200bof heritage, conservation, sustainable use and risk management.<\/p>\n Under the scope of the project was\u00a0a 4 day intensive training\u00a0was conducted, dedicated to\u00a0conservation, management, sustainable use and protection of cultural and natural resources, as well as to sharing experience in heritage protection campaigns\u00a0in different countries.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Prince Claus Fund Cultural Emergency Response (CER)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Enhance the capacity of Mtskheta museum reserve staff in risk preparedness and emergency response action\u00a0<\/strong> Project <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Duration: <\/strong>September 2015 – January,2016 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Partners:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>WATCH International\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Within the framework of the project a 2 day introductory training in risk preparedness and risk mitigation measures for museums professionals from Mtskheta and Shida Kartli region was held in the town of Gori on October 21-22nd<\/sup>, 2015.<\/span> Recommendations for a risk-preparedness for Mtskheta Archaeological Museum\u2019s new building were developed.<\/span> Project Partner: WATCH International and Georgian National Agency for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Swedish Institute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/EyuUHzH_400x400.jpg\")
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