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 Georgia, within its Cultural Small Grants Programme. The project was launched in September of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n
The Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield, working with the Penn Museum Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC) of the University of Pennsylvania, and its local partner\u00a0 Didi Liakhvi Valley Museum-Reserve (DLVMS) located in the town of Gori will pursue three project objectives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Objective 1<\/strong>: Engage in an exchange of expertise between Georgia and the United States on the preservation of cultural heritage; <\/p>\n\n\n\n Objective 2<\/strong>: Increase awareness of United States cultural heritage preservation policies; and <\/p>\n\n\n\n Objective 3<\/strong>: Preserve the cultural heritage of the Tskhinvali Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to achieve these objectives following activities will be implemented <\/p>\n\n\n\n Activity 1: Creating Communities for the Cultural Heritage of the Tskhinvali Region.\u00a0<\/strong>This activity aims to strengthen a communal sense of shared cultural heritage through group meetings. <\/strong>Intended for families of all ages, it will provide a space where IDP youth and adults can reflect on the role of heritage in shaping their personal history and identity. Video documentation of selected 2-3 storytellers will be turned into three short films that will serve as educational material and be used beyond the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Activity 2: Raising Awareness of Georgia\u2019s Cultural Heritage Among Youth.<\/strong> This Activity offers an educational program for the youth that will encourage them to learn about Georgia\u2019s cultural heritage sites and intangible practices and their importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Activity 3: Strengthening International Exchanges Between the U.S. and Georgia for Cultural Heritage. <\/strong>Throughout the grant period, the project partners will host virtual professional workshops that bring together Georgian and U.S.-based heritage professionals. At the end of the project, the partners will convene at an in-person wrap-up meeting held in Tbilisi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 Georgia, within its Cultural Small Grants Programme. The project was launched in September of this year. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[943,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9416"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9420,"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9416\/revisions\/9420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshield.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}