2018 - European Year of Cultural Heritage: Engaging youth for an inclusive and sustainable Europe

Benefitting country(ies): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Overview:

__UNESCO__ and the __European Union__ have teamed up for a new project to strengthen the connections between young people, cultural heritage and education. The project proposes an innovative approach to education by inviting teachers and learners to explore their living heritage and learn not only about it, but also with and through it. Moreover, the UNESCO-EU initiative will bring together ›››

News and activities:

• 2021-09-24 – Teaching and learning with living heritage: Lessons learnt from the joint UNESCO/EU pilot project for Slovak and Czech speaking teachers
• 2021-09-22 – Slovak and Czech-speaking teachers are celebrating Slovakia’s 15th anniversary of the ratification of the Convention

The Safeguarding and Revitalization of Lithuanian Cross Crafting and Its Symbolism: Phase I of the Action Plan

Benefitting country(ies): Lithuania

Overview:

Cross-crafting in Lithuania includes making crosses and altars and performing the rituals consecrating those crosses. Placed on roadsides at village entrances, near monuments and in cemeteries, and linked to Catholic ceremonies and harvest celebrations, crosses are a symbol of the unity of the community. Under this project, both cross crafting practitioners and data collectors were trained with the help of ›››