Project

To get together - Enhancement of the capacities of displaced communities from Ukraine living in Slovakia through living heritage

Benefitting country(ies): Slovakia

Implemented by the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, this twenty-month project aims to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage of Ukrainian communities temporarily displaced in Slovakia and raise awareness of the important role of living heritage safeguarding for forcefully displaced communities. The project is based on the outcomes of the UNESCO project ‘Assessing the n

Assessing the needs of living heritage safeguarding among displaced communities from Ukraine in five neighboring countries: Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia

Benefitting country(ies): Hungary Poland Republic of Moldova Romania Slovakia Ukraine

In April 2022, UNESCO launched a community-based needs identification for safeguarding living heritage among communities, groups and individuals from Ukraine displaced by the war. Focus was given to five neighbouring countries, which were receiving most refugees in the first weeks and months of the war: Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The project was developed following the recommendations of the first

  • Project budget:
    US$ 57,800
  • Source:
    Heritage Emergency Fund
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/04/2022 - 01/09/2022

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

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:

  • Project budget:
    US$ 349,650
  • Source:
    European Union
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/01/2019 - 30/06/2021
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