On September 24th-26th the First Baltic Sea World Heritage Summit was hosted by the Municipality of Karlskrona, lead partner of the project DUNC. The Summit was organized in parallel with the Baltic Meeting Point, a forum dedicated to cities and municipalities in the South Baltic Region. The two events represented a unique occasion to discuss
The DUNC project aims at forming a lasting cooperation between Baltic Sea World Heritage sites, where we are stronger together and can support each other as close friends and colleagues. This way we will be able to better handle challenges regarding tourism, sustainability, business development and more. We are currently in the phase of really
Engagement of local communities to promote ‘ownership’ of their heritage sites and the idea of ‘common responsibility’ is one of DUNC´s core activities, but how can local communities explain their Heritage in an easy and effective way? This Video explains Karlsrona´s Heritage in one Minute!
One of the key activities of the DUNC project is to ensure that local residents and stakeholders play an active role in the UNESCO sites’ governance – so that their needs and ideas are taken into account within management plans and their sense of ownership towards their heritage sites is increased. During the past few
On the 05 December, DUNC attended the event Activating Cultural Heritage in Interreg organized by Interact. The event gave participants the opportunity for “exchange of insights with other programmes on cultural heritage in Interreg, and facilitates links to additional funding opportunities and additional cooperation alternatives with other European and international organisations”. The event attracted more
05-06 Dec 2018 The DUNC team gathered In the fabulous historic German city and World heritage site, Wismar, for the fourth all partner & stakeholder meeting. n the fabulous city of Wismar, Germany. Joining us were our German associated partners, the National Park Vorpommern Authority and for the first time, The Office of the Southeast
04 – 06 September, DUNC held a 3-day partner meeting on the Swedish Island of Öland. Joining us for the first time were our new German partners, the Tourist Boards of Stralsund and Wismar and a number of DUNC’s associated partners including representatives from the National Park Kurshskaya Kosa, RU. The meeting focused on touristic
World Heritage ambassadorship took center stage in Karlskrona What does it mean to be an ambassador for a World Heritage Site like Karlskrona? What has been done in this regard previously, and how do we move forward to create sustainable ambassadorship? These and other questions were discussed on stage in the Karlskrona Concert Hall today,
DUNC participated in the annual conference, ‘Baltic Meeting Point’ last week (1st-3rdAugust) in Karlskrona, Sweden to discuss the regional benefits of cooperation between cities and World Heritage sites and the future inclusion of Baltic Sea heritage site managers and stakeholders at the conference – an initiative that was really appreciated by the participants. “As representatives
During the week 18th- 24nd June, Berlin was the centre stage for the pinnacle 5 day event of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. Dunc participated in the interactive workshop, ‘ contribution of Tourism Promotion to Cultural Heritage’, organised by the European Travel Commission (ETC) and Europa Nostra. Lively discussions focused on