The network of UNESCO recognised values Erasmus Project

Project Title

The network of UNESCO recognised values

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

Europe is well known worldwide for its diverse cultural values including intangible cultural heritage (ICH) – the knowledge, practices and traditions of European citizens. The importance of ICH was legally recognized with the Convention for the Safeguarding of the ICH adopted by UNESCO General Conference in 2003 (entered into force in 2006). The safeguarding of the ICH contributes to different aspects of sustainable development of rural regions in Europe. Cultural heritage, creative industries, sustainable cultural tourism and cultural infrastructure contribute to improved income and job opportunities. The promotion of the ICH directly benefits communities and helps in strengthening identity as well as cultural diversity, skill development and developing creative enterprises.
The organisations of four European countries – Latvia, Estonia, North Macedonia and Georgia – representing different cultural values (but all related to musical traditions), included in UNESCO list of ICH – created a partnership to join forces and share experience from several countries in order to provide better understanding of what are the best ways and methods to channel the knowledge to those who need it – people practising UNESCO included traditions.
Project partners althought different size and scope, yet they shared similar aims and target groups. Bearers of the ICH elements were direct project target group. All organisations have had long-term experience of working with them in each country. The education of bearers of ICH have been improved directly through such project activities as created educational materials and seminars, but also indirectly – through capacity building of the partner organisations – adult educators. The main project objective were achieved by different activities.
Ethnic Culture Centre Suiti Foundation oversaw the overall management and implementation of project activities by all project partner organisations. Each partner organisation set up a local project management team. Issues pertaining to project implementation and achievement of expected project results were discussed with partners during transnational project meetings.
In order to exchange methods and best practices among participating organizations and countries, four Short-term joint staff training events took place in all partner countries.
During the course of the project, several outputs were developed:
1. Online booklet (one joint material)- the summary of best practise examples from all partner countries (for distribution among bearers of the ICH) – prepared together by all project partners;
2. The summary (four materials in total) of each partner country’s national support system for ICH – prepared by each project partner;
3. Proposals (one joint material) for the implementation of new innovative methods and approaches.
The developed materials are printable and available online for public at the project partners’ web sites free of charge.
Various dissemination activities also were organised, including local seminars in all partner countries where project results were presented to a broader audience. In addition, social media (Facebook) and partners’ web sites were used to inform about achievements in the project and to promote the developed materials.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 106771 Eur

Project Coordinator

Ethnic Culture Centre Suiti Foundation & Country: LV

Project Partners

• Kihnu Cultural Space Foundation
• GEORGIAN ARTS & CULTURE CENTER FOUNDATION
• The National Committee of The International Council of Traditional Music of Macedonia Skopje