Project leader: Local Democracy Agency Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina

Partners: LDA Sisak, Croatia; LDA Subotica, Serbia ; Association des Agences de la Democratie Locale Strasbourg, France; LDA Knjaževac, Serbia ; LDA Prijedor, Bosnia and Hercegovina ; LDA Nikšić, Montenegro; Omma Studio, Heraklion, Greece ; LDA Zavidovići, Bosnia and Hercegovina ; LDA Albania, Vlora, Albania

Project implementation time: 1 January 2019– 30 June 2020 

Grant value: 148.680,00 €

Donor: EU, Europe for Citizens Program

The project aims to deepen the connection between people from 10 communities from 3 EU Member States (Croatia, France, Greece) and 4 non-EU countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania) and the cultural heritage that surrounds them, as well as to raise awareness of the connections and place that their own cultural heritage occupies in the tapestry of Europe’s rich and diverse cultural heritage. Activities are: international events bringing together all partners (Caen / Normandy, France; Knjazevac, Serbia; Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and local events in 9 communities. The activities are designed to reach 750 direct and 100,000 indirect participants, have a strong European dimension and address three of the four themes of the European Year of Cultural Heritage: engagement (the practice of approaching European cultural heritage, history and shared values ​​of people; direct involvement of young people in dialogue with national and non-state cultural actors on the policy of promoting and preserving cultural heritage, exploring cultural heritage and creating artistic reinterpretation, engaging the general public with those reinterpretations), sustainability (building public, industrial, religious or military heritage from the ground up, responsible and sustainable tourism developed around cultural heritage) and innovation (education and training for traditional crafts to encourage participation and social innovation).

Project Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CulturalHeritageLINK/

The views expressed in this text are sole responsibility of the LDA Sisak and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

Posts about Croatian heritage on the project Facebook page:

Croatian traditional jewelry

Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys – UNESCO Intangible Heritage in Croatia

The smallest city in the world

Matoš on the Bench

Living money of Croatian history: Kuna

Croat’s warm heart: Licitar

A fortress that changed the course of history

First Industrial Heritage Interpretation Centre in Croatia opend in Sisak!

Exhibition “Industrial heritage of the town of Sisak – past and present” in Brussels

Sisak Metal Fest 2019.

Čigoč / Croatia – the first European village of the storks

Festival željezara (eng. Ironworks Festival) 

Dutch house in Sisak 

Exibition in Sisak Munucipal Museum: “Fragments of the Childhood in Sisak – Toys from Kraker Family”

Striegl City Gallery / „Shared Space“