1.Activities of non-governmental organizationsin the field of cultural heritage in Montenegro examples of NOTAR & EXPEDITIO EXPEDITIO Center for SustainableSpatial DevelopmentKotor | Montenegro Heritage Care through Active Citizenship March 23, 2009 | Mechelen Workshop IThe local connection - Heritage, place & communities Aleksandra Kapetanovi

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CONTENTS:

AboutMontenegro

• • Heritage | potentials

• • Heritage care | treats

Activities of NGOs in the field of cultural heritage

Examples of

• NOTAR-Centre for preservation and presentationof Kotor'sdocumentary heritage

• EXPEDITIO-Centre for SustainableSpatial Development

3. About Montenegroheritage | potentials >>> 4.

Montenegro

13 812 km2

670 000 inhabitants

climate - Mediterranean & continental/ Alpine

Protected sites/areas: 360 Listed cultural sites, 4 National Parks, 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

5. + + + + + + BOKA KOTORSKA BAY SOUTH ADRIATIC COAST SKADAR LAKE CENTRAL AREA NORTH MONTENEGRO MONTENEGRO EAST MONTENEGRO Kotor region Durmitor natural and cultural-historic area natural areaCultural Heritage 6. Boka Kotorska 7. Unique combination of natural and cultural value: >>> UNESCO World Heritage List region of Kotor inscribed in 1979 as a natural and cultural historical area>>> List of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Boka Kotorska inscribed in 2000 (among 32 most beautiful bays in the world) 8. Kotor 9. Kotor Kotor 10. Perast | Boka Kotorska 11. Dobrota | Boka Kotorska 12. Central Montenegro 13. Cetinje | Old Montenegrin capital 14. Archaeological sites | Duklja 15. Fortifications Onogost Medieval Town 16. Skadar lake | National park 17. 18. Villages and Rural Areas Many villages in Montenegro have been abandoned.Godinje, Skadar Lake 19. Lov en | National park 20. 21. North part 22. Monastery Mora a 23. Husein Pasha Mosque,Pljevlja 24. 25. 26. Zabljak Old tombstones 27. 28. 29. 30. Movable Heritage paintingssculptures dishes books Diatreta,Roman glass vessel, Pljevlja 31. Intangible Heritagetradition customs music 32. Cultural landscape 33. 34. About Montenegro heritage care| threats >>> 35.

Lack of national program and strategy for the development of cultural heritage

Incompatibility of existing laws

Incoherent and ineffective conservation system

Capacity, lack of professional staff

Transition period

Weak institutional system

Investment pressure

Uncontrolled urbanization

Heritage is not integrated into the planning system / strategic and spatial

Factors that influence heritage care 36. Vrmac, Boka Kotorska (UNESCO) Unregulated planning 37. Bigova, Boka Kotorska Uncontrolled building 38. 39. Sutomore Illegal building DANILOVGRAD ~30% ABLJAK ~36% HERCEG NOVI~3-5% ROAJE ~64,70% PLAV ~30% PLJEVLJA ~30% TIVAT ~10% BUDVA no information available* analysis by Expeditio 40. Dobrilovina . not appropriate new interventions 41. quarry 2008 Perast, Boka Kotorska (UNESCO) Denying and t ransferringcompetenciesInefficient work of inspection 42. New development in Kotor 2006 (?!?)threats ! 43. and m uchmore 44. Activities ofNGOsin the field of cultural heritage in Montenegro >>> 45. over recent years NGOs very active & has had an important role in creating an open and sound civil society 46. 47.

Mostly :

Presentation and promotion of heritage

Pointing out the problems and potentials of cultural heritage

Research and valorisation of heritage

Some of them:

Fostering tradition

Restoration and maintenance

Projects implemented by the NGOsactive in the heritage field

Small local NGOs

Professional NGOs

Just few:

Education about heritage

Management

Fostering traditional crafts

48. Traditional manifesatations 49. Exhibitions 50. Information boards , Perast 51. Brochures, leaflets, maps 52. 53. Publications 54. Internet presen t ations 55. 56. 57. 58. Examples ofNOTAR and EXPEDITIO >>> 59.

Both organisations seated in Kotor |

Boka Kotorska | on UNESCO World Heritage List

exceptional cultural landscape

about 40% movable cultural heritage of Montenegro

NOTAR-Centre for preservation and presentation of Kotor'sdocumentary heritage EXPEDITIO-Centre for SustainableSpatial Development 60. NOTAR - Centre for preservation and presentationof Kotor's documentary heritage >>> 61. > much more attention has been paid to protection of immovable heritage and not to documentary heritage 62.

NOTAR- Centre for preservation and presentationof Kotor's documentary heritagefounded in 1999

archival and librarian specialists

overcoming of shortcomings of state institutions

adequate preservation and presentation of written sources and early printed materialdeposited within cultural institutions of the state, church and private archives and libraries

In this moment NOTAR is only one organization dealing with that kind of cultural heritage in Montenegro

63. Heritage in danger 64.

Activities >>>

Conference - Church archives and libraries

Summer School of Paleography, Diplomatics and Archival Science

Current >>>

digitizing of the oldest handwritten and early printed material deposited within cultural institutions and private archives and libraries in Kotor and Montenegro

Central maritime catalogue ofMontenegro

65. Promotions and presentations 66. 67. www.cdknotar.org 68. EXPEDITIO Center for Sustainable Spatial Development >>> 69. About EXPEDITIO... EXPEDITIOis anon-governmentalandnon profit organizationsituated inKotor .EXPEDITIOwas founded in1997by six students of architecture, with a goal to improve architecturaland visual surrounding in the area. EXPEDITIOis now organization with about400 membersand numerous implemented projects related to solving problems in architecture, mainly in the field of architectural heritage on the territory of Montenegro. 70. VISION Arranged space for better life. MISSION Encouraging sustainable spatial development and enhancing urban and rural areas in Serbia and Montenegro through activities in the field of sustainable architecture, urbanism, spatial planning, cultural heritage and through projects influencing the overall development of civil society. 71. SECTORS >>> CULTURAL HERITAGE SPATIAL PLANING SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE CIVIL SOCIETY 72.

Workshops

Researches

Studies

Publishing

Lectures

Exhibitions

Web sites

Campaigns

Partnerships

Watchdog initiatives

Advocacy initiatives

Work camps for volunteers

Trainingsetc.

METHODS OFWORK 73. Cultural heritage> Architectural workshops> Restoration work camps> Conservation projects> Campaigns> Promotion of cultural heritage> Publications, translations of documents> Exhibitions> Internet presentations> Round tables, workshops, trainings, presentations> Studies> Reactions 74. Publishing 75. The 1 stproject - PERAST 97 Architectural workshop 76. Architectural Workshops: Perast, Grbalj, Skadar Lake ... 77. Lecturers, exhibitions ... 78. Restoration work camps -Perast 79. Competitions, presentations ... 80. Round tables, discussions, meetings, trainings, watchdog initiatives ... 81. Campaigns 2005/06 82. Kotor ramparts - Conservation project for the Middle Gate at Gurdic, project donefor the Swedish organization Cultural Heritage without Borders, January-May 2005 83. SCOOPING STUDY Conservation Of Cultural And Natural Heritage In Montenegro Preliminary technical assessment of architectural and archaeological heritage PTA ,fesaibility studiesbusiness plans 84.

Management plans for heritage sites

Kotor region

UNESCO

World Heritage Site

Cetinje histioric center

Montenegrin old capital

NGO representatives in working team

85. Conservation study of the built heritage of Kostanjica

In collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture

Basis for the master plan

Cultural landscape approach

Publication, promotion

86. current & important reactions concerning inadequate interventions in protected areas > 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.Margaret Mead (1901-1978) ,US Anthropologist 92. w w w . e x p e d i t i o . o r g