PROJECT ENHANCEMENTS – FACTS & FIGURES

CALL FOR EXPERTS

A call for experts has been launched as part of the ALECTOR project. Experts of any kind operating in the cultural heritage domain are invited to join the Black Sea Heritage Observatory – the project legacy upon completion. The project partners jointly published the call inviting experts from the partner territories having 3 years of proven experience in heritage management, communication, interpretation, culture and the arts or other. It is foreseen a Black Sea pool of more than 180 experts to be attracted as available resources to the Black Sea Heritage Observatory who can actively contribute and cooperate within thematic spheres of culture heritage interpretation and promotion. The call is published in the official project site, partners’ websites as well as many other partnering communication tools. More information can be found at: www.alector.org.

SECOND CROSS BORDER MEETING AND THE THEMATIC WORKSHOP

The UBBSLA hosted the second cross border meeting which was held on 26-28 November 2014 in Varna, Bulgaria. The project partners were gathered on the focus for discussion of the nine pilot tourist objects to be developed in the partner countries and promoted through the promotional spot, the travel aider and the open street museum...

HOST EVENT IN ROMANIA

THE ENPI 1 NAT, National Authority for Tourism, Romania has organized the host event in Constanta on the 19th of November 2015 at the Festive Hall of the Museum of National History and Archeology Constanta.

ALECTOR News is in Interpret Europe!

Alector Project appeared in Autumn 2015 issue of Interpret Europe-European Association for Heritage Interpretation. In this issue, one can read the news about Alector Expert Call and Alector International Conference which will be held in Istanbul on December 8th – 10th, 2015.

The Stakeholder Questionnaire

Dear participants! Here is a eSurvey for you to take part and answer. This questionnaire will help us improve interpretation and the quality of our project, raise the cultural reputation of our region and attract potential tourists.

3rd CB Project Meeting with ENPI PARTNERS in Batumi (Georgia)

From 29 of July to 1st August 2015, the 3rd CB Project Meeting with ENPI PARTNERS (Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey) has been held in Batumi (Georgia).

An important topics and questions were discussed:

    1.PM Overview and Financial Progress
Presenter: Dr. Nikos Thomaidis, ANED      
   2. Planning the Pilot Projects: Tools, Methodologies, Processes
The ALECTOR iBook  

 The Travelaider
The Open Street Museum
The Heritage Charter
The ENPI FLB Pilot Project
Presenter: Dr. Dorothea Papathanasiou, ANED

Site Visits in Şile and Ağva

THE IPA FLB Governorship of Istanbul and IPA Partner 2 Bahcesehir University, Development of Vocational and Technical Education Center (METGEM) executed fieldworks in Pilot Project Regions, Şile and Ağva.

FIELDWORKS IN VILLAGES OF ŞİLE AND AĞVA
IPA FLB Governorship of Istanbul and IPA Partner 2 Bahcesehir University, Development of Vocational and Technical Education Center (METGEM) began to execute fieldworks in pilot project regions. In order to access the items which can be assessed as ‘cultural heritage’ and to create a route, it was arranged three site visits till now. Within the scope of these works, project team visited five villages and some other places, met with village mukhtars and elders of villages to learn the history of villages.

Host Event in Şile and Ağva

THE IPA FLB Governorship of Istanbul and IPA Partner 2 Bahcesehir University, Development of Vocational and Technical Education Center (METGEM) organized a Host Event in Pilot Project Regions Şile and Ağva.

The Host Event is organized by IPA FLB Governorship of Istanbul and IPA Partner 2 Bahcesehir University, Development of Vocational and Technical Education Center (METGEM). The meeting has focus on informing the local community of Şile and Ağva about Alector Project, its goals, studies and results that will be applied in these region.

The meeting has taken place at Women Society Center, Şile, İstanbul on 17st of April.

Participation of Alector Partnership in a Conference

THE ENPI FLB DRAMA DEVELOPMENT SA
has participated the International Conference
“Frontiers in Environmental and Water Management
of the ENPI CBC JOP Project 2007-2014
“Streams-2-SUPRESS-Fires”

The International Conference

The conference is organized by Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology (EMaTTECH) and the Center for Research and Education on Water Resources (C.R.E.W.) under the project ” Utilizing Stream Waters in the Suppression of Forest Fires with the Help of New Technologies ” with the acronym “Streams-2-SUPPRESS-Fires” that is funded under the EU INTERREG IV “Black Sea Basin Joint Operational Programme 2007-2013” framework. The Conference has focus on current developments in environmental and water management with an emphasis on innovation and new technologies to enhance its effectiveness and efficiency.

The UBBSLA Hosted The Second Cross Border Meeting

During 26-28 November 2014 the project partners gathered in Varna for the second cross border meeting of the project. The meeting was carried out as part of the project and the UBBSLA hosted the main activities.

The main topic of the meeting was focused on the discussion of the nine pilot tourist objects to be developed in the partner countries and promoted through the promotional spot, the travel aider and the open street museum.

The tourist routes in the countries cover a variety of activities and initiatives related with visiting places of cultural and historic heritage. To this end, the pilot object of Varna, Bulgaria entitled as “Varna – open to the people” encompasses ten significant culture and historic places under the moto “Hundred years in 60 minutes”. It is the idea that the objects are to be visited by walking in 60 minutes and the historic heritage and the social and economic life of Varna for the past 100 years is to be explored. Some of the places were visited and introduced to the project partners during their stay in Varna