Directorate for Cultural Heritage
Project News
04.04.12Lithuanian EEA-grants project wins award
An EEA Grants project in Lithuania that restored the Liubavas watermill and made it into a museum has been awarded the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Award.
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18.11.11The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs praises cooperation in Georgia
The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, recently visited Betlemi; the oldest urban area of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. This unique area has been rehabilitated with economic and professional support from Norway.
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17.11.11Programme cooperation with Hungary
On the 13th November the agreement on the EEA Grants for 2009-2014 went into force in Hungary. Under the grants, cultural heritage is one of the key areas of support, and the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage is appointed Donor Programme Partner.
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Programme cooperation with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
10.08.11Norway has signed agreements on the EEA and Norway Grants for 2009-2014 with all three Baltic countries. Cultural heritage is one of the key areas of support, and the Directorate for Cultural Heritage is appointed Donor Programme Partner in the three states.
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ICWCT 2012
04.05.11The 15th International Course on Wood Conservation Technology will be held in Oslo, 23rd May - 29th June 2012. Riksantikvaren looks forward to welcoming participants from all over the world who work in the field of wood conservation.
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Opening of EEA and Norway Grants project in Romania.
08.04.11On 25. March 2011 the brand new storage and laboratory building of ASTRA Museum in Sibiu, Transylvania, was opened. The Norwegian partner was represented by the Ambassador, and representatives from the FMO office in Brussels, Arts Council Norway and Riksantikvaren.
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Monitoring group on cultural cooperation met in Kotka.
08.04.11Representatives from cultural heritage management in the Baltic Sea States had their bi-annual meeting in Finnish seaside town of Kotka in March. The meeting was held in the brand new and innovative Maritime Center Vellamo.
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The Faro Convention takes effect
21.02.11On Friday February 4th, Georgia acceded to the 'Framework Convention on the value of Cultural Heritage for Society of the Council of Europe'. This ratification means that the convention, also known as the Faro convention, will take effect from June 1st this year.
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