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On February 20, 2024, the first meeting of the Advisory Councul of the international European Heritage Hub project took place, of which our regional centre of Europa Nostra is a partner. One of the members of the Council is Professor Jacek Purchla, vice-president of Europa Nostra and president of the Society of Friends of Kraków History and Heritage, the operator of the Krakow Hub.

On February 12, 2024, practice from Kraków – the inaugural procession of Jagiellonian University professors – was added to Polish National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is the first academic initiative to be included among the national intangible cultural heritage practices to be protected in Poland.

We invite you to participate in a study collecting data on the non-governmental heritage sector in Central and Eastern Europe. The study aims to understand the size and nature of this sector as well as the challenges and opportunities it faces. The survey results will be part of a report prepared within the framework of the Mapping the Non-Governmental Heritage Sector in Central and Eastern Europe project.

On January 31, 2024, we held the second meeting of Krakow heritage NGO’s. This space for dialogue initiated and led by the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow was named the Kraków Heritage Forum. The meeting attended by representatives from nearly thirty civil organisations focused on the intangible heritage of Krakow. .

What can civil society do for heritage? Basically there is no limit. Listen to the next episode of our ‘Holistic Heritage’ series. We speak to Natalia Gnoińska, president of Fundacja 8Marca, who has initiated a concept of the Innovation Manor in Rokietnica, south-east Poland.

Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska, head of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub for Central and Eastern Europe in Kraków, represented the Society of Friends of Kraków History and Heritage (Towarzystwo Miłośników Historii i Zabytków Krakowa) at the meeting of the European Commission-led expert group on the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Ukraine taking place in Brussels on January 22-23, 2024.

European Heritage Hub has just opened call for proposals to Small Grants Scheme. It finances projects led by civil society organisations which protect cultural heritage in EU neighbouring countries. If you are such an organisation registered in Ukraine or based in one of other ten eligible countries, we encourage you to apply.

What does the situation of the contemporary artistic world in Ukraine at war look like? Is the war visible in contemporary artistic practice in the public space? Artur Wabik, a visual artist specialising in murals and graffiti, curator, manager of cultural projects based in Krakow, co-founder of the Comic Museum in Krakow, shares his perspective on Ukrainian institutions, exhibitions, projects and careers of artists as they are today.

On January 9, 2024, Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow signed a cooperation agreement with the Centre of Community Archives in Warsaw. The agreement includes creating a community archive devoted to activism in the area of heritage in Central and Eastern Europe.

We already have ten podcasts about heritage in our catalogue – the premiere is always on the first and third Tuesday of the month. Our two podcast series “Holistic Heritage” and “Ukraine Heritage Spotlight” are available on major streaming platforms. Choose your favorite and listen to our guests.

Listen to the next episode of our ‘Holistic Heritage’ series. In this episode, we invite you to join us for our conversation on the promotion of industrial heritage and how best practices are being shared across the continent.

On December 15, 2023, the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow was a space for discussion on the contemporary dimension of traditional Ukrainian embroidery – vyshyvanka- its special symbolism during the ongoing war with Russia. Dr Lesia Voroniuk, who is creating a vyshyvanka museum in Ukraine, came especially for the meeting from Chernivtsi.