A citizen bus conducted by voluntary drivers will link remote parts of Osterburg town in Saxony-Anhalt to the public transport grid. The bus was presented to the public last week, leading to high media attention (including the regional TV; see link). This week, the bus is presented at several locations across town before starting scheduled... read more
Topic: Demographic change, Transport
The Archaeological Heritage Office of Saxony will host the international conference „The Ore Mountains in the focus of mountain archaeology”. The conference is the final event of the ArchaeoMontan 2018 project that terminates in summer. The event takes place on 23 and 24 August 2018 in Dippoldiswalde, Germany.... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
Partners of the MineLife project met on 11 January 2018 in Freiberg to plan their activities in 2018 together. During the course of the year, five joint excursions to visit active mining locations in Saxony and Lower Silesia are planned. In addition, workshops will be staged in Demnitz-Thumitz (DE) and Sulików (PL) to discuss approaches to... read more
Topic: Institutional capacitiesShort before the end of 2017 constructions in Krupka (CZ) were finished and a refurbished building is now ready to get equipped to host an info-centre about the mining cultural landscape of the Ore Mountains. Meanwhile the exhibition to be hosted in a new museum in nearby Dippoldiswalde (DE) takes form as most design concepts were finalised. The... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
A number of work meetings were held by partners of the Saxon-Polish cross-border project KOM(M)ANDO “ZUR HILFE! / NA POMOC”. Representatives of Löbau municipality, Luban district, the voluntary fire brigade from Löbau and the fire brigade of the Luban district discussed joint activities including trainings and guidelines for deployments to... read more
Topic: Civic protection
On 16 November 2017, the first joint conference of the Saxon and Polish mining authorities took place. During the conference i.a. the need for cooperation between the neighbours was strongly emphasized. For centuries, both in Saxony and Lower Silesia, mining has been an engine of economic development. Even today, this sector is very important for... read more
Program: Saxony-Poland
On December 4 and 5, partners of the cross-border projects ArchaeoMontan 2018 and "Our World Heritage" met at Freiberg (DE) to coordinate the project realisation. For ArchaeoMontan 2018, the meeting was mainly used to plan the final activities of the project which terminates in August 2018. Partners of "Our World Heritage" in turn have only begun... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
Contracted by Kainuun Etu Oy, a regional development associated located in Kajaani (Finland), core-consult organised the internal evaluation process of the BRIDGES project (Interreg Europe). The project addresses the promotion of the commercialisation of innovations. The evaluation took the form of a peer review and was realised on 21 November... read more
Program: Interreg Europe
The project team of Smart Integration met on December 7 and 8, 2017, in Dresden to exchange and discuss current cross-border activities and to plan events for 2018. Next year's highlights include a forum to present mid-term results of the strategy of the Saxon-Polish border area and a convent of municipalities located in the programme area. In... read more
Program: Saxony-Poland
On 27 November in Dresden the opening conference of the project VirtualArch took place. With the topic „Best practices in visualisation and virtual reconstruction of hidden archaeological heritage” the conference was aimed at representatives and stakeholders from the field of archaeology as well as experts in virtual reality and creative... read more
Program: Central Europe