Know-how SMACH Forum Exchange Programme

The SMACH Forum Exchange program is based on a series of webinars and national events in the SEE region at the beneficiary partners.

The webinars are offered to build capacities and foster knowledge exchange between EU and SEE Region on sustainable cultural heritage management in response to climate change.
The webinars are open to everyone interested in the topic upon registration.

The SMACH Forum project is set to create a vibrant Europe-Southeast Europe platform for intercultural exchange on Sustainable Management of Cultural Heritage. The project's reach extends to several beneficiary countries, including Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia.
Launched in Venice in April 2024, SMACH Forum is the successor to the SMACH project (2021-2022), which established a robust EU-SEE network and knowledge exchange program on sustainable cultural heritage management in the Balkans, particularly in response to climate change.

SMACH Forum is now advancing this mission through the development of a comprehensive EU-SEE strategy that fosters collaboration in research, management, and policy for cultural heritage amidst climate challenges. By uniting experts and leveraging existing EU research and policy platforms, the Forum aims to enhance intercultural exchange and collaboration on sustainable cultural heritage management throughout the region.

The ultimate goal of the SMACH Forum is to promote and sustain these invaluable intercultural connections, ensuring the preservation and resilient management of cultural heritage across Europe and Southeast Europe.

Mapping the needs

SMACH Forum is mapping the existing initiatives on Sustainable MAnagement of Cultural Heritage in the South Est Europe (SEE) region. The goal is to identify ongoing research, good practices and policy that meet the needs of the stakeholders in the SEE region as identified in SMACH project in the Report State of the art and needs concerning sustainable management of cultural heritage in response to climate change in the Balkans.

To this end, we have launched a survey to be filled in by all those involved in activities linked to the topic also from different perspectives. The goal is to map the ongoing initiatives, stakeholders and professionals, toward the building of the Forum.

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SEE Forum on sustainable cultural heritage management

To build a Forum on sustainable cultural heritage management, SMACH Forum promotes a series of activities to foster the exchange of knowledge and the collaboration among the different actors from Europe and SEE region

International Colloquium to present and discuss the results of the Mapping with key stakeholders from national and international authorities.
1 policy makers’ meeting to share strategies and goals of the Forum
1 workshop in the region to launch the EU-SEE Forum on sustainable Cultural Heritage Management

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SMACH Forum project

Project: SMACH Project 2021-2022.

Partners

Co-funded by the Central European Initiative, SMACH Forum is co-coordinated by the VIU TEN Program on Sustainability and the University of Ljubljana, together with the City of Venice and two VIU Members, namely the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the National Research Council of Italy (CNR).

4 Balkan institutions are beneficiary partners of the initiative: the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, the University of Belgrade, the Sarajevo University School of Science and Technology, and the University of Montenegro.

Know-How providers

Venice International University (coordinator) with
- University of Ljubljana
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
- CNR, National Research Council
City of Venice

Beneficiary partners

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
University of Belgrade
Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
University of Montenegro