HICAPS

Historical castle parks

Duration: 01/6/2017 – 31/5/2020

Project HIstorical CAstle ParkS (HICAPS) is an international project aimed at strengthening the capacities of the public and private sectors for the use of cultural heritage and resources achieved through transnational cooperation between partner countries. The project is directed towards developing the common guidelines and tools for supporting consensus building process among public and private sector on improving the quality and effectiveness in process of evaluation and use of cultural heritage as resources for local/regional development and to raise awareness amongst schools and citizens about our historical past, reflecting through historical parks. Also, during the project, an international strategy for assessing cultural heritage and the potential of historic parks will be developed, focusing on the technical, organizational and financial aspects of managing cultural areas. The aim is therefore to improve benefits for the citizens and for the public administrations involved, in a way to empower local and regional authorities with efficient planning and investment tools, while partner organizations will develop and adopt specific local action plans for further development and revitalization of historic heritage.

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Project coordinator:

• Municipality of Velenje (Slovenia)

Partners:

• Scientific research centre Bistra Ptuj (Slovenia)

• University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture (Slovenia)

• Villa Ghigi Foundation (Italy)

• Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship (Poland)

• City/municipality of Varazdin (Croatia)

• Municipality of Bedekovcina

• Municipality of Ferrara (Italy)

• Rzeszow Regional Development Agency (Poland)

• Association “Petit philosophy” (Croatia)

Goals:

• Strength the capacities of the public and private sectors for the use of cultural heritage

• Achieve transnational cooperation among partner countries

• Support consensus building process among public and private sector

• Improve the quality and effectiveness in process of evaluation and use of cultural heritage as resources for local/regional development

• Raise awareness amongst schools and citizens about our historical past, reflecting through historical parks

• Improve benefits for the citizens and for the public administrations involved

• Empower local and regional authorities with efficient planning and investment tools

Main activities:

• Development of strategy on evaluation of cultural heritage

• Development of actions plans on evaluation of cultural heritage

• Tool development and consensus building

• Revitalization of concepts

• Test of outputs on pilot sites

Target groups:

• Public administrations

• Schools

• Citizens

• Local authorities

• Regional authorities

Total value of the project:

• 1.798.274,20 € (funded by the European funding programme Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE. Co-financed by the Croatian Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs)

Contact:

• Antonio Kovacevic (antonio.kovacevic.unist@gmail.com)

The views expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of Association “Petit Philosophy” and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union and Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.