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Centre for Restoration of Monuments in Tirana, Albania; support to Traditional Arts and Crafts in
Bosnia and Herzegovina; support to the rehabilitation of 3 museums on national history and the
World War II in Bosnia and Herzegovina; promotion of Thracian archaeological heritage and
cultural tourism in Bulgaria; support to the establishment of the International Centre for Underwater
Archaeology in Zadar, Croatia; promotion of the Macedonian Cultural tangible and intangible
Heritage, support to the establishment of the National Agency for Inspection and Restoration of
Monuments in Moldova. promotion of Museums and cultural heritage in Montenegro; the promotion
of Cultural Heritage Information Centres and cultural tourism in the region of Transylvania,
Romania; promotion of medieval fortresses along the Danube, Serbia; Capacity-building courses
for SEE ministries of culture on public communication about cultural heritage; and, support to the
preparation of multinational candidature file for the inscription on the World Heritage List. The last
ongoing initiative that was born within this project is Joint Nomination of Stecak’s – medieval
tombstones necropolis to the WH List. This initiative is being supported by Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia.
1123. The Romanian Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, with the support of the UNESCO
Office in Venice, hosted the annual Seminar of the South East European Experts Network on
Intangible Cultural Heritage, held in Râmnicu Vâlcea during 3-7 May 2010.
Main programme achievements in Science:
1124. In the field of Environment, the Office supported the international workshop “Developing the
biosphere reserves’ network in the SEE and Caucasus regions”, which was organized by the
Turkish National Commission for UNESCO and the MaB National Committee on 15-19 February
2010 and supported by the UNESCO Office in Moscow.
1125. In the field of Basic and Engineering Sciences the office (i) co-organized the 6th edition of
the REIC Summer School in Renewable energy and energy efficiency (Sarajevo, 23 August to 5
September 2010) and (ii) provided research grants in the field of applied chemistry and chemical
engineering for the best 16 candidates of the 4th European Workshop on Food Engineering and
Technology (Belgrade, Zemun, 27-28 May 2010).
Main programme achievements under the programme The Future of Venice and its Lagoon:
1126. In the framework of the “Future of Venice and the Lagoon”, project inception workshops were
held in cooperation with the Municipality of Venice. A Web-GIS data base and a platform of
stakeholders and institutions was established and launched in 2009 as a basis for further
consultations with Venetian stakeholders.
Main Results achieved under the Global Priority of Gender Equality:
1127. Regarding the Office’s contribution to the Global Priority of Gender, in 2010 UNESCO
provided approximately 18 travel grants to young female post-graduates science students in SEE,
enabling them to attend the Euro Science Open Forum held in Turin 1-6 July 2010. The Office
continues to pursue gender equity in the implementation of all of its activities.
Overall assessment of the Delivering as One UN, UNDAF and Joint Programmes:
1128. During 2010, the Venice Office has been strongly involved in the planning and
implementation of United Nations Joint Programmes, UNDAFs and One United Nations
Programme processes in Eastern and South-Eastern European (ESEE), while continuing its
internal course of reform.
1129. The representation of the Venice Office in SEE has been strengthened over the past three
years with the establishment of four Project Antenna Offices in Albania, Turkey, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro, in addition to the existing established Antenna
Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The physical presence of Antenna Officers in these countries