HERO Heritage Restoration Workshop Organization Video
HERO – Heritage Ecological Renovation for Inclusion Opportunities – is an Erasmus+ cooperation project associating 5 partners organization involved in the field of heritage restoration, eco-construction, training and social inclusion. Between 2021 and 2024, partners have gathered their expertise to develop, test and improve new approaches to heritage restoration: Inclusive and adapted to people far from training and employment eco-friendly and respectful of the environment.
The H.E.R.O project was implemented under the Erasmus+ programme and was completed after 3 years (2021-2024) of transnational cooperation between 4 actors Acta Vista (France) leading partner, Bao Formation (France), Pour la Solidarite (Belgium), 4Grada Dragodid (Croatia), Boulouki (Greece).
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- Documentation
Since Boulouki has been working for years in Epirus, it has come close to the needs of local communities. In the framework of this project it aims at enhancing their livelihood and well-being by mapping ecosystems and the services they offer to the sustainable conservation of natural resources with the aim of social and economic well-being and delivering important information and skills for the management and sustainable development of the area focusing on biodiversity-related knowledge, agricultural, traditional livestock grazing practices, landscape and cultural values, traditional water infrastructures and related knowledge on sustainable use of natural resources.
- Educational material
As part of the project, we developed a technical handbook on how to design and implement inclusive and environmentally sustainable restoration and new construction projects by training young craftspeople and incorporating historic building techniques. The handbook is aimed at heritage institutions and architectural heritage practitioners, and educators. It focuses on issues of pedagogical approach, drawing on contemporary approaches to adult education, presenting theoretical and practical tools for the design of educational processes and the inclusion of vulnerable social groups.
The H.E.R.O project was implemented under the Erasmus+ programme and was completed after 3 years (2021-2024) of transnational cooperation between 4 actors Acta Vista (France) leading partner, Bao Formation (France), Pour la Solidarite (Belgium), 4Grada Dragodid (Croatia), Boulouki (Greece).
The file is available in Greek, English, Croatian and French.
This article presents preliminary findings from an extensive research project titled ‘Burning the Bones of the Earth’, which began in 2021. It documents the technology of traditional lime kilns in the trans-border region between Albania and Greece.
Authors: Ioanna Ntoutsi, Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou.
The file is available in English.