Dear friends of cultural and natural heritage,

The Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural – Historical and Natural Heritage of the Republic of Srpska, Banjaluka has the honour to invite you to participate in the Sixth regional conference on integrative protection that will be held in November this year, organized by the Institute and sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Srpska.  

Every use of heritage sets certain demands and obligations, and does not free us of responsibility for its preservation. Creative relations towards building of the past will provide it a new life, active role and continuity in spiritual development.

Heritage revitalization and active protection procedure is a process of high complexity and includes great responsibility. Its scope ranges from restoration activities, add-ons, rearrangement of the existing valuable structures, to the interpolation of new ones. Which are adequate ways to connect old and new in integral cultural-historical heritage, and to integrate the built and the natural elements in protected natural areas? 

The Sixth conference on integrative protection has been planned as a multi-disciplinary gathering, where about 20 up-to-date works on these problems will be presented, with the authors both local and from the countries in the region.

 The main sub-topics of this year’s conference are: 

1.     Criteria for selection of appropriate methods in integration of old and new

2.     Contemporary restoration principles and their application

3.     Integration of old and new in cultural–historical areas

4.     Integration of old and new on a cultural–historical building

5.     Integration of old and new at archaeological sites

6.     New building interventions in protected natural areas

Important dates: 

-          June 20^th -24^th , 2011 – invitations to the potential participants

-          August 1st,  2011 – deadline for applications with summaries

-          August 20^th,  2011 – information on selected participants

-          September 28^th, 2011 – deadline for sending the final texts for the Collection

-          November 4^th, 2011 – the Conference 

In the attachment, you can find all detailed information and instructions for the participants.

We are sending you best regards and looking forward to seeing you in Banjaluka. 

Director

Goran Milojevic, B.Eng. Architecture

Banjaluka, June, 2011th

	Invitation letter
	Application form

Text preparation instructions

	First Conference Report
	Second Conference Report
	Third Conference Report

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