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In her presentation at the British School in Rome on 14 September, co-hosted by FAI, the Italian National Trust, Fiona Reynolds, Chairman of INTO, spoke about the role of public-private partnerships in heritage preservation.
Drawing on examples from across the world, Fiona highlighted the importance of partnership. “Since the very beginning,” she said “public and private ...
From Keith Jones
Last night in Oxford the National Trust Wales initiated and supported network “Cyd Ynni” was honoured by being awarded the collaboration award. Big thanks go to Grant Peisley at DEG for putting the network forward but the biggest thanks go to the 5 founding community companies of Cyd Ynni who are driving good ...
Apply now for the Anders Wall Award 2016/17! Deadline: December 31
About the Award Anders Wall Foundation from Stockholm in association with the European Commission, Directorate General for the Environment, Brussels, the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and the “Friends of the Countryside”, has decided to introduce an award for individuals who have made a ...
Apply now for the Land and Soil Management Award 2016/17!
About the Award The prize rewards land use and soil management practices mitigating soil threats i.e. soil degradation, erosion, reduction of organic matter content, diffuse contamination, and compaction as well as the reduction of soil biodiversity, salinization, sealing, flooding and landslides. In doing so, the award sheds light ...
International conference on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of National Trust of Slovakia on 9 November 2016 in Bratislava
This conference offers a forum for presenting and sharing the experiences and best practices of the National Trust movement and similar NGO, state or commercial initiatives on the topic of saving, preserving, restoring, managing, using and promoting heritage ...
After various meetings and conversations with the team hoping to establish a National Trust of Georgia, we were delighted to hear that they had been offered their first property, soon to be headquarters, in Tbilisi!
Their latest progress update reads “INTO have offered their guidance and experience in creating the Georgian Trust. A number of meetings and events have ...
A blog by Catherine Leonard, Secretary-General
I first came across REMPART at the Oslo Conference for Voluntary Organisations in the Field of Cultural Heritage in September 2000. Sabine Guilbert, who was International Relations Manager at the time, presented an organisation which brought together some 150 ngos to discuss issues and exchange experiences, and which promoted cultural ...
INTO Members, Association Rempart, celebrate their 50th anniversary on 11 July.
To mark this event, their General Assembly adopted the following text (translated from the original French) which we hope you will find inspiring:
A REMPART project is… (Text adopted by the General Assembly of the 15th of May 2016)
A REMPART project is : an ambition, an ...
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这个周末我在的第一个属性的正式开幕代表INTO的乐趣 Czech National Trust.
INTO has been involved with the CNT for the past five years – from early discussions about whether a National Trust might work, through Oliver’s attendance at meetings in the Czech Republic to build support and momentum, various conversations and events in London, adding the CNT’s working holidays to our programme, the attendance of ...
Every summer, the associations belonging to Union REMPART host thousands of young people who help to restore French architectural and natural heritage. These volunteers come from all over the world: Spain, Poland, United Kingdom, Russia, Macedonia, Canada… to spend their holidays in a useful and helpful way. Seize your chance to discover France while participating ...
This year, we’re celebrating Lancelot ‘Capability‘ Brown’s 300th birthday so when I saw this handy ‘how to spot a Capability Brown landscape’ video on the National Trust (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) twitter feed this week, I thought it might make a good theme for my blog. It seemed a good reason to reflect on various things, ...
Originally published in Flemish newspaper De Morgen on 18 April 2016
Global values: Mobilising world heritage against terror
The dramatic events in Brussels are causing parliaments and governments to consider feverishly what they can do to prevent it from happening again. We find ourselves seeking ways of avoiding the worst: calling in the army, taking fingerprints, deterrents, ...