Our Story
Launch of the Mediterranean Consortium for Nature and Culture second project on Supporting Cultural Conservation Practices
Our story - 2017
- Launch of the project “Strengthening strengthen the network of hiking trails in Kythera” in collaboration with the Kytherian Foundation for Culture and Development (KIPA)
- Organisation of the Delos4 workshop on “Providing guidance for sacred natural sites spiritually significant for Islam and for various other religions”, Valetta, Malta, 24-26 April
- Participation in the workshop “Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature in the Governance and Management of Protected and Conserved Areas”, Isle of Vilm, Germany
- Presentation of poster on the “Fishing Heritage of the Messolonghi – Aitolikon lagoons” in the European Congress of IALE in Ghent, Belgium
- Participation in the “Off Your Map” communications campaign for the conservation of Mediterranean coastal wetlands
- Coordination of the “Rooted Everyday” communications campaign for the promotion of Mediterranean cultural landscapes
- Co-coordination of a project on the creation of a landscape approach for four Mediterranean cultural landscapes in collaboration with WWF North Africa
- Participation in the international project “Vjosa / Aoos: Saving Europe’s last free flowing river”
- Première of the ethnographic film “Alima” on the Messolonghi – Aitoliko lagoon traditional fishermen
- Co-organisation of panel on rural communities responses to 21st century challenges in the 8th Athens Ethnographic Film Festival
Our story 2016
- Launch of the MedWet Culture Network website created by MedINA
- Launch of MedINA’s new logo and visual identity
- Co-organisation of the workshop “Integrated Landscape Management: Challenges and Prospects” in collaboration with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) and the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation.
- Organisation of a participatory workshop in Kythera island, Greece as the pilot site of the INCREAte project
- MedINA becomes a member of the IUCN and participates in the World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Contribution to the creation of a new management plan for the Ancient Corinth archaeological site in collaboration with American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), TPA Inc and the Corinth Archaeological Ephorate