Project “My Bosnia and Herzegovina – My Heritage” 2010

Commission to Preserve National Monuments

Project “My Bosnia and Herzegovina – My Heritage” 2010

R E P O R T

The preparatory stage of the project consisted of the following programmatic activities:

1.         setting up the structure to lead and manage the project

2.         defining partnership involvement

The following activities were carried out under heading 1 above:

-       project leadership team formed

-         Aleksandra Bunčić, Project Coordinator

-         Aida Bucalović, Project Assistant

-         Arijana Pašić, Project Assistant

-         Ševal Tvrtković, driver

-       plan drawn up for the expenditure of funds from the first tranche of the project ($6,580.00)

The following activities were carried out under heading 2 above:

-       letter sent to schools and museums participating in this year’s project

-         TREBINJE: Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Primary School, Sveti VasilijeOstroški Primary School and Vuk Karadžić Primary School, in association with the Herzegovina Museum in Trebinje

-         TRAVNIK: Travnik Primary School and its Han Bila branch in association with the Regional Museum in Travnik

-         BOSANSKI PETROVAC: Ahmed Hromadžić Primary School in association with the Jovan Bijelić Memorial Museum in Bosanski Petrovac

-         LIVNO: Fra Lovro Karaula Primary School and Ivan Goran KovačićPrimary School in association with the Museum of the Franciscan Monastery in Livno

-       visits to the museums to agree dates for workshops and to gather documentation and photographs as working materials for participants:

-         2 March 2010: meeting with Veseljka Salatić, director of theHerzegovina Museum in Trebinje

-         10 March 2010: meeting with Enes Škrgo, curator of the RegionalMuseum in Travnik

-         11 March 2010: meeting with Milica Kecman MA, director of theJovan Bijelić Memorial Museum in Bosanski Petrovac

-         15 March 2010: meeting with Josip Gelo, director of the Museum of the Franciscan Monastery in Livno.

Stage One of the Project covered the following activities:

-       Production of a museum notebook for participants:

-         initial concept with specific questions for each museum – Aleksandra Bunčić

-         specific terms for glossary for the notebooks – Aida Bucalović

-         preparation, printing and binding the notebooks – project implementation team

-       “My Bosnia and Herzegovina – My Heritage” workshops for primary school pupils:

-         LIVNO, 13 April 2010: approx. 60 participants

-         TREBINJE , 27 April 2010: approx. 40 participants

-         BOSANSKI PETROVAC, 6 May 2010: approx. 110 participants

-         TRAVNIK, 7 May 2010: approx. 30 participants

-       The children in Livno were split into two groups; the first group worked in the Gabrijel Jurkić gallery, and the other on a mock archaeological dig in the Museum’s lapidarium

-       The children in Bosanski Petrovac were also split into two groups; the first worked in the Jovan Bijelić Memorial Museum, and the other learned about weaving techniques. On completion of their tasks, the groups changed places

Stage Two of the Project covered the following activities:

-       Competition opened for art, literary and model entries; competition closed on 18 June 2010. At the request of the schools, the competition has been extended to the start of the new school year

-       Processing entries received (scanning, identifying techniques etc.)

-       Preparation of documentation for web site and publication of the project (photographs, drawings, map of monuments etc.)

The participants submitted a report on their achievements to the Project Coordinator.

During stages one and two, two reports were drawn up for the US Embassy, consisting of a financial and a narrative report.

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