Good News Alert within ISTER project!


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After finalizing the first output of the WP T2 (Joining, Activating &Tutoring) for which Urbasofia was responsible in ISTER project, namely the Multi-Layered Stakeholders’ Group (MLSG) setup, we are now preparing the transnational training and capacity building workshops!

The MLSG brought together all relevant stakeholders having a stake in the policy challenge addressed by ISTER, specifically the protection, valorisation, management and sustainable use of the Roman Routes and settlements heritage. The local CBW are aimed at enhancing capabilities of local stakeholders represented in the MLSG, in order to create a capable, strong and powerful horizontal governance chain.

Two types of CBW will be organized: (1) one-day transnational training and capacity building workshop for project partners in Alba Iulia in september this year and (2) three Local Capacity building workshops in each territorial/thematic partner which will be organized as a half-day workshop, the first to be organized at the end of this year.

Stay tuned for what will come!

ISTER 2nd newsletter

Dear partners and friends,
Keeping you up to date with ISTER – ConnectIng hiSTorical Danube rEgions Roman routes project, you will find 6 articles in this Second edition of our E-newsletter regarding the project’s progress, the presentations of consortium members and the best practices in the field of Roman Cultural Heritage (RCH) written by the ISTER’s partners. The most important asset of this newsletter is the non-scientific publication “Practical guide for stakeholders mapping”.

See other news from the ISTER project, reading the newsletter on the Interreg website by clicking the link below

http://www.interreg-danube.eu/news-and-events/newsletters/6279

Paths. Then and now.

Mr. Felix-Florin Marcu, the manager of the National Museum of Transylvanian History, talked on a local news program about the two very important discoveries made by the researchers from Cluj-Napoca while on the salvage excavation from the Transilvania motorway. The first is the stretch of road between the villages of Nădășelu and Șardu, uncovered by the archaeologists from our museum. The second discovery, made by our colleagues from the Institute of Archeology and Art History, is a better-preserved stretch of road, found in the vicinity of the locality of Sutoru, where a roman fort also existed. Mr. Felix Marcu also talked about the importance of these two stretches, that were known to us in theory because we have from this area, from the localities of Aiton and Mera, two miliaria, Roman milestones dating from the 2nd century, that give us important information on the imperial road that led from Drobeta to Porolissum which included these two sectors. Another topic approached was that of a possibility to preserve these finds as best as possible and the inclusion of the Dacian limes on the UNESCO heritage list, given how it is the longest and the most complex uninterrupted stretch of limes in Europe. The last topic approached was that of the restauration of the medieval citadel from Bologa, where our museum conducted the researches and which will be open to the public sometime this summer. 

For the interview: https://www.facebook.com/tvrcluj/videos/1082390768934803 

For the presentation of the road from Sutoru:

Photo: Raducu P Drum

DanuP-2-Gas 3rd newsletter.

We are pleased to share with you the 3rd newsletter of the DanuP-2-Gas Project.

This is the third newsletter of the project and the first to be translated into Romanian.
Activities are carried out within all 4 work packages, and the rest of the year is announced to be a full one for the DanuP-2-Gas project consortium.

More information in the newsletter that you can access by simply clicking on the image below.

DanuP-2-Gas – Newsletterul nr.3

Dragi urmăritori ai Urbasofia și ai proiectului DanuP-2-Gas, suntem încântați să vă informăm că acum puteți vedea newsletterul nostru și în limba română.

Acesta este al treilea newsletter al proiectului și primul care a fost tradus în limba română. Se desfășoară activități în cadrul tuturor celor 4 pachete de lucru, iar restul anului se anunță a fi unul plin pentru consorțiul proiectului DanuP-2-Gas.

Mai multe informații în newsletterul pe care îl puteți accesa printr-un simplu click pe imaginea de mai jos.

PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR STAKEHOLDER’S MAPPING

The following guide presents, in a structured and easy to follow manner, the complex process behind defining the multi-layered stakeholder groups in the pilot countries of the Interreg Danube Transnational Program project ISTER:  ConnectIng hiSTorical Danube rEgions Roman routes.

The reader will have the chance to learn more about the process of identifying and mapping the interested parties from a wide range of thematic fields and geographical areas, gathered within the project under the concept of multi-layered stakeholder groups – entities with different expertize and horizontal/vertical powers, whose knowledge and influence at local/regional/national level represents valuable assets in understanding and framing strategic tools for further protecting and valorizing the (Roman) Cultural Heritage.

The approach presented in the Practical Guide for Stakeholders Mapping has supported ISTER partners in their attempt to better understand the interests and level of influence of stakeholders, and also regarding what strategic linkages are or can be formed between them in order to achieve the best results.

The ultimate goal of the guide is to translate the whole process of stakeholders mapping into an easy-to-follow, step by step manual for future uses in both mapping potential actors at local and regional level, building territorial partners capacities and setting up working groups to support each stage of any project implementation process.

To see the document click on the image below. For a better experience select the two page view option.

EARLY CHRISTIAN BURIAL SITES IN SOPIANAE

Photo: Kata Csordás

The history of Sopianae – now Pécs – dates back to the 2nd century, when a settlement with a favorable location and climate, but not too urban, developed at the southern foot of the Mecsek Mountains at the junction of the north-south trade routes. At the end of the 3rd century, the early small settlement already took on a more urban look and in the meantime rose to city rank. By the end of the 3rd century, it was the center and administrative seat of the province of Pannonia, Valeria, which was divided into four parts, from where the governor managed the affairs of the province. 

The Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) is included in the UNESCO World Heritage list. The religious centre and cemetery, that dates back to the 4th century, consist of several tombs, tomb chapels and burial buildings (mausoleum, Cella Trichora, Cella Septichora), and refers to a large Christian community. The three main sites of the tourist complex are the Cella Septichora Visitor Center, the Early Christian Mausoleum and the Burial edifices in Apáca Street.

(Source: https://www.pecsorokseg.hu/)

Salla – an important point for ISTER. An important point for history

One of the significant stations of the Hungarian section of the Roman road defined in the ISTER project is Salla. Located at the intersection of the river Zala and the Amber Road in Zala County, the history of the Zala County section of the Amber Road dates back to pre-Roman times and is still used as a road of international importance, although its significance varied in Roman times. Salla is a typical example of a settlement whose importance has been determined primarily by the trade routes. Salla was thus connected to the network of the Pannonian road by two important roads: the Amber Road and the road running in the Zala Valley.

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One of the significant stations of the Hungarian section of the Roman road defined in the ISTER project is Salla. Located at the intersection of the river Zala and the Amber Road in Zala County, the history of the Zala County section of the Amber Road dates back to pre-Roman times and is still used as a road of international importance, although its significance varied in Roman times. Salla is a typical example of a settlement whose importance has been determined primarily by the trade routes. Salla was thus connected to the network of the Pannonian road by two important roads: the Amber Road and the road running in the Zala Valley.

Historical evidence shows that the place where Salla is now, was a settlement since the Celtic period, but its true development and flourishing began with the 1st century, when the Roman legions established their camp here.

In 124, Emperor Hadrian granted the town the status of a town called Municipium Aelium Salla. After that, the settlement showed a changing picture, it was remodeled and expanded several times.
One of the significant stations of the Hungarian section of the Roman road defined in the ISTER project is Salla. Located at the intersection of the river Zala and the Amber Road in Zala County, the history of the Zala County section of the Amber Road dates back to pre-Roman times and is still used as a road of international importance, although its significance varied in Roman times. Salla is a typical example of a settlement whose importance has been determined primarily by the trade routes. Salla was thus connected to the network of the Pannonian road by two important roads: the Amber Road and the road running in the Zala Valley.

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Remains of plant ornamentation have been found, and some stucco fragments as decoration of the building. No traces of luxury were found during the excavations that characterized the villas of the wealthier landowners, such as the mosaic floor of Villa Romana Baláca. A lot of pottery fragments were found in some of the rooms, while in the rest only poor ceramic finds were found.

Although the sources and evidence highlight the fact that Salla was abandoned by the Romanian population somewhere in the 4th century, the traces of their presence there are well represented today.

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One of the significant stations of the Hungarian section of the Roman road defined in the ISTER project is Salla. Located at the intersection of the river Zala and the Amber Road in Zala County, the history of the Zala County section of the Amber Road dates back to pre-Roman times and is still used as a road of international importance, although its significance varied in Roman times. Salla is a typical example of a settlement whose importance has been determined primarily by the trade routes. Salla was thus connected to the network of the Pannonian road by two important roads: the Amber Road and the road running in the Zala Valley.

DanuP-2-Gas 2nd Partners Meeting

It’s been a week since the DanuP-2-Gas consortium meeting. This was the second major meeting after the Kick-off meeting, of course excluding Steering Committee meetings.

The event was organized by the Energy Agency of Savinjska, Šaleška and Koroška Region and due to the COVID-19 pandemic had to be held online.
The meeting had two sessions.
The first of these was the presentation of certain models of good practice such as :

  • Strategic framework of the Republic of Slovenia for renewable energy and gas
  • Sustainable public transport powered by CNG
  • Regional waste management center RCERO Celje
  • Waste to energy – District heating plant Celje
  • Novel gasification technology for the production of synthetic methane
  • Hydrogen deployment in the Savinjsko-šaleška region
  • SHREC project, Interreg Europe

The second part of the project focused on the DanuP-2-Gas project. Each WP Leader presented the way the work package goes, the activities that have already been done and those that follow. The conclusion is that all the work packages are following their normal course, the consortium even managed to develop some deliverables such as communication and dissemination strategies but also a first analysis of energy legislation for each country participating in the project.
A spring and a summer with intense activities will come, so that by the end of the year some of the most important deliverables of the project will be done: Subsidies Catalog – practically a huge database that includes programs, subsidies, financing in the energy field for each country. The other deliverables are represented by the databases for biomass and the infrastructure related to its storage and transport.

At the end of the meeting all partners were delighted with the way the project is going and although we were all left with a bitter taste because we did not meet in person, we are confident that by the end of the project we will be able to have a physical meeting. Maybe on that occasion we will re-edit the pictures you can see below. By the way … This is us.