Impressions of iecon24
Whether you joined iecon in Koper or missed out, here is a flavour of the experience as we already look forward to meeting again in 2025. Once again IE created a meeting place for lovers of heritage...
View ArticleInterpreting megadiverse destinations: Sierra de la Macarena, Colombia
Becoming ambassadors of nature guiding and heritage interpretation in a biological corridor where Andean and Amazonian ecosystems converge. Through their participation in a six-day course offered by...
View ArticleCreative course in the city on a grain of salt
The city of Tuzla hosted 12 participants from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina for an IE CIG course. Tuzla, the city on a grain of salt, is in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the oldest...
View ArticleFrom military cemeteries to prehistoric burial sites
In January, 14 interpreters from the American Battle Monuments Commission met in Draguignan, France, for the commission’s first CIW training. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) is an...
View ArticleBridging heritage communities with interpretive frameworks
This methodology can create space to articulate and honour community-valued notions of heritage, as the heart of any interpretation strategy. When the powerful write history Normally the spoils of...
View ArticleUNESCO and IE launched Learning landscapes initiative
The first regions around UNESCO designated sites will be turned into hubs for value-based heritage interpretation by the end of 2025. Since 2020, value-based interpretation has become IE’s unique...
View ArticleErasmus+
Many of our members have delivered projects under this funding – keep an eye on the website for opportunities. Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe,...
View ArticleThe awkwardness of being provoked
Some thoughts and reflections one year post-CIG training. Time flies. Almost one year has now passed since I attended the IE Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG) course at Valdres Folk Museum in...
View ArticleIE Webinar: Value-based heritage interpretation
Tuesday 14 May 2024, 09:00 CEST Five years ago, UNESCO defined value-based heritage interpretation (VBHI) to meet the challenges of the 21st century. IE decided to support this initiative. It revised...
View ArticleGAHI Webinar: New voices at the table: Using interdisciplinary Interpretive...
Global Alliance for Heritage Interpretation is inviting all interpreters around the world to a series of webinars in 2024. Join the next one: Tuesday, 11 June, 22:00 CEST New voices at the table: Using...
View ArticleGetting familiar with interpretive planning
How a course can inspire and become a meaningful experience It was my pleasure to attend the IE Certified Interpretive Planner (CIP) course that took place recently in Athens, Greece. I work for a...
View ArticleTaking you to another time and place
IE’s Module on Live Interpretation (MLI) reached a milestone when it was tested in Prague. Interpret Europe has been working on the development of training for live interpretation for years. Costumed...
View ArticleLessons from South America
Some ideas from my experience of training interpretive guides in diverse natural environments. I would like to share some of my experience of the last ten years as a trainer, and highlight some aspects...
View ArticleInterpretive news from Bakar, Croatia
Bakar Tourism Board joins Interpret Europe as an institutional member – a logical step having organised three Interpret Europe courses. For years, Bakar Tourism Board has been an inspiring example of...
View ArticleNatural Sanctuaries in the Collsacabra bioregion
Interpretation of the meanings and spiritual values of natural tourist hot spots to change the behavior of visitors and improve conservation. Collsacabra is a natural bioregion located one hour north...
View ArticleCan we live up to what we preach about?
The challenges of environmental sustainability in exhibition planning. When it comes to exhibition planning, we have to face a very complex and often challenging task where we navigate amid the...
View ArticlePer aspera ad astra: The rebirth of Rione Sanità from neglection to rediscovery
A story of cooperation, active community involvement, and rediscovery of local beauty through the power of heritage interpretation. The Sanità district in Naples had a brilliant transformation thanks...
View ArticleTouch the heritage
Looking at the design process to create an exhibition of Albanian and North Macedonian monuments for people with visual impairments. It was January 2024 when MuZEH Lab, a non-profit organisation,...
View ArticleOutstanding heritage
Europa Nostra has announced this year’s winners of the European Heritage Awards. Entries for the Public Choice Award are open until 22 September. I am pleased to write to you on behalf of Europa Nostra...
View ArticleErasmus +
Many of our members have delivered projects under this funding – keep an eye on the website for opportunities. Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe,...
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