Network of the Constantine's Cities

Two-day conference entitled "DIRECTIONS AND MODALITIES OF NIS CITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE DOMAIN OF CULTURE" will be held on February 18 and 19, 2010 at Media Center in Niš.

This conference is a part of the project - Developing Programme Base and Promotion of Nis City Office for International Cooperation in Science, Education and Culture. It was preceded by three-month long consultations with important figures of the cultural policy in the City of Nis. The conference is the final step before establishing Nis City Office for International Cooperation in Science, Education and Culture.

The first day of the conference will be dedicated to the exchange of the opinions and suggestions coming from the partners outside the city - RS Ministry of Culture, RS Ministry of Exterior, attaches for culture at foreign embassies present in our country, representatives of foreign cultural centers, of the donor community and national and international experts in the area of cultural policy.

The second day will be dedicated to the presentations of the experiences and lessons learned in the field of research, protection, valorisation and promotion of cultural heritage in so called Constantine's cities: Trier (Germany), Arles (France), Milano (Italy), Izmit - Istanbul (Turkey), Carnuntum - Petronelli - Vienna (Austria), York (Great Britain) and Niš (Serbia).

The City of Niš hopes that this conference will be the starting point for the process of networking of Constantine's cities which will have the crucial importance for all oncoming cultural activities.