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Gyumri City Council Approved the COMUS Reference Plan
On 12 August 2016, the Elder’s Council of Gyumri held its session during which Council ‘s members discussed and approved the COMUS Reference Plan for Gyumri which was introduced by Mr. Henrik Gasparyan, Chief Architect of Gyumri and active COMUS Local Stakeholder Group members. Few days ago, the...
Working meeting of Mstislav Local Stakeholders Group
On 2 August, the working meeting of Mstislav Local Stakeholders Group at the Crafts Local House. The meeting focused on three main issues: the results of the 1st COMUS study visit to Bamberg, the results of the survey and final SWOT analyses on current social and economic conditions of...
1st COMUS study visit on Community Involvement in Heritage Planning
1st COMUS study visit with the focus on Community Involvement in Heritage Planning took place in Bamberg, Germany on 25-26 July 2016. This successful visit was organised together with the Organization of World Heritage Cities Regional Secretariat in Regensburg and the Bamberg World Heritage...
Urban Sketching Workshop in Dusheti
On 21 July, a group of artists and architects visited Dusheti to undertake an urban sketching workshop. The aim of this one day workshop which counted on the participation of 9 people, was to emphasize the importance of Dusheti’s cultural heritage through the involvement of young artists and...
COMUS youth meeting in Dusheti
On 15 July, the COMUS office of Dusheti hosted a meeting with local young people, including students and senior pupils. This meeting aimed at introducing the final Reference Plan, discussing the priority actions and Project Phase’s Action Plan and identifying the core group which will participate...
Public debate on selected flagship rehabilitation projects organised in Soroca
On 15 July 2016, the Public Library “Mihail Sadoveanu” of Soroca hosted a public debate organised within the COMUS project and focused on the five flagship rehabilitation projects selected for the PTAs. Local and central authorities, representatives of the civil society, residents of the city and...
The new phase of COMUS has been started in Goris
The first meeting-discussion of Local Stakeholders Group of Goris for Project Phase was held in the conference hall of Goris City Council in the framework of ''Community-led urban strategies in historic towns'' (COMUS) on 8 July 2016. The Mayor of Goris, Mr. Vachagan Adunts, was among local...
COMUS Project Phase starts in Gyumri
On 29 June 2016 the first meeting of the Local Stakeholder Group of COMUS Project took place at Shirak Center NGO’s headquarter. The group that was extended with some new members validated the revised Reference Plan and sent it for consideration to Elders’ Council of Gyumi. During the meeting...
3rd meeting of COMUS national stakeholders
On 24th June, the Ministry of Culture and Monuments Protection of Georgia hosted the 3rd meeting of COMUS national stakeholders aiming at discussing the recent developments of the project. The meeting, chaired by the Deputy Minister of Culture Ms. Levan Kharatishvili, was attended by the Deputy...
Final discussion on Chiatura Reference Plan
On 6 June, the Chiatura Municipality hosted an enhanced LSG working meeting aiming at discussing the final version of the town Reference Plan and selecting potential actions for the upcoming Project Phase. The LSG was presented with the extended format and new members. Ms. Rusudan Mirzikashvili, ...

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