The project, officially started on 2nd March 2020, aims at promoting, valorizing and protecting cultural heritage in the Adriatic-Ionian area and focuses on the development of virtual collections as an important contribution to the preservation of cultural heritage in a sustainable and modern way.
Its specific aim is to contribute to the enhancement and conservation of specific cultural properties, in particular books, and to make the digitized heritage accessible to a wider public, through the creation of a network between operators of the cultural and tourism sectors and their training, through the digitization of selected collections, performed with common
standards and methodologies and integrated on a common platform, and through the tourism promotion of the CH sites, by means of itineraries.
As a consequence, the project will contribute to raising awareness on common heritage in the Adriatic-Ionian area as an orientation framework for individual actions, to valorize cultural heritage within an Adrion brand name as well as the enhancement of the “body of knowledge”through the digitization pilot actions.
The partnership of the project is composed of eight partners from six different countries: theMunicipality of Macerata (IT) acting as Lead Partner, the Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries (IT), the Municipality of Gjirokastra (AL), the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (HR), the Zadar County Rural Development Agency (HR), University library „Svetozar Marković“ (RS), the Municipality of Thassos (EL) and the Research and Educational Centre Mansion Rakičan (SI). Whereas the Marche Region (IT) acts as Associated Partner.
The project will last 30 months and will receive funding for EUR 1.5 million.
