Recording of the confernece is available in English on this page and in Estonian here.
The 30-month partnership project between the Estonian National Heritage Board and the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren), named “Historic Town Centres Revitalised Through Heritage-led Local Development”, focuses on heritage conservation areas in small towns. The aim of the cooperation project is to increase the awareness of the role and potential urban cultural heritage has for local identity. As well as finding ways in which urban cultural heritage contributes to the cultural and economic development of towns. The project focuses on the role of community in revitalising towns, sustainable practices in development of cultural environments, opportunities created by seasonality and the possibility of new uses in towns with shrinking populations.
The conference in Lihula is aimed at local governments, communities and a wider circle of stakeholders interested in development based on urban heritage, opportunities of the circular economy in revitalising heritage environments and capacity building. The aim of the conference is to start a cross-sectoral dialogue, to inspire and support networking between participants and countries involved. Among other things, we ask what is the added value of operating in a historic environment? What are the biggest challenges in revitalising small towns? And how to support the sustainable development of towns with declining populations?
The first day of the two-day conference will be available for viewing online and include synchronised translation.
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Programme according to Norwegian Local Time (Central European Summer Time (CEST)) 09:30-12:00 Opening remarks and presentation block 1 - “Heritage-based development”
09:30-10:00 Opening remarks by Siim Raie (The director of Estonian National Heritage Board) and Else Berit Eikland (Ambassador of Norway in Estonia)
10:00 - 10:45 Garri Raagmaa (University of Tartu) “The urban heart and a spirit of a place”
10:45-11:20 Åse Bitustøl, Vignir Freyr Helgason, Noelle Dahl-Poppe (the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage/Riksantikvaren) "Heritage-Based Development – Examples from Norway"
11:20-11:40 Liina Jänes (The Estonian Ministry of Culture) “Support Program for Historic Town Centres”
11:40-12:00 Kaarel Truu (Estonian National Heritage Board) “Diverse heritage in heritage conservation areas”
12:00-13:00 lunch break
13:00-15:00 Presentation block 2: “On reuse and circular economy in historical environments”
13:00-13:20 Ola Fjeldheim (National Trust of Norway) “Best practice of circular economy from Norway”
13:20-13:40 Raiko Puustusmaa (Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications) "Challenges of planning a good living and residential environment"
13:40-14:00 Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla (interior architect / Estonian Academy of Arts) “Temporal Intervention”
14:00-14:20 Rainer Eidemiller (Paide Sustainable Renovation Centre) “Old building materials and circular economy”
14:20-15:00 Panel discussion "The greenest building is the one that already exists?" Kalle Vellevoog (JVR Architects), Triin Talk (Estonian Academy of Arts), Indrek Allmann (Pluss Architects)
15:00-15:15 Summary of the day |
Programme according to Estonian Local Time (Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)) 10:30-13:00 Opening remarks and presentation block 1 - “Heritage-based development”
10:30-11:00 Opening remarks by Siim Raie (The director of Estonian National Heritage Board) and Else Berit Eikland (Ambassador of Norway in Estonia)
11:00: 11:45 Garri Raagmaa (University of Tartu) “The urban heart and a spirit of a place”
11:45-12:20 Åse Bitustøl, Vignir Freyr Helgason, Noelle Dahl-Poppe (the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage/Riksantikvaren) "Heritage-Based Development – Examples from Norway"
12:20-12:40 Liina Jänes (The Estonian Ministry of Culture) “Support Program for Historic Town Centres”
12:40-13:00 Kaarel Truu (Estonian National Heritage Board) “Diverse heritage in heritage conservation areas”
13:00-14:00 lunch break
14:00-16:00 Presentation block 2: “On reuse and circular economy in historical environments”
14:00-14:20 Ola Fjeldheim (National Trust of Norway) “Best practice of circular economy from Norway”
14:20-14:40 Raiko Puustusmaa (Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications) "Challenges of planning a good living and residential environment"
14:40-15:00 Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla (interior architect / Estonian Academy of Arts) “Temporal Intervention”
15:00-15:20 Rainer Eidemiller (Paide Sustainable Renovation Centre) “Old building materials and circular economy”
15:20-16:00 Panel discussion "The greenest building is the one that already exists?" Kalle Vellevoog, Triin Talk
16:00-16:15 Summary of the day |