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Project No. 12610032
Visegrad Gen Mini-Grant

 

 

 

 

 

The project 鈥淗eritage Futures Lab: Youth Co-Creating Cultural Landscapes鈥� brings together students and academic mentors from Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Poland to explore how cultural landscapes can be preserved and used sustainably in the face of contemporary challenges such as overtourism, minority heritage protection and pressure on historic environments.

The project is coordinated by Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University in cooperation with the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna艅.

Project implementation at ONU

• Department of Economic and Social Geography and Tourism, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University
• Project Coordinator: Prof. Viktoriia Yavorska, DSc (Geography), Dean of the Faculty of Geology and Geography

Project implementation period: August鈥揇ecember 2026

The core activity of the project is an international youth mobility programme in Prague involving students aged 18鈥�25 from the participating countries. Through field visits, workshops, discussions and collaborative teamwork, participants will exchange experiences and co-create practical ideas for sustainable cultural landscape initiatives in their local communities.

The programme includes:

• interactive seminars and discussions with experts;
• field exploration of Prague as a living cultural landscape;
• study visits to cultural and natural heritage sites;
• collaborative work in international teams within the Heritage Futures Lab;
• preparation of a joint digital learning resource on cultural landscapes and heritage practices in Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Poland.

The project aims to strengthen cooperation between young people from the Visegrad region and Ukraine, encourage intercultural dialogue and support youth participation in cultural heritage and sustainability initiatives. The project will result in three team-based concepts for cultural landscape initiatives and an open digital learning resource presenting examples of heritage practices from Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Poland.

 

Project Partners

Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University (Ukraine)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the Grant

The project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.

The International Visegrad Fund is an international donor organisation established by the governments of the Visegrad Group countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). The fund supports regional cooperation through grants, scholarships, and artistic residencies, with a special focus on cooperation between the V4 region and neighbouring countries, including Ukraine.