Pro Monumenta: preventive maintenance of immovable cultural monuments in Slovakia
Slovakia (Nation-wide)
Lead
Main hazard(s)
Disaster Risk Management phase(s)
Type(s) of measure(s)
Background
Pro Monumenta (2014- 2016) was a project focusing on the preventative maintenance of immovable cultural monuments and looking into aspects such as the technical diagnostics of the state of the buildings in cooperation with their owners. Specific actions included on-site monument monitoring, the elaboration of monitoring reports, drafting of recommendations and small defect repairs. Free-of-charge inspections were carried out on state monuments, involving the use of drones.
The project was supported by the EEA Financial Mechanism, partnering with the Norwegian Monuments Board – “Riksantikvaren.” The basic project aim was to build up the system of preventative monitoring of immovable cultural monuments filed in the Central List of monuments as per the section 22 of the Act No. 49/2001 Coll. Additionally, guides and manuals were produced for the owners of national monuments on how to protect the assets from various hazards. Expert training centres were provided within the administration of Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic.
Sources
For more information on Pro Monumenta, visit: http://www.promonumenta.sk/index.php?l=en
The funding of the project was supported by the EEA Financial Mechanism, which funds projects of different topics, including a big share of initiatives involving cultural heritage protection.
More information on the initiative and the funded projects can be found here: https://eeagrants.org/search?key=cultural+heritage
Other relevant sources
https://www.coe.int/en/web/culture-and-heritage/-/pro-monumenta
