Eva
Salevid
March 2012
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No local engagement for Heritage issues in Sweden? You're kidding...At
the same time as the age-old Swedish National Heritage Board changed
Head last week, a press release from the Lund University was also
cabled
out: Contrary to a general belief, Sweden is not
putting aside as much money as our neighbours for financing
the "cultural environment"
sector. Landscape is neglected and one may indeed feel sorry for it in
Sweden... However, this information in a new thesis from a
local architect and
researcher on buildings and
protection, Ingela Pålsson-Skarin, and others, shows that the
engagement is there. And from others, too. People actually do want
to take part, with their experiences, knowledge, or by sponsoring...
The problem according to Skarin is that "the state has a
monopoly concerning the financement of the cultural heritage
sector". The photo, right, is
of the
Church of Maglarp, Region Skåne, down-loaded from the thesis. The church was demolished in 2007. |
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| Photo © I Pålsson-Skarin |
A "Soul of Culture" permeats the Council of Europe work for Heritage
Join
the 2nd
"free lesson" of just one heritage-minding
Swedish citizen to hopefully many others! Today, this view of the Council of
Europe, the Swedish state seems to want to keep, much for itself... The
aims of the
European Landscape Convention,
however, should be rather difficult for ordinary
people to grip, if they are not openly welcomed into the European
debate of ideas - such as those of the CoE! Sweden needs
original models in order to keep up interest and respect for old
heritage objects as seen above. N. B. These "lessons" are all
in Swedish. Why? The main goal of the operation is to help finance
a larger paper edition of the CoE European Rural Heritage Observation Guide - CEMAT existing in the Swedish language, since 2009. Stupid? What?! |
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Green Liberal's Network may take a new hold on environmental issues in Skåne
The
blue-bottles of the corn fields do screem out their cobolt message
of freedom.
If not endangered of course. However, also the political landscape
has its flowers, and finally they are starting to "come out"! A
liberal debate on
management vs renewal
in the environment sector is taking form - Liberals were indeed early birds in this field... The Green Liberal's
Network now develops in Skåne. When the 2nd
Skåne Conference in Malmö-Alnarp took place
last Wednesday, the "Landscapes of
Skåne and the ELC", a whole "bouquet" of politicians were also at
place. Welcome, on board. Landscapes in Sweden
indeed need your growing activity and knowledge...
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more
|  | | Photo © Green Liberals | Become a Partner of Landscape & Citizens to EU-fund more meetings around the landscape!
The experts of the 33 municipalities in Skåne now seem to
focus on the environmental and spatial planning research fields.
In Lund, last November a think tank was initiated, to be further developped
in April. And a seminar on the Skåne landscapes and the ELC was held in Malmoe Alnarp only yesterday. L&C, with some good support from the well
instructed Western Gotaland Region (VGR), RECEP-ENELC, (with which L&C has collaborated through UNISCAPE)
and CIVILSCAPE, of
which we are a Partner,
now wants to set up/become a partner of an EU Project! We
want to
promote also existing models and knowledge. We shouldn't invent
the wheel once more, should we? Decision-maker(s) in one,
or other, Skåne Municipality, if this makes sense to you
and you are
interested in town-twinning and meetings with already active citizens
around the
South Baltic - contact us. Let's make an application
together!
|  | | Photo © EACEA/EU | CONTACT:
Eva
Salevid, Network of Partners of the European
Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe, Partner of CIVILSCAPE Gamla Malmovagen 139, 262 92
SE-ANGELHOLM, tel 00 46 (0) 70 376 88 64, e mail www.landscapecitizens.se |
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