Živa

At the 26th ICOM General Conference, the Forum of Slavic Cultures and the International Council of Museums of South-Eastern Europe organised two round tables. The focus was on common roots and their importance in ensuring peace, and on the threat to heritage in states of emergencys such as war. The meeting was attended by 50 experts.

A record number of 33 museums from nine Slavic countries have applied for the ŽIVA Award 2022 for the Best Museum and the Best Heritage Site in the Slavic Countries. All applications have been shorttlisted by a special jury.

Having prepared and announced the call for proposals for Živa 2022, the international panel of judges are back in action. Experts from Slavic countries and the European Museum Academy met at their regular meeting. The central point of discussion was the presentation of the Forum of Slavic Cultures and ICOM SEE committee at ICOM’s General Conference, which will take place in Prague in August 2022.

The Forum of Slavic Cultures successfully hosted the 7th international conference and ŽIVA awards ceremony live from Belgrade. The diverse three-day programme in the Serbian capital brought together 70 participants from 14 countries. They shared good practices, made contacts and forged new partnerships, and to top it all they attended the opening ceremony of the European Capital of Culture in Novi Sad.

We kindly invite you to sign up for the Živa Award 2022 – Award for the Best Slavic Museum and for the Best Heritage Site in Slavic Countries. The call will be open until the 15 March 2022.

The 2020 ŽIVA Award ceremony and accompanying conference will take place in Belgrade in January 2020. Award winners and other participants will make an excursion to Novi Sad for the official opening of the European Capital of Culture 2022.

Based on the signed agreement with the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, the 7th Živa Award with an international conference will take place in Belgrade and Novi Sad, at the time when the official opening of the European Capital of Culture will take place, at the time when the latter hosts the opening ceremony of the European Capital of Culture.

The epidemiological situation this spring prevented the judges for the 7th Živa Award to visit the nominated museums in person, forcing them once again to meet online instead. They found the museums in 11 Slavic countries well prepared.