{"id":27620,"date":"2020-02-13T11:11:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-slovenia.com\/?p=27620"},"modified":"2020-02-14T05:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T05:56:00","slug":"heritagehack-be-creative-with-cultural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-slovenia.com\/en\/events\/culture\/heritagehack-be-creative-with-cultural-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"HeritageHack: Be creative with cultural heritage!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking heritage one step further.<\/h1>

Idrija 2020 Association\u00a0organizes a 3-day\u00a0HeritageHack\u00a0between 13th\u00a0and 15th\u00a0March\u00a0with the financial support of the European Commission and the Council of\u00a0Europe. <\/h2>

What happens when a young sociologist, a linguist, an architect, a tourist guide and a marketeer decide to rethink the cultural heritage of their small former mining town, nowadays a UNESCO World Heritage Site? The story of the Idrija 2020 Association is the story of elevating cultural heritage into new dimensions. It is the story of creating new stories attracting the young and bringing people together. It took place, this story, on a local level, however, it has not failed to encompass European perspective. <\/p>

It was 2012, and the global economic crisis – that hit Slovenia with a delay – was in full swing. Our student years have been ending and so did our engagement in a local student club. We, young enthusiasts, have successfully transferred initiated projects, such as a film festival, literary evenings, weekend concerts, and know-how to a new generation that was about to take them to a whole new level with new contents and larger audiences. Although we were about to enter the job market and \u2018adult life\u2019, we still wanted to contribute to our hometown, a rather small former mining (and today UNESCO World Heritage Site) town of Idrija in the west of Slovenia.<\/p>

But how to contribute in a meaningful way? How to create an impact?, were thus the main questions that we wanted to address. The five of us, a sociologist, a linguist, an architect, a tourist guide and a marketer, all highly educated and native to this small town, have established Idrija 2020 Association with a mission to tackle the biggest challenge of UNESCO town Idrija: brain drain. We have built on a study with 330 young participants we conducted in 2011. This study identified three main reasons behind the outmigration of youth: 1) lack of jobs that match young people\u2019s aspirations and education (80 % of jobs are in industry, contrary to most metropolitan cities with high shares of services), 2) young people have no place to meet and create their own programme, and 3) municipal (youth) policies do not deal with youth topics and problems.<\/p>

We invite the young between 18 and 30 to tackle the challenges of cultural heritage in Idrija<\/a><\/strong> in an innovative way. Prior knowledge is not required. The focus will be on Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Architecture. The best ideas will be generously rewarded! <\/p>

The Deadline: 29th <\/sup>February 2020<\/strong><\/p>

For more information visit their website here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Don’t forget to confirm your attendance here. <\/strong> <\/a><\/p>

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