(CUL) TURKISH FOUNDATION WINS EUROPA NOSTRA AWARD.ISTANBUL, Oct 26, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- A Turkish cultural project won the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Europa Nostra, the pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage, is the representative platform of 250 heritage NGOs active in 45 countries across Europe. It is the voice of this vast movement of European civil society active in the field of heritage towards international bodies Awards in the category of education, training and awareness-raising. Istanbul-based Cultural Awareness Foundation won the award with its "Culture Ants Ants See also insects. formicary, formicarium the dwelling of a colony of ants, as an anthill or nest. formication a body sensation that feels as if ants are crawling over the skin. " project, which began in 2002 to increase awareness of primary school students for cultural heritage and raised some 5 thousand children. The award ceremony took place at Istanbul's Hagia Eirene. Speaking at the award ceremony, Turkish State Minister & Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said, "Turkey's EU negotiation process has three dimensions. These dimensions are reforms, accession Coming into possession of a right or office; increase; augmentation; addition. The right to all that one's own property produces, whether that property be movable or immovable; and the right to that which is united to it by accession, either naturally or artificially. negotiations and civil society dialogue. We need to raise young people to introduce Turkish culture both in Turkish and European societies." Europa Nostra Secretary-General Seneska Quaedvlieg Mihailovic said that they received 138 applications from 24 countries for this year's awards in four categories. He said that the jury attached great importance to the "Culture Ants" project since it was an exemplary education model to create an awareness among teenagers about cultural heritage of their country. He said that the project could also be implemented in multi-cultural societies of Europe. The project chosen as one of the most outstanding examples of heritage protection,will receive a monetary reward of 10,000 euro. The aim of the Europa Nostra Awards is to promote high standards and high-quality skills in conservation practice and to stimulate trans-border exchanges in the area of heritage. By spreading the "Power of Example", the Awards also aims to encourage further efforts and projects related to heritage protection throughout Europe. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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