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ABOUT THE PROJECT

Summary - Project achievements:

The main objective of the REFREsh project was to reutilize industrial heritage through new forms of creative use, involving creative actors but also actors from the trade and service sector in the process. During the project, ten partners from Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy and Croatia collaborated for three years to reutilize five selected industrial sites in the countries. Investments were implemented in Freiberg (DE), Komló (HU), Piran (SI), Castello di Godego (IT) and Lokve (HR). 
After the sites were refurbished, their new use was tested through pilot actions in all regions. Thereby, the integration of the creative scene was focused to test the reutilization of the spaces as cultural centers - the starting points for the development of the selected industrial areas, municipalities and regions. The pilot actions included exhibitions, cultural events and creative workshops, with the intention to reach a critical mass of creative actors and to foster transnational cooperation of the creative scene. Unfortunately, due to a pandemic caused by COVID-19, most of the events could not be implemented as foreseen.
However, successful alternatives in form of videos and digital implementation were developed to test the reutilization concepts in the countries and implement the pilot actions in new ways. They proved the success of the newly created spaces. Within the project a benchmarking and strategies for the integration of the creative scene were developed as well. All this brought a new value to the rural regions and led to sustainable results. The tested approaches of the REFREsh project can be transferred to other rural areas in Central Europe where old industrial heritage can be given a new purpose as well. Through the project, partners have improved capacities for a sustainable use of cultural heritage and resources and tried to show how old industrial heritage transformed into cultural centers could be a starting point for development of the industrial areas, municipalities, and regions in Central Europe.

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THE END OF THE PROJECT

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The Project REFREsh tackled the main challenges of rural areas in Central Europes. All over the rural areas exist unused industrial heritage with needs for revitalization and a new form of use. 

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6th Partner Meeting online (Skype)

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Following the ISC meeting, the 6th CU meeting took place on September 15, 2020, online, via Skype. 

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REFREsh International Photo Exhibition opened at the Lake Guard House in Lokve

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The International Photo Exhibition is created within the project REFREsh - Rural Revitalization for Cultural Heritage funded by the INTERREG Central Europe 2014-2020 program was officially opened on 19th of June 2020, ... 

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TRANSNATIONAL PHOTO EXHIBITION WITHIN THE PROJECT REFREsh

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One of the activities of the REFREsh project is the presentation of the industrial heritage of all participating countries in a joint photo exhibition. 

outputs and results in numbers

NEWS ARCHIVE


Newsletters: No.1 - No.2 - No.3 - No.4 - No.5 - No.6 - No.7

PARTNERS
10 PARTNERS FROM 5 COUNTRIES

FUNDING AMOUNT

Project budget in eur
2.023.344

ERDF funDing in eur
1.677.420

REFREsh - Rural revitalisation for cultural heritage