The 1st edition of conference took place on 7-9 July 2011 as an expert meeting within the Polish Presidency of the European Union.
The conference was organised in cooperation with the Monument Care Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (Odbor pamatkove peće Ministerstvo kultury Ćeske republiky), the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic (Pamiatkovy urad Slovenskej republiky) and the National Office of Cultural Heritage, Budapest (Kulturalis Óroksegvedelmi Hivatal).
In 2006 the Ministers of Culture of the Visegrad Countries Group nominated the ICC as the coordinator of the Working Group for Cultural Heritage of the Visegrad Group. The starting point for the three-day series of debates and discussions were materials from the conference Protecting and managing cultural heritage. Systems of managing cultural heritage in the Visegrad Group countries, organised by the ICC in 2010. In view of the increasing role of Visegrad cooperation, the organisers intended the Forum Heritage Forum of Central Europę is a new initiative of the International Cultural Centre. The first edition took place as an expert meeting within the Polish Presidency of the European Union. The conference was organised in cooperation with the Monument Care Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (Odbor pamatkove peće Ministerstvo kultury Ćeske republiky), the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic (Pamiatkovy urad Slovenskej republiky) and the National Office of Cultural Heritage, Budapest (Kulturalis Óroksegvedelmi Hivatal).
OPENING PANEL: “Central Europe: Past – Present – Future”. Moderator: Prof. Jacek Purchla. Participants: Magdaléna Vášáryová (Slovakia), Yuri Andrukhovych (Ukraine), Prof. Csaba G. Kiss (Hungary), Dr Simona Škrabec (Slovenia / Spain).
The following key themes were identified:
Contemporary meanings of heritage
Public responsibility for heritage protection
Heritage and society
What is happening on the ground? Examples of the management of sites and places in the Central European countries of the European Union
The Heritage Forum of Central Europe was organised by the International Cultural Centre
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