The SUSTCULT project "Achieving SUSTainability through an integrated approach to the management of CULTural heritage”  (www.sustcult.eu), led by the City of Venice and financed by the SEE Programme, is launching an innovative training package on the sustainable management of SEE cultural heritage. The on-line training will start on the 30th of January and will last 6 months involving around 100 participants directly involved in the management of cultural heritage sites within the SUSTCULT partnership (managers, planners, officers, experts) who are working on project partners' heritage sites and coming from 7 different countries.

The training is organized by the University of Venice Cà Foscari - CIRDFA and avails of 4 international experts to implement 4 different training Units: 1) Cultural/natural heritage and economic development; 2) UNESCO/European/SEE framework on cultural and World Heritage sites; 3) Management Plans; 4) Marketing and sustainable tourism. The materials of the on-line training will be available on the SUSTCULT website after its completion.

The online Course will be followed by intensive training workshops to be held on partner sites to provide participants with "hands-on" experience on the concepts and skills acquired during the on-line period, providing support in loco for further elaboration and implementation of partner sites management plans.