The 11th special issue of the Modern Conservation magazine, published by the National Committee of ICOMOS Serbia, has been published. The publication was realized with the funds of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia.

In this issue, translations of international documents (charters, declaration, guidelines, principles) made by members of the National Committee of ICOMOS Serbia, published in previous issues of Modern Conservation, were published. Thus, the idea of group publication of texts related to the protection of cultural and natural resources, models and rules of their preservation as a kind of manual for young conservators was realized.

Regular Annual Assembly of NK ICOMOS Serbia

On Monday, November 27, 2023, starting at noon, the Regular Annual Assembly of NC ICOMOS Serbia was held in the cinema hall of the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.

The National Committee of ICOMOS Serbia continued its long-standing project World Heritage - Terminology, Criteria, Role, which was started in 2012 when it marked the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The project was started in Studenica monastery and Stari Ras with Sopoćani, and continued with professional tours of Manasija, Gamzigrad, Negotin beer halls, Smederevo fortress.

This year, ICOMOS Serbia provided its members with a tour of the Bača Cultural Landscape, Serbia's candidate for inclusion in the World Heritage List next year, 2024. The extensive program of the tour was also prepared by the members of the National Committee, Dr. Slavica Vujović and Vladimir Džamić, who are also the authors of the nomination file handed over to the World Heritage Center in January of the current year.

In cooperation with colleagues from the field of nature protection, the area of the cultural landscape was observed and interpreted, with special emphasis on archaeology, from the first sedentary settlements from the Neolithic era, but also on the multicultural heritage of the Middle and New Ages, such as the Bač fortress, the Franciscan monastery, the Turkish hammam and the Bođani monastery. The participants of the professional tour had the honor and pleasure of getting to know the gastronomic values of the region, whose intangible values were transformed into very tangible ones by the hospitality of the Association "Dida's House".