It brings together experts and officials from Hungary, Poland Romania, Slovakia, Slovakia, Ukraine and Moldova, including customs, prosecutors, police and cultural heritage specialists.
“The role of customs officials, law enforcement officers and experts is crucial,” said Moldovan Culture Minister Sergiu Prodan. – After all, they are not just protecting the sites, but also protecting the country’s identity, history and dignity.”
Nikolay Tochitsky, Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, stressed the importance of cultural heritage as a symbol of identity and unity of human civilization. He presented the measures taken by Ukraine to protect the heritage, including cooperation with UNESCO, FBI, Interpol and Europol. As well as legislative initiatives on harmonization with European standards, restrictions imposed in the United States on the import of Ukrainian artifacts, creation of a special military unit to protect cultural heritage and digitization of museum collections through an electronic registry.
Krista Pikkat, UNESCO Director for Culture in Emergencies, sent a video message to the participants, in which she emphasized the urgency of protecting Ukrainian cultural heritage. She emphasized UNESCO’s efforts to document and protect cultural sites affected by the conflict.
The training includes interactive working sessions, case studies and exchange of experience among participants.
