
Programs

Our Heritage
The Balkan Heritage Foundation supports numerous research and/or conservation projects (currently in Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Republic of North Macedonia) such as excavations, expeditions, conservation and documentation workshops, contributing to the study, preservation, promotion and utilization of the Cultural Heritage of the Balkans.

Voluntarism
The Balkan Heritage Foundation supports several volunteer initiatives as:
Volunteer work camps supporting cultural heritage protection – in cooperation with history museums and municipalities. In 2008-2009 four work camps took place in Bitola (North Macedonia), Stara Zagora, Dragoman and Mezek (Bulgaria).

Advocacy
The Balkan Heritage Foundation organizes campaigns for raising public awareness on local heritage issues. It is involved in the development of regional strategies for the utilization and management of cultural heritage and development of cultural tourism for municipalities in cooperation with local museum, government, and non-government organizations and stakeholders.
News


2020 Season Postponed For 2021

14th ICCM Conference Plovdiv 2021
The Balkan Heritage Foundation is a Bulgarian public, non-profit, non-governmental organization. It was established in 2008 by a team of a cross-institutional program implementing archaeological field schools other cultural resource management projects since 2003.
The Balkan Heritage Foundation’s mission is to support the protection, conservation, management and promotion of cultural, and historical (both tangible and intangible) heritage of Europe as a precondition for sustainable development of the region.
Discover the most ancient civilizations in Europe through travel, learning and practice by joining our field schools in archaeology, conservation, and documentation of cultural heritage.