Project

Description
Project title:
	Nomination of the Central European part of the Roman Danube Limes within the international UNESCO World Heritage Framework „Frontiers of the Roman Empire”
Project acronym:
	Danube Limes – UNESCO World Heritage
Project number:
	1CE 079 P4
Project duration:
	October 2008 – December 2011
Budget:
	Total budget: 1.954.000 EUR From this ERDF: 1.596.933,92 EUR

Main objectives
	a) to create a general scientific concept to define/protect the river Limes as a UNESCO WHS
	b) to prepare the nomination of the Limes in HU and SK, within that
		b1) to identify/select the relevant sites in HU/SK b2) to complete research of the sites b3) develop a so-called management plan to define how to deal with future WHS
	c) to prepare selected sites for public access and improved awareness
	d) to demonstrate best practice
		d1) in AT by preparing the nomination documents for a specific section of the Danube Limes d2) in DE by providing their WHS expertise and up-dating the present WHS management plan d3) Selected best practice measures on sites in HU, SK, AT and DE.

Work Packages
WP1: Management and Coordination
Main objectives of WP	Sound Project Management and Coordination
Responsible Partner	LP: KÖH – National Office of Cultural Heritage
Summary description	The project will be managed by KÖH with the support of IÖG. The project management in KÖH is supported by IÖG in the field of project administration (by a contracted project management consultant
WP2: Communication, knowledge management, dissemination
Main objectives of WP	Ensure wide project promotion of outputs and results
Responsible Partner	PP3: IÖG – Research Institute of Austrian History
Summary description	The implementation of the project needs a close, systematic and continuous co-operation with scientists, stakeholders and the public which must not be separated from WP 3 and WP4 . That is the reason, why the focus in WP 2 is on providing the infrastructure to implement a sufficient communication infrastructure (strategy and planning, media list, address lists, concept for public events)
WP3: WHS-features of selected Limes sites/sections
Main objectives of WP	Preparation of the content of the WHS nomination on selected Limes sections/- sites
Responsible Partner	LP: KÖH – National Office of Cultural Heritage
Summary description	Identification of the available Limes data. Selection of a sample of sections/sites to focus on. The prospective WHS has to be identified, described and mapped, a management plan has to be developed according to the UNESCO requirements. (In DE, up-date of the already existing management plan). Creation and demonstration of concepts to implement selected features of the management plan
WP4: Completion and final nomination documents
Main objectives of WP	Implementation of pilot project to present selected Limes sites. Completion, improvement and finalisation of the nomination documents and creation of general guidelines to nominate other sections
Responsible Partner	LP: KÖH – National Office of Cultural Heritage
Summary description	While embedding the interim results step by step into the project environment, the nomination preparation continues by adding the remaining HU and SK Limes sites. Selected Limes sites will be improved to demonstrate best practice in accessibility and visibility. the SK and HU Nomination documents and guidelines for future Limes nominations will be finalised and published.