A l e k s a n d r a K a p e t a n o v i ć C U R I C U L U M V I T A E Profession: Conservation architect Date of birth: 7th July 1973 Place of birth: Kotor, Montenegro Nationality: Montenegrin Address: Dobrota Kamp bb, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro Phone number: +382 69 454 982 E-mail: sandra@expeditio.org Web: www.expeditio.org Languages: Computer skills: English, Italian Auto Cad, PhotoShop, In Design EDUCATION 2002-2003 - Master in New Technologies for Valorisation and Management of Mediterranean Heritage, at European University Centre for Cultural Heritage, Ravello, Italy 2001-2002 - Postgraduate course on Architectural Conservation Studies, at Academia Istropolitana Nova, in Svaty Jur, Slovak Republic 1992-2000 - Graduated on Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade University, Serbia Department for History of Architecture and Art Diploma project: Reconstruction of Baroque Palace Mazarovich in Perast 1988-1992 - High school- Mathematics Gymnasium, Kotor, Montenegro October 2002 - passed specialist exam for conservation architect at Montenegrin Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage at Cetinje, Montenegro EMPLOYMENT Since 1997 as one of the founders of non governmental organisation EXPEDITIO -Centre for Sustainable Spatial development involved in all activities, as a member of the executive board, head of heritage department and project co-ordinator. Since January 2004 full time employed in EXPEDITIO -Centre for Sustainable Spatial development as coordinator for Cultural heritage sector and since January 2010 also Executive director of the organisation September 2000 - January 2004 conservation architect in Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Kotor February 1999 - February 2000 volunteered in CEP - Centre for Planing of Urban Development from Belgrade TRAININGS and COURSES Fourth International Course on the Conservation of Modern Architecture (MARC 2011): Metamorphosis - Understanding and Managing Change, organized by ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property), Rome and Alvar Aalto Academy, Finland; 28 May - 23 June 2011, Helsinki, Finland A l e k s a n d r a K a p e t a n o v i d C V 1
Advanced International Training Programme Conservation and Management of Historic Buildings, Lund University, Housing Development & Management, Sweden, September 24 October 12 2007. continuation in Santiago and Valparaíso, Chile, March 2 14, 2008. March - April 2003 stage at CNR - National Research Council, Institute for Technologies Applied at Cultural Heritage, Rome, Italy Course on "Local Seismic Cultures and Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction in Traditional Masonry Buildings", European University Centre for Cultural Heritage Ravello, Italy, 11-17 December 2002 Course "Contemporary Architecture", led by Prof. Dr Ranko Radovic at Open University, on Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation, Belgrade 1997 1996 - practical training, by IAESTE - The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience on Faculty of Architecture, at University of Aleppo, Syria NGO trainings for: Writing project proposal, Financial management, members of board of director, work camps leaders OTHER > Participation in the Landscape Stewardship Exchange in Romania, organized by the Quebec- Labrador Foundation / Atlantic Center for the Environment (QLF) from the USA, in cooperation with the Center for Rural Assistance from Timisoara, Romania, 25 june-3 july 2009 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Project coordination and organisation of architectural workshops, summer schools of architecture and restoration work camps > As one of the project co-ordinators organise four summer schools of architecture: PERAST 1997 SUTVARA 1998 - Research on Village of Sutvara PERAST1998 Revitalization of Perast ZAGORA 2000 Project co-ordinator of EXPEDITIO architectural workshop Godinje 2004 - Research and valorisation of rural heritage of Skadarsko lake, May 2004 As a project coordinator lead organization of two restoration work camps in Perast, with a partner organization Svenska byggnadsvårdsföreningen: Preparatory works on the restoration of the St. Cross Fortress in Perast, October 2003 Restoration of traditional doors, Viskovic palace, September-October 2004 Studies, Researches > Assessment of Cultural Heritage of Prokletije/Bjeshket e Nemuna Area, 2009-2010 As a member of working team made Conservation Study of the Built Heritage of Kostanjica, 2008 As a member of working group elaborated Scooping study - "Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage in Montenegro", for the British Council in the frame of Cultural and Environmental Heritage Fund for South East Europe (CEHF-SSE), Jun-July 2004 Took part in preparation of the "Study for the heritage protection of Perast", done by Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Kotor, 2001-2003 A l e k s a n d r a K a p e t a n o v i d C V 2
Preliminary technical assessment (PTA) and feasibility studies of architectural heritage> As a member of the working group, formed by the Ministry of Culture and Media of Montenegro, prepared: Preliminary technical assessment (PTA) for nine sites in Montenegro: Fortifications of Kotor, Remains of the Roman with Mosaics Risan, Fortress Kosmac, Building of French Embasy in Cetinje, Old Bar, Zabljak of Crnojevici, Husein-Pasha Mosque, St. Nikolass Church, including three fortifications at Skadar Lake: Besac, Lesendro and Grmožur Fesaibility studies for Remains of the Roman with Mosaics Risan and Building of French Embasy in Cetinje Management plans > As a member of working group took part in preparation of: Management plan for Historic center of Cetinje, 2008 Management plan for Kotor World Heritage Site, 2007 Conservation projects > Restoration project for Sestokrilovic palace in Perast, 2009 Restoration project for Dukovic house, Herceg Novi, 2008 Kotor ramparts - Conservation project for Middle Gate at Gurdic, project done for the Swedish organization Cultural Heritage without Borders, January-May 2005 Architectural design for reconstruction of the few private houses in Perast and Kotor Collaborator in the Project for restoration of church of St. Ilija, Zagora, Grbalj, Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Kotor, 2002 Collaborator in the Project for restoration of church of St. Katarina, Old Bar, Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Kotor, December 2000 Data base and surveys > Data base for Assessment of Cultural Heritage in Prokletije/Bjeshket e Nemuna area, placed on www.prokletije.info, 2009-2010 An architectural analyze and survey of Šestokrilovid palace in Perast, 2008 On-line data base of listed heritage sites in Kotor municipality www.bokabay.info, 2008 Creation of data base for village Godinje in GIS, 2004 EXPEDITIO representatives took part in the creation of data base for the Master Plan of Perast initiated by the Centre for Urban Development from Belgrade, February-June 1999 Architectural surveys of: palaces, private houses, churches, rural areas... Organisation and moderation of the workshops, round tables > Organisation of the Landscape Stewardship Exchange in the Boka Kotorska Bay, in partnership with The Quebec-Labrador Foundation /Atlantic Center for the Environment (QLF), Kotor, Montenegro, 21-27 June, 2010. Co-organisation of SEE (South-East European) Heritage network meetings in Novi Sad, Serbia, 2009 and Rijeka, Croatia, 2010 Organisation of Fourth meeting of the SEE (South-East European) Heritage network Kotor, Montenegro, 8-10 February 2008 Organisation of Regional seminar/workshop Development of Maintenance Programs and Tools for Historic Building Maintenance organized by the regional partners: National Trust of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Europa Nostra, EXPEDITIO and Swedish foundation Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB), Kotor, 29-31 May 2007 Organization and moderation of the round table Treatment of cultural heritage and Landscape within the Spatial Plan of Montenegro, Kotor, 2007 A l e k s a n d r a K a p e t a n o v i d C V 3
Moderation of the workshop titled "Promoting cultural resources and project writing", within the British Council s project»education and training in the field of cultural heritage in Montenegro«, Cetinje, 17-18 March 2006 Organization and moderation of the workshop»the role of media in the protection and promotion of cultural and environmental heritage,within the British Council's project»education and training in the field of cultural and environmental heritage of Montenegro«, Podgorica, June 2005 Organization and moderation of the workshop Possibilities of involving non-governmental organizations in the process of cultural and environmental heritage protection, within the British Council s project Education and training in the field of cultural and environmental heritage of Montenegro Podgorica, March 2005 As one of the project coordinators of EXPEDITIO participated in organization of a round table Cultural heritage - potential for development of Boka Kotorska Bay, Kotor, February 2003 Organisation of Campaigns > Took part in elaboration and implementation of EXPEDITIO campaign Look Around Think about Space!, European Agency for Reconstruction, 2005-2006 Took part in elaboration and implementation of EXPEDITIO campaign "The Medieval Towns of Montenegro", January-July 2004 Preparation of project proposals > For EXPEDITIO wrote many different project proposals in the area of cultural heritage For Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Kotor preparation of project proposals: "Protection and revitalization of Kotor fortress" for The Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects of Japan", May 2003 and partnership application for the project in the frame of CADSES INTERREG III program, May 2003 OTHER ACTIVITIES Took part in creation of SEE Heritage Network network of NGOs from the South East Europe dealing with the cultural heritage, 2006-2007 Analise of Press Cliping on Cultural Heritage conducting the monitoring of four daily papers in Montenegro in order to establish to what extent the topics of cultural heritage are represented, January-September 2005 Assistance on archeological research led by group from Warsaw University, on locality Carine in Risan, August 2003 Supervision of public works on cleaning and conservation of Kotor fortress, May - July 2003, and on fortress Spanjola in Herceg Novi, September - December 2003 PRESENTATIONS HELD ON SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES Presentation "Cultural heritage in the protected areas - a resource for sustainable tourism and local development at International conference on "Transboundary Cooperation in the Dinaric Arc", organized by IUCN, WWF and SNV, Čapljina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 29 June - 1 July 2010 Presentation about Activities of non-governmental organizations in the field of cultural heritage in Montenegro to the students of Pennsylvania University, Kotor, Montenegro, 27 May, 2010 Presentation about the activities of NGOs in Montenegro for the students of architecture and urban planning from the Polis University of Tirana and conservation students from the University of Gothenburg, 29 November, 2009 Presentation South East European Heritage Network at Heritage Care through Active Citizenship - European Conference on Civil Society Organisations active in the Field of Heritage, Mechelen, Belgium, 23-24 March 2009 Presentaion Activities of non-governmental organizations in the field of cultural heritage in Montenegro examples of NOTAR and EXPEDITIO at Heritage Care through Active Citizenship - A l e k s a n d r a K a p e t a n o v i d C V 4
European Conference on Civil Society Organisations active in the Field of Heritage, Mechelen, Belgium, 23-24 March 2009 The International symposium Cultural/architectural heritage renewal aspects, examples, lessons organized by Suburbium in the Assembly of Autonomous Province of Voivodina Novi Sad, Serbia, 2-4 May 2007 Posibilities for NGO acting in the field of cultural tourism Conference Potentials of Cultural Tourism in the Cetinje, organised by British Council, Cetinje, Montenegro, 26-27 February 2007 Presentation "Cultural heritage as potential for sustainable development activities of non governmental organizations in the field of cultural heritage in Montenegro", Living Heritage conference, Skopje, October 2005 Presentation "Activities of non governmental organizations in the field of cultural heritage in Montenegro " at UNESCO ROSTE seminar, Florence, January 2005 Presentation of the book Three Hundred Years of Loneliness and EXPEDITIO activities in Perast, within the collaboration Marko Polo system, Municipality of Venice, Venice, November 2004 Presentation of EXPEDITIO activities at UNESCO seminar "Natural and Cultural Assets for Sustainable Tourism Development in South East Europe", Kotor, 19-29 October 2004 Presentation of the project proposal "Cultural Itineraries" at the Round Table for culture organized within the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative, Miločer, 15-16 October 2004 STUDY VISITS Study visit Multi-Cultural Dialogue. EU legislation and actions in the field of culture and heritage, organised by European Commission the People to People Programme, Civil Society Facility, DG Enlargement, Brussels, Belgium, 1-4 December 2008 Study tour organized for representatives of administration and non-governmental organizations from Montenegro to Polish institutions that deal with EU integration For you could be difficult, too Make the process less painful, Poland, 12-19 November 2006 Study Visit to institutions and organisations from Slovenia, in the frame of the project "Managing the Space - Promoting European Standards" within the European Integration Fund, 26.08.- 03.09.2005 Study Visit to NGOs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Prague and Bratislava, within the RAC - Regional Advocacy programme in Montenegro financed by USAID/ORT,1 10 December 2004 As a representative of Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Kotor took part in Central and South Eastern European Youth Invitation Programme organised by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Tokyo, Japan; October 28 to November 8, 2001 Exhibitions > Medieval towns of Montenegro held in Podgorica, Niksic, Kolasin and Zabljak, 2004 Perast - Six diploma projects held in Perast and Cetinje, September 2002 ZAGORA architectural workshop held in Kotor, 2000 Took part in preparation of exhibition "St. Tryphons Cathedral in Kotor - Research and Restoration 1983-2000", within Regional Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Kotor, December 2000 Three Hundred Years of Loneliness held in: Belgrade, Kotor, Perast, Budva and Moscow, 1997-1998 A l e k s a n d r a K a p e t a n o v i d C V 5
PUBLISHED WORKS Kostanjica Natural and Cultural Heritage, Kotor, 2009 Šestokrilović palace in Perast, in Boka no.28-29 - collection of works from science and culture, Herceg Novi, 2009 Palaces of Boka Kotorska, Kotor, 2008 The doors in the traditional architecture of the Boka Kotorska and their conservation, Kotor, 2006 Voluntary work camps as an example of collaboration between non governmental organisations and institutions in the field of cultural heritage, in Glasnik no.28 - Courier of Association of Conservators of Serbia, Belgrade, 2004 Mazarovich palace, in Boka no.25 - collection of works from science and culture, Herceg Novi, 2004 Publications within the EXPEDITIO Three Hundred Years of Loneliness - summer school of architecture Perast 97, Belgrade, 1998 Three Hundred Years of Loneliness (English edition), Podgorica, 1998 Zagora 2000- Summer School of Architecture, Kotor, 2004 Medieval towns of Montenegro, Kotor, 2004 Godinje 2005 - architectural workshop, Kotor, 2005 Three Hundred Years of Loneliness (Italian edition), Kotor, 2005 Translation of European documents: Green Paper on Energy Efficiency, ESDP European Spatial Development Perspective - Towards Balanced and Sustainable Development of EU, The European Urban Charter, Reclaiming City Streets for People European Conventions and Recommendations in the Field of Cultural Heritage, 2006 Montenegro on the path of European integrations Experience of Poland, Kotor, 2006 Development of Maintenance Programs and Tools for Historic Building Preservation, Kotor, 2008 AWARDS within the EXPEDITIO Plaque awarded for the Study and Publication on Natural and Cultural Heritage of Kostanjica, at the Third Landscape Architecture Salon, Belgrade, Serbia, September 2009 Acknowledgement for contribution and enhancement of building and cultural heritage for the Architectural Workhop Godinje 2004 at the 13th Salon of Urbanism, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 2004 Award for the best work in graphic design at the "Grifon" Biennial for the publication "Three Hundred Years of Loneliness, Belgrade, Serbia, 1998 Acknowledgement for Publishing at the 21st Salon of Architecture for the publication "Three Hundred Years of Loneliness, Belgrade, Serbia, 1998 1st AWARD at the 6th Salon of Urbanism for the best student work about Perast, Niš, Serbia, 1997 A l e k s a n d r a K a p e t a n o v i d C V 6