Fifth Heritage Game in-person partners’ meeting in Ceske Budejovice
The fifth Heritage Game partners’ meeting took place in the period from 9th to 11th of September 2025 in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. Host of the event was the University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice. The event was attended by representatives of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (Portugal), D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics (Bulgaria), Valahia University of Targoviste (Romania), University of South Bohemia České Budějovice (Czech Republic), University of Trnava (Slovakia), University of Camerino (Italy), and Adana Science and Technology University (Turkiye). During the event, partners have discussed all tasks and activities that should be implemented to develop a gamified application for community-led heritage work, as well as methods for community engament and general rules for organising, implementing and reporting community engament events in Heritage Game project.
The event has begun with the opening speeches of the Rector of the University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice, Vice-Dean for International Relations of the Faculty of Education of the University of South Bohemia and the Manager of the Heritage Game project.
The intensive 3-days work programme took place in the premises of the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Education of the University of South Bohemia and at the same time online via MS Teams environment for project members who could not be present in person. The work programme included presentations and discussions of individual work packages. Within WP1, issues of project management, coordination of activities and planning of further steps were addressed. WP5 focused on dissemination – partners shared experiences with project promotion and proposed new strategies for its dissemination, and plans for a final conference in 2026 were addressed. WP3 presented progress in creating a methodological manual, which will serve as a practical tool for using the project's outputs. The greatest attention was paid to WP4, i.e. the development of the digital application Heritage Game. Technical aspects, content structure and ease of use were discussed.
The project partners have scheduled their next in-person meeting for February 2026. The host of the sixth in-person meeting will be the Polytechnic University of Tomar.
The project No. 2023-1-PT01-KA220-HED-000154261 “A gamification model for community-based heritage work” is implemented within the framework of the Erasmus+ programmе, in partnership between Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (Portugal), D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics (Bulgaria), Valahia University of Targoviste (Romania), University of South Bohemia České Budějovice (Czech Republic), University of Trnava (Slovakia), University of Camerino (Italy), and Adana Science and Technology University (Turkiye).
The project No. 2023-1-PT01-KA220-HED-000154261 “A gamification model for community-based heritage work” is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.