Dear Colleagues,

ICOMOS Georgia and its partners – ICOMOS Armenia, Ltd. Architectura I Prestizh (Ukraine) and Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage – are pleased to announce that, although it took us quite long, but, finally, issue 5 of the regional e-magazine Heritage Conservation. Regional Network Journal, established within the EU funded project Regional Co-operation for Cultural Heritage Development, is now available online.

Issue 5 of our e-magazine comprises the articles touching upon a wide spectrum of the cultural heritage conservation issues, showing that there are acute problems requiring further discussion and analysis. Problems of the heritage sites listing and grading are discussed by Prof. Dimitri Tumanishvili (Georgia). Dr. Olena Oliynyk (Ukraine) analyses formation and development of the Maidan in the context of the evolution of the post-Soviet architecture in Kiev, while the major focus of Dr. Zaruhi Mamayan’s (Armenia) article is the overview of the development of Yerevan through referring to the city Master Plans of different periods. Creative activity of R. Israelyan, one of the famous 20th century architects is the subject of the article by Dr. Nune Chilingaryan (Armenia). Rich archaeological heritage of Georgia and threats it is facing are presented on the example of Trialeti petroglyphs by Dr. Manana Gabunia and Dr. Mariam Gabashvili. Significance of the risk preparedness is highlighted in the article by Valeria Suruceanu (Moldova). We publish emergency report by ICOMOS Georgia on recent developments in heritage sector in Georgia, showing extreme concern with the present reality, which made the agency apply to the relevant international organisations to pay attention to the problem.
We would like to thank the authors for their contribution and co-operation.

Dr. Marine Kenia