Belgrade 22nd– 23rd April 2916
Members of the DANET – board (Carmen Stadelhofer, Germany; Dusana Findeisen, Slovenia; Ana Zlibut, Romania; Tihomir Ziljak, Croatia; Emiliya Velikova and Mariella Nankova, Bulgaria) met in the „Institute for the Study of Cultural Development“ in Belgrade ( Marina Lukic Cvetic ,directoress, and Dejan Zagorac researcher). The DANET board members were supported by Lidija Jevremovic, National Foundation for Human Aging Dr. Laza Lazarevic. The DANET Board members started by reporting on the work done in Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Germany and Slovenia over the last months. Their report was on the institutions visited, decisions makers approached, events launched and the results obtained in each country. The progress report on the project Tastes of the Danube (DANET and ILEU) was presented. Plans for the coming projects Breakfast on the Danube and Bread on Tour were elaborated. The Board members were invited to Heinrich Boel Foundation in Belgrade to present and promote DANET. There was also a friendly evening, a warm meeting of Danubian friends sharing a lot: common goals, information, knowledge, common and particular culture as well. The evening was organised for the DANET Board members, local partner institutions and a group of interested older people from Germany. Tamara, an archaeologist presented excavations near Vinca where bread from the 12th century was found which is a rare example of gastronomy-heritology.
Carmen Stadelhofer introducing the friendly evening
Dušana Findeisen, Slovenian Third Age University