Ref. Ares(2019)2944586 - 02/05/2019
Meeting with the European Jewish Congress
Time and location: 25 February at 11:00, Brussels (Berlaymont building)
Topic: Jewish cemeteries and the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative
Participants:
• Alicja Herbowska (Deputy Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Navracsics)
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and
(Education, Audiovisual and
Culture Executive Agency (EACEA))
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(European Jewish Congress)
Notes from the meeting
• There are currently 11.000 sites
• Link to the Council of Europe and UNESCO
• They have a perspective of around 100 cemeteries at the moment but it increases
constantly.
• 90 % funding necessitated for the renovation of sites the rest to other projects.