On 28 May 2020, the International Sava River Basin Commission (ISRBC) jointly with the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture for Europe and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education with support of other SHELTER project partners held online the second Open Lab workshop.

The overall objective of the SHELTER (Sustainable Historic Environments hoListic reconstruction through Technological Enhancement and community based Resilience) is to establish cross-scale, multidimensional, data driven and community based operational knowledge framework for heritage-led and conservation-friendly resilience enhancement and sustainable reconstruction of historic areas to cope with climate change and natural hazards. Details about the project available here: https://shelter-project.com/.

The one-day workshop had 6 consecutive sessions with discussions around flood risk management and cultural and natural heritage in the Sava River basin. During this workshop, stakeholders discussed:

The workshop achieved to bring together about 40 representatives from the Sava River basin management authorities (Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia, as well as Albania ) including experts from cultural heritage authorities, flood management operators and emergency responders as major stakeholders of the project.