Photo: NMZThe association "Naša mesna zajednica" believes that Dubravka Đukanović, director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, is responsible for the destruction of Neolithic remains at the Belo Brdo archeological site in Vinča.
Millenium Team d.o.o., Jadran d.o.o. and Nivkol AD are carrying out work on the rehabilitation of the Belo Brdo landslide in Vinča, which concreted the archeological site and buried an archeological layer over 7000 years old, warns the Association of Citizens "Naša mesna zajednica". The rehabilitation project was created by the company BeoExpert design doo.
Landslide rehabilitation works cost 1,2 million euros.
The association "Naša mesna zajednica" believes that Dubravka Đukanović, director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, is responsible for concreting the archaeological site.
"The work and development of the rehabilitation project is financed by the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, whose director, Dubravka Đukanović, we consider responsible for endangering the archaeological site because the landslide rehabilitation project of BeoExpert design d.o.o. is contrary to the protection measures previously prescribed by the Institute in March 2020." , it is written in their statement.
They say that "the Institute's protection measures from March 2020 (while the director was Mirjana Andrić) provided that part of the plot on which the archaeological layer is located would remain free and that in parallel with the rehabilitation of the landslide, investigative archaeological excavations would be carried out, which is now impossible because archaeological layer buried by the execution of this rehabilitation project", as well as that these "protection measures were omitted from the landslide rehabilitation project of the company BeoExpert design doo".
Despite the fact that their project did not have this essential element, Millennium Team doo, Jadran doo and Novkol AD won the tender for this job in November 2022.
The association reminds that "BeoExpert design doo, together with the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Belgrade, was one of the designers and worked on the rehabilitation of the landslide for the section of Corridor 10 in Grdelica near the Predejana tunnel, where in August 2018 a part of the retaining wall collapsed due to the initiation of a landslide . The designer of the main project for the greater part of this section of Corridor 10 was the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Belgrade, and the responsible designer was Janko Radovanović from the company BeoExpert design doo. who was the responsible designer for the landslide rehabilitation project at the Belo Brdo archeological site in Vinča."
It is also necessary to recall the following: in March 2020, the Republic Institute prescribed measures to protect the archaeological site, based on the current Spatial Plan of the Special Purpose Area of the Belo Brdo archaeological site. Then, in March 2022, the International Urban Planning and Architecture Competition was announced for the conceptual design of the area of the Belo Brdo Archaeological Park Complex in Vinča with the facilities of the Visitor Center and the Neolithic Scientific Research Center.
The plots that are intended for the construction of the National Center and the Visitor Center in this International competition were NOT provided for by the valid Spatial Plan because they are archaeological sites.
However, in order for these two buildings to be built on those new plots, an amendment to the Spatial Plan of the special purpose area of the Belo Brdo archaeological site was initiated.
The Amendment proposal was on public review last month and this month, and a public hearing is scheduled for September 1.
"Amendments to the valid Spatial Plan actually legitimize the landslide rehabilitation project, which contradicts the protection measures and the plan itself," the Association claims.
And that's not all: at the session of the Government of the Republic of Serbia in June 2022, the Strategic Master Plan for the Development of Tourism in Belgrade was adopted for the area of the archaeological site Belo Brdo, Vinča. According to that master plan, the Association states, "the associated contents are foreseen which are not at all compatible with the basic purpose of the archaeological site and are not even included in the scope of the spatial plan that is being changed."
They point out that "in the budget of the Republic of Serbia, 3 million euros have been earmarked for the research, protection and presentation of the archaeological site Belo Brdo in Vinča, of which almost half of the funds have already been spent on the first phase of landslide rehabilitation and the international competition, while the accompanying contents are planned for the master the plan estimated that twice as much funds will be needed than the planned budget, i.e. about 6 million euros."
They conclude that "Dubravka Đukanović, the current director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, was a member of the jury of the international competition in March 2022 and one of the authors of the master plan from June 2022." Since the change of leadership in the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments obviously brought about a change in attitude towards the archaeological site, we should not be surprised that Dubravka Đukanović ignored the protection measures issued by her predecessor Mirjana Andrić in March 2020 and that The Institute financed a disputed rehabilitation project contrary to its own project assignment and protection measures. Because of all this, we believe that Dubravka Đukanović is responsible for endangering the archaeological site of Belo Brdo in Vinča."
The Republic Institute and its director deny all allegations of the Association "Naša mesna zajednica". The association then denied the Institute's explanations.
They say that their allegations are "based on facts from publicly available documentation, which in addition to the text part also has a graphic part, i.e. images that clearly show what the landslide rehabilitation project foresees", they believe that everyone can "see for themselves with their own eyes to the accuracy of the statements from our announcement".
And traces of the Neolithic era at the Belo Brdo archeological site in Vinča are disappearing.
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