Training on “Geographic Information Systems for Specialists of Departments of Culture and Cultural Heritage Protection of Regional Military Administrations”

From July 29 to 31, the Lviv Cultural Hub hosted a training titled “Geographic Information Systems for Specialists of Regional Military Administrations’ Departments of Culture and Cultural Heritage Protection.”

Around 20 representatives from various regions of Ukraine took part in the training to deepen their knowledge of working with QGIS — an open-source GIS software that is already actively used in the field of heritage protection.

Over the course of three intensive days, participants:
🔹 improved their skills in working with geodata databases in QGIS;
🔹 learned about validation tools (in particular, the UA Orthodoxy Validator);
🔹 converted raster and vector materials (in .dxf/.dwg formats) into structured databases;
🔹 practiced organizing local heritage site registries and working with protective zones.

In addition to theoretical modules, the training included numerous practical tasks — from entering data into GeoPackage to building protective areas around heritage sites and identifying centroid coordinates.

The training was led by leading experts in the field of geographic information systems:
— Yuliia Maksymova, certified QGIS.ORG project manager at Julies Data training center, PhD in Technical Sciences;
— Oleksii Boiko, certified QGIS.ORG project manager at Julies Data;
— Vasyl Petryk, PhD in Architecture, Associate Professor at Lviv Polytechnic National University.

The event marked an important step in introducing modern tools for professional work with cultural heritage data at the regional level — with an emphasis on accuracy, transparency, and compliance with legal standards.

The training was organized by UNESCO Ukraine with the support of the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine.

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📷 (c) UNESCO/Bohdan Yemets

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