On December 16, 2021, in the building of Shabla Municipality was held a thematic conference on “Hamandjia” culture under the project № ROBG-407 „Restoration of unique common cultural heritage and promotion of joint tourism product „Hamangia – first civilisation of old Europe”, funded under Contract № 81781 / 17.07.2018, Priority Axis 2: “Green Region”, Specific Objective 2.1: “Improving the sustainable use of natural heritage and resources and cultural heritage” under the INTERREG V-A Romania-Bulgaria Program 2014-2020.  It was attended by representatives of the two project partners – Shabla Municipality and Chernavoda Municipality, Fribul Ltd. as the contractor of the study from Bulgaria, the National Museum of History and Archeology in Constanta as the contractor of the study from Romania, as well as representatives of the Regional Historical Museum of Dobrich, Regional Historical Museum of Varna, historians and others. Given the epidemiological situation in Bulgaria and Romania, some of the representatives took part in the conference through Zoom (software for video conferencing).

The purpose of the conference was to present and discuss the joint study of the “Hamangia” culture and its impact in the target cross-border region Dobrich-Constanta. The comments and recommendations made by some of the representatives of the discussion were taken into account by the contractors of the joint study of “Hamangia” culture. It is available and can be viewed on the website developed under the project: www.hamangia.eu