On 4 September 2025, the ASCE Annual General Meeting took place in Dresden, Germany, organized by Women in Remembrance Culture (WIRC).
Over 60 participants joined the meeting and members' attendance quorum requirement was reached in the second call.
The AGM was preceded by Mrs Lidija Pliberšek, president of ASCE, and all steering committee members were present or gave proxy to other members. During the AGM several things were outlined and discussed:
1.Introduction
- Welcome speech by ASCE president, Mrs Lidija Pliberšek.
2.Presidency and Steering Committee activities 2024/2025
- Steering Committee meetings and sessions
- AGM 2024 in Budapest, Hungary
- European Cemeteries Route received the Best Practice Award 2024
- Attendance at the All-Slovenian Cultural Routes meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Attendance at the International Conference on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in Nova Gorica, Slovenia
- Attendance at the Conference Cemeteries and Other Spaces of Democratic Memory in Barcelona, Spain
- Attendance at the 12th Training Academy on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in Torres Vedras, Portugal
- Regular cooperation in the field of sustainable cemetery management with the Chamber of Public Utilities of Slovenia
- Attendance at the European heritage day in Oslo: At home in Europe.
- Charter development
3. Financial report and budget
4. ASCE administration and European Cemeteries Route activities 2024/2025
- Administration and presidency work overview
- IT maintainance and development:
- Improving communications channels
- Updating members data
- AGMs and Conference support
- Projects support
- ARTOUR development
- Cultural routes cooperation
5. Projects and activities
- Significant cemeteries for sustainable Europe:
- 2024: Sustainable cities and communities
- 2025: Peace, justice and strong institutions
- 2026: Quality education
- Week of Discovering European Cemeteries 2025: Gardens of 80
- Schools on cemeteries
- Peace tree
- Scientific work
- Communications
6. New members and significant cemeteries
7. AGM 2026: from 18 to 20 June in Turin, Italy
8. Conclusions
Members engaged in various debates on topics during and after the AGM, confirming the report and plans for the future work of ASCE.
AGM materials
The detailed program and AGM presentation are available at this link. Photos, videos, and additional materials from the event will be released over the coming weeks.