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Virtual attendance at farewell ceremonies

Terrassa cemetery in Spain
Funerária de Terrassa launches the streaming service at Terrassa cemetery that will allow people to attend the farewell ceremonies virtually.

About the streaming service

Funerária de Terrassa makes a streaming service available to families. The incorporation of this new proposal aims to bring the farewell of deceased loved ones closer to people who cannot attend the ceremonies in person.

The project has provided for the installation of a camera in the Multiconfessional Temple and a technological system that allows it the recording and sharing over the Internet of the captured signal.

People who want to choose this option will have a link through which they can do the virtual monitoring of the ceremony through their electronic devices with an Internet connection, and which they can share. During these last months of the year, the service will be offered free of charge and will become optional in early 2023.

Improvement of care and service

Funerária de Terrassa, as a public company, ratifies with this action its commitment to the continuous improvement of care and service, incorporating technological advances and adapting established protocols to make them evolve. 

In this case, the fact of facilitating virtual assistance is particularly interesting in personal situations or geographical locations that make it difficult to attend in person.

Related information at www.funerariaterrassa.cat.

AGM 2020 report

Central Cemetery in Vienna, Austria
On October 7th, 2020, the online ASCE Annual General Meeting took place with live broadcasting from Vienna (Austria).
After the postponement of the Annual General Meeting in Milano (Italy) due to the coronavirus situation, a shorter online AGM was prepared. In accordance with all safety regulations, the ASCE presidency met in Vienna (Austria) and led the online meeting with live broadcasting on October 7th, 2020.

The most important topics addressed were:

1. General Assembly (first call)

2. ASCE financial report for 2019

A very well balanced finances statement provides a secure future for general work of ASCE. Surplus of previous years is notable in financial assets of ASCE.

3. ASCE activities report

Overview of projects, activities, events and news from 2020. Among others:
  • presentation of the online tool for membership overview and exchanging data
  • presentation of new delegated ASCE Steering Committee Representatives that will help to promote ASCE in their region through different projects and gain new members of ASCE:
      • Olaf Ihlefeld from Berlin, Germany
      • Ian Dungavel from London, UK
      • Sara Carlquist from Stockholm, Sweden
  • presentation of new ASCE Scientific committee representative:
      • Ioanna Paraskevopoulou from Athens, Greece (a PhD student at Harokopio University of Athens)   

4. New ASCE members

Presentation of new members who have joined ASCE between September 21st, 2019 and September 30th, 2020:
  • City Council of Fernán Núñez, Spain - Municipal Cemetery of Fernán Núñez
  • City of Rouen (Ville de Rouen), France - Monumental Cemetery (Cimetiere Monumental)
  • Din l-Art Helwa (National Trust of Malta), Valletta, Malta - Msida Bastion Historic Garden
  • Pogrebno Kotor, Kotor, Montenegro - Cemetery Skaljari
  • Arciconfraternita di S. Maria del Popolo, Naples, Italy - “Cemetery of 366 Fosses”

5. ASCE future

Discussion on projects and activities planned for 2021 and 2022 (among others the SunCemet photo exhibition) and a call to contribute news, event announcers, stories and other materials for the ASCE website.

6. General Assembly (second call)

Online AGM 2020

Online AGM 2020
In times of distance we are stepping closer together again. Following many discussions this year with you, our dear members, friends and colleagues, we have prepared and performed several activities.

While the overall situation prevented us to organize another great AGM, we have decided to respond with rethinking and redesigning some of the basic processes. From database to communications and scientific core, ASCE is getting ready to be even more connected in the future.

Using the glue of our common European values to keep us on the mission of preserving and promoting European cemeteries.

Online AGM 2020

Due to the current measures across Europe we have postopned the AGM in Milano, preparing a shorter online AGM.

Online Annual General Meeting will take place on October 7th 2020 at 10:00 AM with live broadcasting.

To join the online meeting, please click here.