29 members and guests from 7 countries met at   the 2021 FORTE CULTURA General Assembly at Königstein Fortress (Saxony). Under the leadership of Dirk Röder, the Executive Board and Scientific Advisory Board presented a highly impressive performance report on the activities and results of the last 15 months. Highlights included the positive network development, project developments and the extensive workshop and conference programme in cooperation with EFFORTS.

In the subsequent elections, Frank Riesbeck (DE) was re-elected as President, Frauke Vos-Firnkes (DE) as Vice President, Dirk Röder (DE) as Vice President Finance and Agnieszka Zurawska-Tatala (PL) as Vice President Communication. New mem- bers were Huibert Crijns (NL) as Vice President Cultural Heritage and Filippo Cailotto (IT) as As- sessor Alps-Adriatic. Hartmut Röder (DE) did not stand for re-election. Due to his great services to FORTE CULTURA, the General Assembly made him an honorary member.

The Scientific Advisory Board was also elected. Standing for re-election were Prof. Dr Teresa Colletta (IT), Ass. Prof. Dr Nataša Urošević (HR), Ass. Prof. Dr Marcin Gorski (PL) and Dipl.-Ing. Volker K. Pachauer (AT).  Dr Alexander Jordan (DE) and Dr Juan Antonio Mira Rico (ES) are new members.