TRAMONTANA FORUM III
October 19th–21st, 2026
Shkodër and Lëpushë, Kelmend, Albanian Alps (Albania)

From October 19th to 21st, Binaural Nodar, lead partner of the European project Tramontana IV, met with its partners in Albania for the 3rd International Forum of the Tramontana Network, hosted by GO2Albania in Shkodër and in the Albanian Alps. Binaural Nodar was represented by its coordinator, Luís Gomes da Costa.

The public program planned for October 20th in Shkodër, with the presentation of the photography exhibition “Kelmendi qysh se u fotografue s’pari” (“Kelmendi, ever since it was first photographed”) and a talk by Luís Gomes da Costa on behalf of the Tramontana IV project, had to be canceled due to the political protests that took place during the days of the Forum.

The Forum was nevertheless a very productive meeting. The working sessions among the partner organizations took place in a spirit of collaboration and were dedicated to the last year of the Tramontana IV project, in which many activities are still to be developed in the fields of research, digital archives, artistic creation, education, and public engagement.

The Forum also gave the partners the opportunity to get to know the Albanian Alps, a region of remarkable anthropological and environmental richness. During the collective walk in Lëpushë, in Kelmend, they crossed mountain landscapes and summer pastures and came into contact with the houses, shepherds’ huts, and living heritage of the local communities.

The Tramontana Network was founded in 2012 and today brings together 11 members from 7 countries: Binaural Nodar (Portugal), Audiolab (Spain), Ràdio País, Numériculture Gascogne, and Eth Ostau Comengés (France), La Leggera APS, LEM-Italia, and Bambun APS (Italy), Akademia Profil (Poland), Orma Sodalitas Anthropologica (Romania), and GO2Albania (Albania), dedicated to the documentation, research, preservation, and creative dissemination of the intangible cultural heritage of European rural and mountain communities. The Tramontana IV project is co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe program.

More information: re-tramontana.org

Binaural Nodar is a cultural organization supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth, and Sports | Directorate-General for the Arts.