New funding has been provided by Historic England to help The Heritage Alliance (THA) support the ‘Heritage 2020’ project.
THA writes:
Historic England has confirmed new funding to enable The Heritage Alliance to continue providing a dedicated secretariat for the Historic Environment Forum (HEF) and to establish a new secretariat for developing and communicating the work of Heritage 2020 the major cross-sector collaboration initiative.
HEF is the sector’s high-level committee, bringing together chief executives and policy officers from public and non-government heritage bodies to coordinate initiatives such as Heritage Counts (the annual audit of the historic environment) and to strengthen advocacy work and communications.
The Heritage 2020 initiative, which follows on from the National Heritage Protection Plan, has five key themes: 1) discovery, identification and understanding; 2) constructive conservation and sustainable management; 3) public engagement; 4) capacity building; and 5) advocacy. Key strategic priorities are identified which will be taken forward through Working Groups linked with each theme. Their Chairpersons will report through a newly established Heritage 2020 Subcommittee to HEF.
Dr Mike Heyworth, Director of the Council for British Archaeology, leading the initiative on behalf of HEF said ‘[a] key aim of Heritage 2020 is to demonstrate how partnership working can add value and lead to the delivery of key outcomes which will enhance the understanding, protection, and enjoyment of the historic environment in England. Historic England’s commitment to Heritage 2020 demonstrates its firm endorsement of collaborative working’.
The project, ‘Supporting Collaboration in the Historic Environment’, supported by Historic England, will run from 4 April 2016 to September 2018. A Project Officer will shortly be recruited; please see the next issue of Heritage Update and the Heritage Alliance website for details, and circulate to colleagues. It will be a unique, exciting opportunity working at the heart of the heritage sector.
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