European industrial heritage organisations are calling for support for 2015 to be designated as European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year.
The campaign makes reference to the significance of 2015 as being 40 years after the original European Architectural Heritage Year (1975) and cites the successes of initiatives as the European Open Heritage Days helping awareness of heritage conservation.
The memorandum states:
‘The European Industrial Heritage Organisations hereby request the Council of Europe, the European Union, the member states, and the International organisations active in the fields of studying, preserving and increasing public appreciation of Heritage to initiate a wide-spread campaign to promote increased awareness and appreciation amongst the public, public authorities and institutions, and non-governmental organisations, of the urgent need to save the Technical and Industrial Heritage of Europe, and to accord it the significance it deserves on the grounds of its Historical and Scientific importance, and through its Cultural significance in offering ways of understanding the social and economic development of our countries’
The campaign is also seeking help to translate the document into different languages to help raise awareness of the proposals.
Add your voice to the debate and view the documentation for EITHY 2015
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