{"id":36841,"date":"2023-06-20T16:06:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36841"},"modified":"2023-06-17T18:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T17:37:56","slug":"european-heritage-hub-inaugurated-to-support-europes-green-social-and-digital-transformation-through-cultural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36841","title":{"rendered":"European Heritage Hub inaugurated to support Europe\u2019s green, social and digital transformation through cultural heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The European Heritage Hub was inaugurated in May in Brussels, with Europa Nostra taking the role of project leader.<\/h3>\n
image: c. Europa Nostra<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Europa Nostra writes:<\/p>\n

The official kick-off meeting took place at the\u00a0Press Club\u00a0in Brussels on 10 May. The co-beneficiaries and affiliate partners of the Hub, listed below, met for a fruitful and invigorating first gathering, building synergies, outlining main priorities and agreeing on first actions for the Hub. The consortium was also joined by representatives of the European Commission,\u00a0Walter Zampieri, Head of Unit of the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA),\u00a0Alejandro Ramilo, Project Adviser and Coordinator of EACEA, as well as by\u00a0Pia Sopta, Policy Officer for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC).<\/p>\n

Day one concluded with a vibrant inaugural reception at the emblematic\u00a0Art and History Museum\u00a0in the\u00a0Jubelpark Cinquantenaire, a rising cultural and historical landmark located in the very heart of Brussels. Some 100 people attended the reception, during which the contract of the European Heritage Hub was officially co-signed by\u00a0Walter Zampieri, Head of Unit of EACEA, and\u00a0Sne\u0161ka Quaedvlieg-Mihailovi?, Project Leader of the European Heritage Hub and Secretary General of Europa Nostra.<\/p>\n

Georg Haeusler, Director for Culture, Creativity and Sport in the European Commission (DG EAC), applauded the launch of the European Heritage Hub which shall help the EU Institutions by establishing as many synergies as possible between various stakeholders and European projects. \u201cThe European Heritage Hub is an ambitious initiative that will put forward a holistic and integrated approach to cultural heritage, based on principles of participatory governance and democracy. The new hub will provide a platform for exchange of expertise and awareness-raising. It will contribute to the reflection collectively started during the European Year of Cultural Heritage \u2013 the wish to streamline cultural heritage across policies and to promote its management and preservation,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Paul Dujardin, Chief Project Director of Horizon 50\/200, and\u00a0Bruno Verbergt, Director General at Royal Museums of Art and History, also gave some opening remarks to welcome the launch of the European Heritage Hub.<\/p>\n

The project responds to the need to set up a more permanent heritage hub in Europe which seeks to bring together various stakeholders with the view of ensuring a more structured cooperation and coordination of action at all levels of governance, from local to European and international.<\/p>\n

Walter Zampieri\u00a0welcomed the newly launched European Heritage Hub: \u201cThis very ambitious project will be implemented by an impressive team \u2013 that\u2019s what is just needed to take forward the success of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage\u201c.<\/p>\n

Building on the extensive expertise and experience of the consortium, the Hub sets out to tackle the many priority goals of the European Union and its key partners in Europe and beyond. Special emphasis will be given to climate action and the green transition; inclusion, cohesion and accessibility; as well as innovation and digital transition. These three cross-cutting issues will be at the heart of the entire project and be embedded horizontally in all its activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a turning point for the European cultural heritage field. A distinct added value of the European Heritage Hub is its strong focus on the mobilisation of regional and local authorities and communities as well as of civil society across Europe. The Hub will seek to advance a decentralised approach to heritage, stressing the central role of regions and cities, and, ultimately, reaching out to citizens at large\u201d, stated\u00a0Sne\u0161ka Quaedvlieg-Mihailovi?.<\/p>\n

The European Heritage Hub has a total budget of \u20ac3,2 million euros, of which 90% is funded by the EU. During the kick-off meeting the European Commission confirmed they will contribute an additional sum of cc. \u20ac1 million euro to ensure that the Hub\u2019s activities are duly involving partners from Ukraine, the Western Balkans and from the three countries of the Caucasus.<\/p>\n

A strong team of multidisciplinary partners<\/h2>\n

From museums, cities and civil society organisations active in the field of cultural heritage to sustainability, digitalisation or music, the 20 partners of the newly launched European Heritage Hub gather a wide array of expertise and experience, covering all aspects of heritage in the whole of Europe.<\/p>\n

Europa Nostra will take the role of the project leader, working closely with the\u00a0European partners\u00a0(co-beneficiaries) of the project,\u00a0E<\/a>uropeana Foundation,\u00a0Eurocities,\u00a0KU Leuven\u00a0(via\u00a0HERKUL) and\u00a0ICLEI \u2013 Local Governments for Sustainability; as well as the\u00a0affiliated\u00a0partners\u00a0of the project, the\u00a0Society of Friends of Krak\u00f3w History and Heritage,\u00a0ELLINIKI ETAIRIA \u2013 Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage,\u00a0Cinquantenaire 2030,\u00a0Centro Nacional de Cultura,\u00a0Hispania Nostra\u00a0and the\u00a0European Music Centre.<\/p>\n

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