Architectural quality - a priority for the EU

The Council emphasises the importance of architectural quality in urban and rural environments in its resolution of 12 February 2001.

It encourages the Member States to make people more aware of and better trained in appreciation of architectural culture and to promote architectural quality through their public building policies.
The European Commission is called upon to ensure that architectural quality is taken into consideration in all its policies, measures and programmes.
It is also called upon to foster measures to promote and raise awareness of European, historical and contemporary architecture. Finally, it is asked to facilitate cooperation between institutions in the field and encourage the training and mobility of professionals and students.

The Community's activities to promote architecture largely take the form of cultural cooperation, research and regional development.
Raising public awareness of architectural quality and promoting European talent in this area are two of the objectives of the " Culture 2000" programme, particularly the European Prize for Contemporary Architecture.

Architectural quality is one of the prerequisites for the implementation of the Structural Funds, particularly in the case of the URBAN II initiative (2000-2006) on the economic and social regeneration of urban areas in crisis.

It is also one of the subjects which has been dealt with by the Commission since 1997 as part of its efforts to conduct an overall assessment of the socio-economic, environmental and cultural aspects of urban development, which are supplemented by an Urban Forum and an Expert Group on the Urban Environment.

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