Culture and Cultural Heritage

The Partnership organised a final meeting and conference in June in Rome to reflect on its work and on how to ensure the continuity of valuable actions with new outputs and to build bridges to future steps. In these next months in 2022, the Partnership will work on summarizing its legacy and finalising its political and strategic recommendations for the EU, Member States as well as regions and cities. Please read the article through the link below for more information.

Two freshly released reports will be presented during the webinar on November 23rd. The first includes an evaluation of funding structures of European public libraries as result of a survey carried out by the Action Group. The other presentation is a pre-synthesis of the second European report on sustainable development and libraries, a survey carried out by EBLIDA in the course of summer 2021. Register here!

The Partnership on Culture and Cultural Heritage held a two-day interdisciplinary workshop in the framework of its Action 8 on "Guiding Principles for Resilience and Integrated Approaches in Risk and Heritage Management in European Cities." Follow the link to find out more about the meeting.

The Partnership on Culture & Cultural Heritage has been developing a toolkit that contains good practises and suggestions related to the reuse & management of vacant buildings and underused urban areas, focusing on co-design and collective management processes that engage with social actors (e.g., local communities, private and public bodies, cultural associations, etc.). You can find the toolkit here.

The Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on Culture & Cultural Heritage has issued recommendations for an in-depth analysis of tourism flows as part of Action 7 from the Action Plan. See the outcome here.

The action 'Raise awareness for public libraries and their new tasks on a national and European level' within the framework of the Partnership Culture/Cultural Heritage is intended to make public libraries more visible at European level. Its aim is to raise awareness among decision-makers, to recognise the importance of public libraries for Europe and to derive recommendations from this for the European level. Please contribute to their efforts by taking part in this survey!

The German Federal Ministry of the Interior for Building and Community (BMI) and the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) are organising an online expert discussion, in the framework of the Partnership on Culture and Cultural Heritage in the Urban Agenda for the EU, on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 from 15:00-18:00 CET. You can view further information and find out how to register by following the link.

Our 11th post looks at an Action developed by the Culture/Cultural Heritage Partnership: Promoting the role of public libraries at the EU level, contributing to raising the importance of public libraries for sustainable social urban development and providing recommendations to the European level on how to include public libraries in its policies and programmes.

The conference documentation summarizes the in-depth discussions during the two-day event, which the Partnership on Culture and Cultural Heritage organized under the German EU Council Presidency. See the full documentation here.

On the 31 May and 1 June, the Culture and Cultural Heritage Partnership held its 6th meeting, presenting intermediate results of their work so far, relevant updates, and discussions on their next steps. Read the full summary here.

The Partnership on Culture/Cultural Heritage has submitted an essay to the Design Phase of the New European Bauhaus (NEB), connecting their 11 Actions and findings thus far to the principles of the NEB.

On 10 and 11 February 2021, the 4th Partnership meeting of the Culture and Cultural Heritage Partnership took place, leading to productive discussions and concrete action points for the Partnership. Read the outcomes of the meeting here.

The Partnership On Culture and Cultural Heritage is putting forward a survey under its Action 5 "Raise awareness for public libraries and their new tasks on a European and National Level".

The Partnership on Culture/Cultural Heritage published its final Action Plan! 11 Actions have been developed under the overall mission to improve the management of the historic built environment of European cities, promote Culture, and preserve the quality of urban landscapes and heritage.

On 14 October 2020, at this year's European Week of Regions and Cities, the Partnership on Culture/Cultural Heritage contributed with a virtual interactive workshop focusing on how culture and cultural heritage can act as driving factors for sustainable urban development.

The Partnership on Security in Public Spaces and Culture/Cultural Heritage continued their work despite difficulties related to Covid-19, and are about to launch the Public Feedback on their Action Plans! The Partnerships want to hear the voice of cities and regions on the Actions they have developed. Stay tuned on Futurium and Twitter!