Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on Culture / Cultural Heritage Final Action Plan
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Final Action Plan Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on Culture / Cultural Heritage Final Action Plan *** The Pact of Amsterdam states that the Action Plan "can be regarded as non-binding". Therefore, the Actions presented in this Action Plan are not compulsory. *** DEFINITIONS Actions: should address a real need: an important issue, have real and visible impact and concern a larger number of Member States and cities; Actions should be new: no ‘recycling’ of elements which have already been done or which would be done anyway; Actions should be ready to be implemented: Clear, detailed and feasible; a study or a Working Group or a network is not considered an Action. Recommendations: are meant to suggest good policies, good governance or good practices examples which could be used for inspiration. For instance, these can be projects that have already been implemented and that are considered successful. The aim of such recommendations is to encourage their mainstreaming (implementation at a wider scale) and transfer (implementation in more Member States and cities). Responsible: is meant the institution (EU/national/local) to who the Action is addressed. It is not specifically any of the members of the Partnerships. To describe why one institution should be responsible means that the Partnership wen into the analysis of the Action and reached the conclusion that an Action fits the purpose. Deadline: refers to the timeframe where the Action should take place in order to be meaningful. A deadline refers to a specific calendar. Table of contents 1 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 Objectives 5 1.2 Governance of the Partnership 20 1.2.1 Members of the Partnership on Culture and Cultural Heritage 20 1.2.2 Working method and processes of the Partnership 21 1.3 What is already done? 29 2 ACTIONS 32 2.1 Better Regulation 32 2.1.1 ACTION N° 01 – Regulating phenomena of sharing economy 32 2.1.2 ACTION N° 02 – Street Invasion, Atomisation and Cultural Reactivation 40 2.1.3 ACTION N° 03 – Cultural Hubs for Innovation, Modernisation and Enhancement" (CHIME) 47 2.1.4 ACTION N° 04 – Collaborative Management to adapt and reuse spaces and buildings for cultural and social innovative development 53 2.2 Better Funding 61 2.2.1 ACTION N° 05 – Raise awareness for public libraries and their new tasks on a European and National Level 61 2.2.2 ACTION N° 06 – Strategic Plan for the Culture Enhancement in Urban Framework 65 2.2.3 ACTION N° 07 – Data collection and smart use applied to the management of tourist flows 73 2.3 Better Knowledge 84 2.3.1 ACTION N° 08 – Guiding Principles for Resilience and Integrated Approaches in Risk and Heritage Management in European Cities 84 2.3.2 ACTION N° 09 – Observatory on Culture/Cultural Heritage and climate change in the urban framework 94 2.3.3 ACTION N° 10 – Integrated approaches to Dissonant Heritage 103 2.3.4 ACTION N° 11 – Local cultural services fostering social inclusion: Identification of cities’ research needs and peer learning 111 3 GOOD POLICIES, GOVERNANCE AND PRACTICES 118 3.1 Policies 118 3.2 Governance 126 3.3 Practices 135 4 LINKS WITH OTHER COMMITMENTS 145 4.1 Link with the cross-cutting issues 145 4.2 New Urban Agenda & Sustainable Development Goals 148 4.3 Other commitments 150 5 MONITORING 155 6 FINAL REMARKS (CCH Action Plan) 156 7 ANNEXES 159 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Objectives The aim of the Partnership on Culture/Cultural Heritage is to enable municipalities, Member States, EU institutions and interest groups, NGOs and Partners from the industry to work together on an equal footing to find solutions that improve the management of the historic built environment of European cities, promote Culture, and preserve the quality of urban landscapes and heritage. These general objectives are not an objective in itself, but are a powerful tool aimed at achieving social, ecological and economic goals. In line with the work of the European Commission on Better Regulation and according to the principles established in the Pact of Amsterdam, the Partnership laid out an Action Plan aimed at smoothing the implementation of the existing EU strategies in and for cities, as well as giving them the opportunity to express their needs at EU-level. Additional focuses include making it easier to access EU funding, promoting combined financing from EU funds (Better Funding), improving the knowledge base on urban issues and Baukultur, and improving the exchange of best practices (Better Knowledge). Within the Urban Agenda for the EU, the Partnership has developed its own original, integrated concept, oriented towards urban policies. This concept is based on the UNESCO’s definition of heritage and according to the principles established in the new Urban Agenda elaborated by Habitat III. This concept is described in the following sections 1.1a, 1.1b and 1.1c. 1.1.a- Focus areas and activities Culture and Cultural Heritage as a key resource of the European city The Urban Agenda’s Partnership on Culture/Cultural Heritage stems from the conviction that Culture and Cultural Heritage can be important drivers for strengthening the social, ecological and economic assets of European cities. The key concept behind the Partnership's activities is that a conscious, effective, integrated management of urban Cultural Heritage and urban cultural identities can help to improve urban sustainable growth policies in larger metropolitan cities, but also in medium and small- sized towns in Europe. The Partnership considers Culture and Cultural Heritage in the broad sense and explores its ecological, economic and social dimensions: cities and towns of Europe should be viewed as cultural resources requiring preservation and further development. Their potential for sustainable development in line with the Urban Agenda has ecological, economic and social relevance. A systematic, integrated approach that uses the definition of Culture and Cultural Heritage as a starting point to make full use of the social, ecological and economic resources as well as the potential of our urban areas: this includes physical, tangible heritage (such as buildings protected by law, meaningful urban structures, significant urban landscapes, etc.) as well as intangible heritage such as local know-how and cultural identities. 5 The Action Plan develops Actions supporting the use, knowledge, and preservation of physical heritage with intangible assets (creative and artistic, traditional and innovative) expressed by local social and economic communities, as established by the UNESCO convention of 2003 on Intangible Heritage. The Plan includes Actions aimed at supporting cultural and creative businesses, also through the management of urban cultural services, and the reuse of urban heritage, including buildings and open spaces, proposing an "extended" use of urban spaces and services present in the cities. Against this background, the Partnership on Culture/Cultural Heritage intends to focus on these three key issues, taking into account interdependencies – such as multilevel governance – and formulating results with reference to the three pillars of Better Regulation, Better Funding and Better Knowledge according to the Pact of Amsterdam. With this perspective, the field of Actions to enhance urban Cultural Heritage extends towards the integration of the environment, tourism and recreational activities, actively interacting with interventions aimed at promoting the city. Cultural heritage as an ecological resource The Cultural Heritage in the urban and peri-urban environment is essentially an ecological resource and also includes the natural and landscape heritage existing in our cities, suburbs and peripheral urban spaces. The cultural and natural heritage of cities must be preserved and strengthened against natural risks, such as climate change, but also and above all, against the direct pressures exerted by anthropic activities in the urban space, by increasing the security of heritage and the resilience of cities and by decreasing pressure factors. Cultural Heritage as an economic resource Creativity and smart specialisation based on the enhancement of the local know how (the local way of producing, building, living) increase collaborative approaches to develop products, to accelerate markets and to identify synergies, by fostering a convergence between public policies and private investments and supporting open, inclusive and pluralistic societies. The role of the urban Cultural Heritage as an economic resource for local development is to be utilised as an essential element for civil cohabitation and for the processes of economic growth of a community. Cultural Heritage as a social resource Over the course of history, urban Cultural Heritage has been relevant for social processes. Public Cultural Heritage management and its quality affect citizens’ sense of belonging to a place and their respect of public spaces as well as their attitude towards public authorities and the state. It is more and more important to enable integrated, inclusive and innovative processes to define and manage Cultural Heritage sites. Cultural Heritage as a governance and planning resource Planning is not just a technical tool, but rather a political issue. It has been recognized that integrated, inclusive and holistic approaches that bring together actors from all levels and relevant fields are required for embedding Culture and Cultural Heritage dimensions in urban development processes whilst ensuring the promotion and preservation of heritage. 6 1.1.b- An integrated Action model The Partnership,