EUROPEAN INITIATIVE n°1 September 2018 September Sharing heritage, history and values, to bring Europeans closer together • ENGAGEMENT PILLAR WHY? • OBJECTIVES • ‘Funding trans-border projects’, to enable the realisation The European Year aims to make cultural heritage of small-scale cross-border projects. accessible to all by removing social, cultural and physical barriers. The Year also aims to engage local KEY DATES: communities and to help people rediscover how much April-May 2018 of our heritage is shared. Putting our common values, Launch of the competition for the European Heritage shared history and heritage in the spotlight can Makers Week contribute to and reinforce a sense of belonging April 2018 in Europe, and ultimately bring us closer together. Launch of the Call for European Heritage Stories August -October 2018 FOR WHOM? • TARGET GROUPS European Heritage Days General public, local communities, older people and 17 October 2018 hard-to-reach groups including people with special Award Ceremony for the European Heritage Stories, needs and those at risk of social exclusion. Strasbourg (France) November 2018 WHAT? • CONTENT OF THE INITIATIVE A visit of the Winners of the European Heritage Makers The initiative has four main components: Week to Strasbourg (France) Throughout 2018 COMPONENT I — Development of trans-border projects SPECIAL EUROPEAN YEAR OF CULTURAL HERITAGE EDITION OF THE EUROPEAN COMPONENT II — HERITAGE DAYS SPECIAL EUROPEAN YEAR OF CULTURAL Every year, over 30 million people of all ages enjoy access HERITAGE EDITIONS OF THE EU PRIZE FOR to rarely opened sites and unique events across Europe as CULTURAL HERITAGE/EUROPA NOSTRA part of the European Heritage Days (EHDs). In 2018, this AWARD THE EUROPEAN HERITAGE LABEL popular initiative helped to reinforce the European Year of The EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards Cultural Heritage. Three new activities are being recognises best practices in the conservation, implemented as from 2018: management, research, education and communication • A ‘Call for European Heritage Stories’ to collect of Europe’s shared heritage. The 2018 award ceremony testimonies of how communities understand the European took place in June during a high-level European Heritage dimension of their local heritage; Summit in Berlin, organised by Europa Nostra, the German • A ‘European Heritage Makers Week’ to inspire children and Cultural Heritage Committee and the Foundation of youth to explore their surroundings, discover the European Prussian Cultural Heritage. dimension of their local heritage and share their stories; The European Heritage Label (EHL) celebrates heritage COMPONENT IV — sites that symbolise European ideals, values, history and REMOVING BARRIERS AND INCREASING integration. In 2018, a touring exhibition of European ACCESS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE Heritage Label sites was launched and a high-level award Physical, social and geographical barriers hindering ceremony for nine new labelled sites was organised. participation to cultural heritage are being tackled through two different projects: KEY DATES: • The European Union Access City Award (ACA) will 26 March 2018 recognise cities that have done outstanding work in European Heritage Label award ceremony in Plovdiv making their cultural heritage accessible. (Bulgaria) • The WeAre#EuropeForCulture project aims to engage April 2018 both younger and older Europeans (aged 13-30 and 55+) European Heritage Label yearly gathering in Brussels who are hard to reach and do not already participate in (Belgium) cultural heritage activities. 22 June 2018 • In addition, the EuropeanaTech 2018 conference allowed EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Award Ceremony and adoption of the Berlin Call to Action discussion on how best to share and embrace technologies “Cultural heritage for the future of Europe” in Berlin that allow us to share our cultural heritage digitally. (Germany) 22 June 2018 KEY DATES: Local award ceremonies of the EU Prize for Cultural 15-16 May 2018 Heritage in laureate sites EuropeanaTech Conference in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) Second semester 2018 COMPONENT III — Launch of the WeAre#EuropeForCulture project SHARING HERITAGE, DIGITALLY 3-4 December 2018 Three projects are encouraging sharing heritage through European Day of Persons with Disabilities Conference digital means: in Brussels (Belgium) • Story Map: Interactive map-based interface for cultural 4 December 2018 heritage by the European Commission — Joint Research EU Access City Award ceremony in Brussels (Belgium) Centre (JRC) allowing users to explore cultural heritage initiatives in their surroundings, such as the European PARTNERS capitals of Culture, the European Heritage Label sites and • European Commission services dealing with culture, the sites having been awarded EU cultural prizes. education, social inclusion and employment • Connecting European Citizens through their shared • The Joint Research Centre (JRC) culture with Europeana Migration & Europeana • Council of Europe, partner for the European Heritage Days 1914-1918 Collections • Europeana Two types of collections and events are being held in • European Heritage Label sites 2018: Europeana Migration and Europeana 1914-1918 • Europa Nostra and winners of the EU Prize on the centenary of the end of World War I. for cultural heritage • Europa Nostra’s #Ode2Joy Challenge • European Disability Forum Participants are invited to create a video of their interpretation of Beethoven & Schiller’s ‘Ode to Joy’ and post their performance on social media. KEY DATES: 15-17 March 2018 Launch of Europeana Migration Collection Days 9 May 2018 Europe Day – contributions on #Ode2Joy challenge were livestreamed June 2018 Launch of the cultural heritage Story Map FIND US ON https://europa.eu/cultural-heritage https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe e-mail: [email protected] © European Union, 2018 Reuse is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of European Commission documents is regulated by Decision 2011/833/EU (OJ L 330, 14.12.2011, p. 39). For any use or reproduction of photos or other material that is not under the EU copyright, permission must be sought directly from the copyright holders..