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Toolkit for Cross-Border and Local Heritage Events
European Heritage Days is pleased to present a new Toolkit for Cross-Border and Local Heritage Events, developed to support the organisation of engaging public events during the European Heritage Days. Created through a transnational collaboration between National Coordinators in Finland, Norway,...
Create to be Free Platform
On 3 April 2025, the Council of Europe, through its Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage, and Landscape (CDCPP), convened a group of experts and cultural partner organisations for the inaugural Advisory Board meeting of CreateToBeFree - a new discursive platform on artistic freedom. This...
The Call for European Heritage Days Stories 2025 is Open
The European Heritage Days Stories initiative seeks to highlight the shared cultural heritage of communities across Europe. This call invites individuals and organizations to share compelling past or ongoing stories that showcase the European dimension of heritage sites and community-driven...
Albania ratifies the Nicosia Convention
On 14 February 2025, the Permanent Representative of Albania to the Council of Europe, transmitted to the Secretary general Albania’s instrument of ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Offenses relating to Cultural Property. This latest ratification brings the total number to 7, in...
Romania signs the Faro Convention
In the presence of Mr Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ambassador Ion Jinga, Permanent Representative of Romania to the Council of Europe signed, on 17 February 2025, the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (also...
Exploring Architectural Heritage: European Heritage Days 2025
The European Heritage Days 2025 will celebrate the theme of "Heritage and Architecture: Windows to the Past, Doors to the Future", a reflection on the diverse architectural landscape that shapes Europe's cultural identity. This theme is particularly significant as it coincides with the 50th...
The Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers and the Council of Europe to hold a conference “No culture – No democracy
In 2024, the Council of Europe celebrates the 70th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention. The Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers has elected to anchor culture as one of the priorities of its Presidency and will host a high level conference titled "No Culture. No...
Albania signs the Nicosia Convention
On Tuesday, October 15, in the presence of the Deputy Secretary General, the Ambassador Dastid KORESHI, Permanent Representative of Albania, signed the Council of Europe Convention on Offenses relating to Cultural Property (CETS 221). This latest signature brings the total number of signatures to...
Regional Seminar « How to put the beauty of FARO principles into practice? »
Organised jointly by Finnish Heritage Agency and the Council of Europe. a Baltic Sea Region seminar dedicated to the implementation of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, better known as the Faro Convention, took place in the historical island...
Young European Heritage Makers Activities for 2024
Origins of the Young European Heritage Makers What started in Finland as "Heritage Makers" in 2014, become in 2018 pan-European action as part of the broader European Heritage Days (EHD) program, with the aim of fostering a deeper connection between young people and their cultural heritage. By...
Fostering Cultural Engagement and Preservation at the Meeting in Sarajevo
From 2-4 July 2024, the European Heritage Days (EHD) Secretariat took part in the meetings organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. On 2 July, the EHD team, in cooperation with the Council of Europe Directorate of Political Affairs and...
International Conference: Trafficking in Cultural Property. A criminological perspective
The Council of Europe participated in the meeting of the RITHMS Consortium (Research, Intelligence and Technology for Heritage and Market Security) aimed at providing with an in-depth understanding of the criminal phenomenon, assessing the state of the art, but also the gaps in the common...
Let’s celebrate the 70th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention in Venice on 20th April!
As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention, which recognises creativity as having intrinsic cultural, social and political value, it is a critical moment for us to pause and reflect on the state of artistic freedom in Europe today. To do this, the Council of Europe,...
Access to archives in the digital age
The report on the implementation of the recommendation No. R (2000) 13 on a European policy on access to archives is now available in our online bookshop under the title: “access to archives in the digital age”. Two decades after the adoption of the Recommendation, this study explores and...
San Marino ratifies the Faro Convention
This Framework Convention (known as the “Faro Convention”), which will enter into force for San Marino on 1 June 2024, is based on the idea that heritage should be used for the benefit of society as a whole. It favours bottom-up actions and emphasises the leading role of heritage communities in...
Spanish version of the brochure “The Nicosia Convention in 10 questions and answers”
To help raise awareness of the Nicosia Convention in Hispanic-speaking countries, a Spanish version of the latest brochure has been prepared in collaboration with the Cultural Heritage Squad of the National Police of the Spanish Ministry of the Interior. The brochure presents 10 key issues of the...
European Heritage Days Theme 2024
Heritage of Routes, Networks and Connections
The heritage of Routes, Networks and Connections brochure to accompany the theme has now been published with advice and inspiration as well as further reading and resources. More ideas about how to approach the theme such as building new partnerships and networks, finding historic and...
The Netherlands signs the Faro Convention
This latest signature brings the total number of signatures to 5, in addition to the 24 member States that have ratified the Convention. The Netherlands’ signature should further encourage citizen engagement in cultural heritage governance and the development of new bottom-up initiatives in this...
Meeting of the CULTNET Network of experts in the protection of historical heritage
The Council of Europe participated in the meeting of the CULTNET Network of experts in the protection of historical heritage, organised by the Historical Heritage Brigade of the Spanish National Police, within the framework of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The...
Cultural heritage, cornerstone of European construction
European Heritage Days 2023
Living Heritage is the pan-European theme for the 2023 European Heritage Days. Tens of thousands of events taking place in 48 participating countries will showcase the vibrancy, diversity and significance of cultural traditions, knowledge, and skills in Europe. Organised jointly by the Council of...
