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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, will take place in the historical...
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...
Exchange of good practices and shared priorities
International Event on the fight against offences relating to cultural property
Crimes against cultural property are a global concern that require equally global solutions. The alienation and destruction of heritage objects affect everyone, insofar as cultural assets are not only the legacy of each country, but also of humanity as a whole. Therefore, being a scourge that...
Croatia makes its mark in the digital exhibition “Free to Create - Create to be Free”
The “Free to Create - Create to be Free” digital #exhibition, a unique initiative by the Council of Europe, accompanies the Manifesto on Artistic Freedom in the Digital Era and Reports on Artistic Freedom in Europe. This project under the framework of “Free to Create - Create to be Free” launched...
Special Session held in Bucharest to mark 70 years of the European Cultural Convention
On Thursday, 30 May 2024, the Meeting of the Bureau of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) of the Council of Europe was held in Bucharest at the invitation of the Romanian National Institute for Cultural Research and Training. The meeting provided a platform for...
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,...
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...