D6 - Ensure that heritage is taken into account in development, spatial planning, environmental and energy policies
Heritage cannot be viewed in isolation from its physical and cultural context, developing a high-quality living environment means considering heritage in other sectoral policies.
D6 Challenges
Development challenges
- Building a more inclusive and cohesive society
- Developing Europe’s prosperity by drawing on its heritage resources
- Ensuring that Europeans enjoy a high quality of life, in harmony with their cultural and natural environment
- Implementing the principle of integrated conservation
- Ensuring that heritage is taken into account in sustainable spatial development strategies and programmes
- Developing the ability of public services to address sustainable spatial development issues by means of better use of heritage
- Preserving and developing the ability of public services to address heritage issues
Societal challenges
- Optimising implementation of the conventions
Knowledge challenges
- Ensuring heritage stakeholders have access to lifelong training
- Supporting, strengthening and promoting intergovernmental co-operation
D6 Target audience
- local
- regional
- national
- European
Recommended courses of action for D6
- Give systematic consideration to heritage in spatial planning and environmental management documents at all levels of authority
- Adopt policies and enact legislation facilitating the integrated approach by and to heritage
- Carry out experimental activities regarding energy performance in old buildings