S5 - Encourage and assess citizen participation practices and procedures
Citizen participation is part of the democratic process. It enables people to enjoy heritage while acknowledging their individual and collective responsibility for it. We need to identify existing practices and assess their effectiveness and impact to consolidate the accomplished and to develop other lines of action.
S5 Challenges
Societal challenges
- Living in peace
- Contribute to people’s well-being and good health
- Establish good governance
- Promote participatory management
- Optimise implementation of the conventions
Development challenges
- Building a more inclusive and cohesive society
- Preserving and developing the ability of public services to address heritage issues
Knowledge challenges
- Helping to foster a shared knowledge society
- Encouraging heritage research
S5 Target audience
- local
- regional
- national
Recommended courses of action for S5
- Identify the barriers to citizen participation and put forward proposed solutions
- Assess existing practices and methods with a view to developing citizen participation in the governance of cultural heritage: identification, description, interpretation, promotion
- Based on the findings of that assessment, adapt existing procedures to improve citizen participation
- Implement new participatory approaches