K8 - Guarantee the competences of professionals working on the listed heritage
The listed assets require the intervention of qualified professionals. Urgent measures are required at European level to define standards, guarantee a given level of competences for any intervention, and increase quality by devising qualifications and certifications.
K8 Challenges
Knowledge challenges
- Helping to foster a shared knowledge society
- Identifying, preserving, transmitting and sharing heritage knowledge and skills
- Raising awareness of the values conveyed by heritage
- Ensuring heritage stakeholders have access to lifelong training
- Guaranteeing a high technical level for all heritage trades and crafts
K8 Target audience
- local
- regional
- national
- European
Recommended courses of action for K8
- Introduce arrangements to verify the competences of professionals working on listed assets
- Encourage elected representatives and local authorities to become involved
- Enlist the private sector and nurture a sense of responsibility among project originators and companies
- Ensure consultation between the competent departments: employment, training, enterprise, culture
- Adopt support measures (from local authorities) for high-quality companies