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Even without any numbers to back this claim, it is evident that the cultural sector has struggled through the pandemic, and that there will be long-term consequences that are not yet clear. In Manchester, the relaunch of its arts and culture sector is well underway.

European Heritage Awards and European Heritage Label reward outstanding initiatives and best practices in European heritage sites. Both initiatives contribute to creating a sense of belonging and place and reinforcing a bigger community across Europe.

Tourism is one of cities’ major economic assets. It contributes to the local economy and generates jobs and social added value. But it can also create downsides affecting people’s quality of life, like over-tourism, anti-social behaviours, tensions with locals, pressure on the use of public services and housing prices.

The city of Glasgow has commissioned an audit to define the historic associations and modern legacies that originated from the Atlantic slave trade.

The second sharing stories webinar of Cultural Heritage in Action explored, through concrete examples, the benefits of re-using heritage sites, the challenges inherent to adaptive re-use projects, and the drivers of quality interventions on cultural heritage.

Join the third episode of the "sharing stories" webinar series featuring speakers from Florence and Savonlinna.

Dig it Up is a local grassroots cultural heritage organisation that works to preserve people’s memories and memorabilia of local history in Rotterdam. Dig it Up came to the city looking for technical support to help create a system that ordinary residents could use to digitise their cultural knowledge and artefacts.

Join the second episode of the "sharing stories" webinar series featuring speakers from Ljubljana, Brno, and Valladolid.

Schools are more than just a building where young people passively receive an education. Schools are open, cultural spaces where students can be actors of their education thanks to culture and heritage products, services, or activities.

Leeds Museums and Galleries (LMG), part of Leeds City Council, led a city-wide consortium of over 50 arts, cultural and community organisations and over 30 primary schools to co-create the Leeds Curriculum.

An interesting peer learning programme is being built for the spring and autumn of 2022 as part of Cultural Heritage in Action peer learning activities. Five peer learning visits will take place in Leeds, Helsinki, Krakow, Cantabria and Zaragoza.

The first episode of Cultural Heritage in Action's sharing stories webinar series will explore the interrelations between cultural heritage, education, training and literacy. Join us on 28 February at 14.00 CET. Registrations are open.

Discover three new stories that have been selected to become part of the catalogue of good practices put together in the framework of Cultural Heritage in Action.

The 14 Henrietta Street Museum in Dublin may not be the museum of a house, and may not even be a museum, but it is unquestionably a place that anyone on the path of restoring local cultural heritage has a lot to learn from.

We are looking for high-level experts with different backgrounds to complete a consortium team bringing together a unique experience of working with cities, regions and stakeholders on cultural heritage. Apply now!

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Europe's most prestigious Awards in the heritage field, the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2022. The deadline to send submissions is closing on 1 February 2022.

Located in central Poland, Lodz prospered off the back of a wave of dynamic, nineteenth century capitalism that ushered in wealth from the textile industry.

A recap of the Cultural Heritage in Action online event who took place on 8 December 2021 by Anthony Colclough, Eurocities Communication Specialist.

Dive into Cultural Heritage in Action’s latest publication – a digital gold-mine of resources for anyone interested in cultural heritage at local and regional level. This online publication is stuffed with great examples from cities and holds insights on future trends – ways for cities and regions to get ahead of the game and understand the problems that are coming up.

With a new guide, the European Commission wants to ease access to EU funding opportunities available in 2021-2027 for the cultural and creative sectors.

‘High quality design and well-considered interventions can sustain the life and authenticity of cultural assets and prevent the adverse loss of their cultural significance’. This is one of the conclusions brought up by the Open Method of Coordination group of Member States’ experts focusing on high-quality architecture and built environment for everyone.

OPEK is an old customs building in Leuven where different art disciplines meet in dance, theatre, visual arts, music, literature and photography. This heritage building has been repurposed to host around eight cultural organisations that offer performances and participation in the arts.

The joint action ‘European Heritage Days’ by the Council of Europe and the European Commission has opened two calls to support the European Heritage label projects and the European Heritage Days events. The deadline for submission of the project proposals is Monday 17 January 2022. 

In its second phase (2021-2023), the peer learning programme Cultural Heritage in Action will continue to empower European cities and regions to strengthen their cultural heritage policies and initiatives as well as develop innovative solutions to preserve cultural heritage assets.

In a new publication “Cultural heritage: a powerful catalyst for cities and regions”, we present the key findings from Cultural Heritage in Action. The publication captures the main trends identified during the project (identification of good practices and peer-learning visits) and articulates key learning points, for both policies and projects.