by Cécile Houpert | Jan 9, 2023 | Cultural heritage for sustainable development, Good practices
Waterford, Ireland. A cultural quarter in Ireland’s oldest city. By collaborating closely with the local school of architecture, the city of Waterford has provided a space for architectural students to create a “warehouse of ideas”. The initiative brings creative...
by Cécile Houpert | Jan 9, 2023 | Good practices, Recovery and resilience through cultural heritage
Leiria county, Portugal. Fighting elderly loneliness and solitude through cultural heritage. The Museum in the Village project wants to reduce loneliness and social isolation among elderly communities – aged 65 and over, living in rural secluded areas, with...
by Cécile Houpert | Jan 9, 2023 | Cultural heritage for sustainable development, Good practices
Sofia, Bulgaria. Reviving the city’s rundown and inaccessible riverbeds. The Rivers of Sofia initiative consists of an annual festival that transforms the rivers and people’s perception of them. Gathering a community of public and private partners, the festival...
by Cécile Houpert | Jan 9, 2023 | Cultural heritage for sustainable development, Good practices, Governance and financing
Sciacca, Italy. Experiential, transformative andsustainable tourism enhancinglocal cultural heritage. Locals and artisans are protagonists and work together to feature the city’s cultural heritage – art, crafts, history, gastronomy and landscapes – into...
by Cécile Houpert | Jan 9, 2023 | Cultural heritage for sustainable development, Good practices, Recovery and resilience through cultural heritage
Cordoba, Spain. A green and social laboratory in the city. Building on the historical network of patio houses in Cordoba, PAX is a social initiative aiming at stimulating urban renewal with social innovation. The cooperative proposes to maintain a residential use of...
by Cécile Houpert | Jan 9, 2023 | Good practices, Governance and financing
Apulia region, Italy. A young perspective on museums. Swapmuseum is a cultural participation project, based on a mutual exchange among young people defined as “swappers” (16 – 29 years) and 65 small museums and small companies who provide financial support, as...
by Cécile Houpert | Jan 9, 2023 | Good practices, Quality of interventions on cultural heritage, Recovery and resilience through cultural heritage
Rzeszow, Poland. Innovative digital tools to reveal hidden heritage in cellars. The city of Rzeszow has a hidden and underestimated potential: the remarkable infrastructure of the historic underground route of the city.This extensive network of cellars has been...
by Cécile Houpert | Dec 20, 2022 | News
Every innovation starts with a problem to be solved, a void to be filled, a challenge to be faced. What if cultural heritage could be a solution? The ILUCIDARE project (Horizon 2020) has just released an Inspiration Kit with heritage-related innovative answers to nine...
by Cécile Houpert | Dec 12, 2022 | News
Have and idea or project that supports beautiful, sustainable and inclusive transformations? The European Commission just opened the 3rd edition of the New European Bauhaus Prizes. The Prizes recognise and reward existing projects and young people’s concepts which...
by Cécile Houpert | Dec 5, 2022 | News, Peer learning visits
No money in the world will be able to fight against depopulation if there is no feeling of belonging. Locals need to be protagonists of change: nothing hurts local identities and belonging more than a paternalistic approach to rural areas. Segundo Caso, Mayor of...
