Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Our shared cultural heritage is at the heart of the European way of life. It surrounds us in our towns and cities, natural landscapes and archaeological sites. It is literature, art and monuments, crafts learnt from our ancestors, the stories we tell our children, the food we enjoy and the films we watch and in […]
Cultural Heritage
Cultural heritage shapes our everyday lives. It surrounds us in Europe’s towns and cities, natural landscapes and archaeological sites. It is not only found in literature, art and objects, but also in the crafts we learn from our ancestors, the stories we tell our children, the food we enjoy and the films we watch and […]
The right to culture
Our right to enjoy the arts, and to participate in the cultural life of the community is included in the United Nation’s 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 27 (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and […]
Council of Europe on Cultural Heritage
The Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for the Society (Faro, 2005) gives most comprehensive definition of cultural heritage, embracing its tangible, intangible and digital dimension in a holistic way: Cultural Heritage is a group of resources inherited from the past, which people identify, independently of ownership, as a reflection […]
European Framework on Cultural Heritage
The Framework establishes a set of four principles and five main areas of continued action for Europe’s cultural heritage: 4 key principles Holistic Mainstreaming/integrated Evidence-based policy making Multi stakeholder 5 areas of continued action an inclusive Europe: participation and access for all a sustainable Europe: smart solutions for a cohesive and sustainable future a resilient Europe: safeguarding […]
Europe and Cultural heritage
Europe’s cultural heritage is a rich and diverse mosaic of cultural and creative expressions, an inheritance from previous generations of Europeans and a legacy for those to come. It includes natural, built and archaeological sites, museums, monuments, artworks, historic cities, literary, musical and audiovisual works, and the knowledge, practices and traditions of European citizens. Cultural […]