European Cultural Heritage Summit 2024

We are delighted to invite you to the European Cultural Heritage Summit 2024, the annual ‘rendez-vous’ for cultural heritage stakeholders in Europe, from 6 to 8 October in Bucharest. The Summit will provide a new and fitting opportunity to highlight and promote the political, environmental, and societal value of cultural heritage for Europe. Organised by Europa Nostra and co-funded by the European Union, the Bucharest Summit is held under the High Patronage of the President of Romania, H.E. Klaus Iohannis.

 

We are delighted to host the European Cultural Heritage Summit in Romania for the first time, given the country’s outstanding commitment and creativity in protecting and promoting our shared heritage. This year, the remarkable rehabilitation projects of the Saxon Church in Alma Vii in Transylvania and St. Michael’s Church in Cluj-Napoca are among the exemplary winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024.

We look forward to celebrating the 26 winners coming from all over Europe at the European Heritage Awards Ceremony 2024, to be held at the iconic Romanian Athenaeum. Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear first-hand from all the winners during the European Heritage Excellence Day, showcasing the very best heritage practices from across Europe.

Quality will also be a central theme at this year’s European Heritage Policy Agora. Heritage professionals, representatives of civil society organisations, academic researchers and policy-makers will come together to discuss the concept of quality, which ought to be a driving force behind policy strategies and specific interventions related to heritage, with an emphasis on finding adequate responses to the climate crisis, including adaptation, mitigation and risk preparedness, and investing in adequate skills and capacity building.

With a keen eye on rapid technological developments, especially with regard to AI, the second European Heritage Hub Forum, organised by the Europeana Foundation, will focus on cultural heritage and the digital transformation of our society. With many opportunities and some challenges on the horizon, we will explore how we can make the most of digital technologies to further enhance our joint commitment to safeguarding our shared heritage and to transmitting it to new generations.

Two partner events will be held on the eve of the Summit, namely a Round Table Discussion: Expectations of Romanian Cultural Heritage Civil Society from Public Authorities and Government (in Romanian only), which will culminate with the presentation of A Manifesto for Cultural Heritage in Romania; and a Youth Forum, organised by the European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH) in partnership with Europa Nostra.

The Bucharest Summit is organised in close cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of Romania, the City of Bucharest, the Romanian Order of Architects, Pro Patrimonio Foundation, Monumentum Association, Association ARA – Architecture. Restoration. Archeology, ARCHÉ Association, and other cultural heritage organisations and partners, both public and private.

For the full Programme of the Bucharest Summit, including the Europa Nostra Council Meeting and General Assembly, please visit www.europanostra.org/european-heritage-summit.

In order to participate in the Bucharest Summit, you are required to register your attendance until 25 September 2024.