Artists and Cultural Professionals
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The Work Package 2 of the network project Europa Nostra Heritage Agora (2025-2028), entitled Artists and Cultural Professionals, intends to facilitate the networking and exchanges of best practices in the heritage field, and in turn stimulate new policy action. It also aims at enhancing synergies between existing projects/programmes and creating new cooperation opportunities, with public and/or private partners.
The activities actively involve members of the Europa Nostra network (organisations and individuals) but also non-members (stakeholders, policy-makers and citizens at large, including harder-to-reach audiences) both within and beyond Europe.
European Cultural Heritage Summits
The European Cultural Heritage Summits are Europe’s top heritage “rendez-vous” gathering representatives from the large heritage community from across Europe and beyond. The Summits showcase heritage excellence, ignite key policy discussions and allow us to reflect on Europe’s shared heritage and values.
In a pivotal moment for culture at the European level, the European Cultural Heritage Summit 2025, held from 12 to 15 October in Brussels (Belgium), was the perfect occasion to highlight the political, societal, economic and environmental relevance of heritage for the future of Europe and its citizens, under the motto “Heritage Matters for Europe”.
2025 Brussels Summit: Flashback Newsletter
2025 Brussels Summit: Manifesto “Heritage Matters for Europe – Europe Matters for Heritage”
Today we’re kicking off the #EuropeanHeritageSummit2025 in Brussels with #ExcellenceDay!
This year’s 30 winners of the #EuropeanHeritageAwards2025 will present projects, outline the challenges they overcame & share the impact of their initiatives.
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— Europa Nostra (@europanostra) October 12, 2025
The European Cultural Heritage Summit 2026 was held from 26 to 30 May in Nicosia (Cyprus) under the motto “Heritage as the Soul of Mare Nostrum”. It brought together policymakers, heritage professionals, civil society leaders and engaged citizens from across Europe and the wider Mediterranean region. Against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions, armed conflicts and climate risks, a series of high-profile events demonstrated how cultural heritage can serve as a powerful force for sustainability, peace, cooperation and resilience in Europe and beyond.
2026 Nicosia Summit: Flashback Newsletter
2026 Nicosia Summit: Nicosia Manifesto “Heritage as the Soul of Mare Nostrum”
Building on the #EuropeanHeritageSummit2026 in Nicosia, the Mare Nostrum Manifesto calls for cultural heritage to become a force for peace, climate resilience, sustainable development & cooperation across the Mediterranean.
Read & share the Manifesto https://t.co/pMEW67A7wV pic.twitter.com/S0telx6Iju
— Europa Nostra (@europanostra) July 17, 2026
The European Cultural Heritage Summit 2027 will take place on 6-9 June in Kraków, Poland, organised by Europa Nostra in collaboration with the International Cultural Centre (ICC) and with the support of the European Union.
European Heritage Policy Agora Debates and Papers
The European Heritage Policy Agora Debates explore key heritage-related themes and policies at the European level. These debates are organised on a yearly basis, providing a platform to gather policy information from grassroots level which can in turn inform policy-makers. The debates are accompanied by the publication of policy documents which require in-depth research.
The European Heritage Policy Agora 2025, entitled “The Europeans: Shared Cultural Roots and Values”, held on 15 October at the European Parliament’s Zweig Visitor Centre in Brussels, highlighted the vital role of culture and history in shaping European identity and strengthening the European project.
2025 Policy Agora: News I Photos I Video recording
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in today’s European Heritage #PolicyAgora, co-hosted by the @Europarl_EN.
Your expertise & commitment are greatly valued!#InvestinWhatMatters #EuropeanCulturalHeritageSummit #EuropeanHeritageSummit2025 pic.twitter.com/mxbb4xld45
— Europa Nostra (@europanostra) October 15, 2025
Under the theme “Mare Nostrum: Championing Environmental Sustainability through Heritage”, the European Heritage Policy Agora 2026 explored how cultural heritage can contribute to climate action and connect nature and culture across the Mediterranean, encompassing Europe, West Asia and North Africa. It was held on the morning of 29 May at CYENS – Centre of Excellence in the heart of Nicosia.
2026 Policy Agora: News I Photos I Video recording
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in today’s #PolicyAgora.
From climate resilience to cross-border cooperation, today’s conversations reaffirmed the importance of heritage in shaping sustainable futures across Mare Nostrum pic.twitter.com/c1Hkhvrw6k
— Europa Nostra (@europanostra) May 29, 2026
The expected outcomes of this Work Package are the reinforcement and expansion of the policy and networking activities undertaken by Europa Nostra. The events serve as arenas of engagement where best practices are shared, new partnerships are created and policy analysis is conducted to inform decision-makers at all levels.
