Partnerships
Europa Nostra has developed partnerships with different organisations to promote heritage-related initiatives in Europe.
For information about EU-funded projects run by Europa Nostra or in which our organisation is involved as a partner, please visit the dedicated webpage.
Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage
In 2024, the Golden Award was given to Stéphane Bern for his exemplary work in raising awareness of the need to save heritage at risk in France and in the rest of Europe. © Panoulis and DEF
EUROPA NOSTRA and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA – Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage launched in 2023 the Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Cultural and Natural Heritage. For over 50 years, Costa Carras worked tirelessly in favour of Greece’s and Europe’s heritage to create a more sustainable, inclusive and beautiful world for future generations. The Costa Carras European Citizens Awards are presented annually to a European citizen, a group of individuals or a civil society organisation based in Europe for a successful and exemplary campaign to mobilise the public with the view of saving endangered heritage in their country or elsewhere in Europe. Read more
Helena Vaz da Silva European Award
The Helena Vaz da Silva European Award 2025 pays tribute to Maria João Pires’ exceptional aptitude for communicating European culture and values through music. © Diana Tinoco
The Helena Vaz da Silva European Award is presented annually to a European citizen whose career has been distinguished by activities that disseminate, defend and promote Europe’s cultural heritage, in particular through literary or musical works, news items, articles, chronicles, photographs, cartoons, documentary features, films, and radio and/or television programmes. The Award is named after the distinguished Portuguese journalist, cultural activist and politician Helena Vaz da Silva. In partnership with the Centro Nacional de Cultura. Read more and discover all the winners since 2013.
ALIPH – International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas
In January 2022, Europa Nostra and ALIPH – International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their joint efforts for the protection of cultural heritage with a particular focus on conflict and post-conflict zones in Europe and possibly in its neighbourhood. The protection of cultural heritage is vital for fostering mutual understanding, social cohesion and inclusion as well as a sense of belonging to a larger Europe family and much-needed peace-building processes in Europe and beyond. Read more
MERITA
MERITA – where chamber Music, cultural hERItage and TAlent meet is a platform for musicians, mentors, historical houses, and concert organizers, working both online and offline, to re-invigorate the tradition of classical music performance in Europe. It is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
Visual of the MERIA project. Courtesy of Le Dimore del Quartetto
MERITA is a project of Le Dimore del Quartetto, involving 17 cultural institutions from all over Europe: Europa Nostra, Comitato AMUR, B & M Theocharakis Foundation, Beogradska Umetnička Nova Teritorija (Belgrade Artistic New Territory – BUNT), Cadenza Arts Management Ltd., EuAbout Lab ASBL – European Association for Research, Educational, Cultural and Social Innovation, European Historic Houses, Experimentadesign – Associação para a Promoção do Design e Cultura de Projecto, Julian Cochran Foundation, Kolarac – Zadužbina Ilije M. Kolarca, Lofoten Internasjonale Kammermus
Youth.Heritage.Europe.
Youth.Heritage.Europe. was born in 2025 to carry forward and scale up the mission of the European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH). ESACH is an interdisciplinary open network of university students and young professionals working in cultural heritage in Europe. ESACH was set up during the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. Through their partnership, Europa Nostra and ESACH aim to provide students and emerging professionals with meaningful opportunities to build their network and heritage-related capacities, while contributing to the development of a young European movement for heritage through their talent, drive and creativity. An example is the European Heritage Youth Ambassadors programme launched in January 2021. Read more
European Travel Commission (ETC)
The European Travel Commission (ETC) is a non-profit organisation established in 1948 to promote Europe as a tourist destination. ETC’s members are 32 National Tourist Organisations (NTOs) in Europe. Read more and explore its portal Visit Europe.
The Best in Heritage
The Best in Heritage is an annual presentation of award-winning museum, heritage and conservation projects from around the world. Several winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards are invited to present and discuss their remarkable heritage achievements during the Best in Heritage conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia. In partnership with the European Heritage Association and the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and with the support of the EU Creative Europe programme. Visit the Best in Heritage website and read the related news.
Wiki Loves Monuments
Photo: Valekd (CC BY-SA 4.0) Petrovaradin Fortress at Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro. 7th Winner WLM 2023
Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international global photo contest for registered monuments and sites. In partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation. Get involved here.
