European Heritage Alliance
The European Heritage Alliance is an informal platform bringing together around 50 European and international networks active across the wider heritage sector. Its members represent civil society heritage networks engaged in a broad range of fields including historic cities and villages, tourism, education, museums, industrial, archaeological, maritime, digital, crafts or intangible heritage, as well as many other areas of heritage.
The Alliance was established in Amsterdam during the 2011 European Heritage Congress organised by Europa Nostra. As initiator and founding member, Europa Nostra has coordinated the Alliance since its creation.
The Alliance meets regularly to facilitate structured dialogue among its members and with the institutions of the European Union, strengthening cooperation and promoting a shared voice for Europe’s cultural heritage sector. The Alliance often meets in Brussels.
A delegation of Europa Nostra, European Heritage Hub & European Heritage Alliance met with European Commissioner @GlennMicallef yesterday. We had a fruitful exchange on the heritage dimension of the #CultureCompassEU & on the next steps to ensure its successful implementation pic.twitter.com/zNR6c5LApD
— Europa Nostra (@europanostra) December 18, 2025
Since 2025, the European Heritage Alliance has become the advocacy group of the European Heritage Hub, an EU-funded Preparatory Action that brings together heritage actors and initiatives from across Europe to support the green, digital and social transformation of our society. The Alliance’s meetings and activities are currently organised within the framework of the European Heritage Hub.
Two thematic working groups have been established within the Alliance and are coordinated by its members:
- Music Task Force: Music as a Foundational European Ecosystem (initiated by EUYO – the European Union Youth Orchestra, REMA – European Early Music Network, B’Rock Orchestra and the European Centre for Music)
- Digital Task Force: Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence (initiated by Europeana and Michael Culture Association)
