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EUROPEAN POLICY DEBATESHARING HERITAGE — SHARING VALUES

The European Policy Debate “Sharing Heritage – Sharing Values” is one of the main events of the European Cultural Heritage Summit in Berlin. It has been organised by the German Cul-tural Heritage Committee (DNK), Europa Nostra and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Founda-tion (SPK), with the support of the European Commission.

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EUROPEAN POLICY DEBATE SHARING HERITAGE — SHARING VALUES

ALLIANZ FORUM & BERLIN CONGRESS CENTER22 JUNE 2018

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EUROPEAN POLICY DEBATEOVERVIEW

As one of the main events of the European Cultural Heritage Summit in Berlin, the European Policy Debate provides a platform for Europe’s high–level decision and policy makers, civil society and other cultural heritage stakeholders to engage and discuss how best to use cultural heritage as a strategic resource with multiple benefi ts for the future of Europe.

With its symbolic motto “Sharing Heritage–Sharing Values”, this debate will provide the perfect occasion to ensure a meaningful follow up to a most favourable political momentum for cultural heritage in Europe, as demonstrated by the New European Agenda for Culture recently adopted by the European Commission (22 May), the “Conclusions on the need to bring cultural heritage to the fore across policies in EU” adopted by the EU Council (23 May), the opinion of the European Committee of the Regions on “Cultural Heritage as a strategic resource for more cohesive and sustainable regions in the EU” and last but most importantly the fi rst–ever European Council conclusions on education and culture adopted on 14 December 2017.

This European Policy Debate will include the presentation of “The Berlin Call to Action – Cultural Heritage for the Future of Europe”. This “Call to Action” will recognise our shared responsibility to utilise the power and potential of our shared cultural heritage to advance a more peaceful, prosperous, inclusive and just Europe. It will also advocate the need for an ambitious European Agenda and Action Plan for Cultural Heritage as a lasting legacy of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The “Berlin Call to Action” will be open for signature to all citizens, organisations and institutions who care for Europe’s shared heritage and values.

PART I 9.30–15.00Venue: Allianz Forum, Pariser Platz 6, 10719 BerlinRegistration: 8.30–9.30

OPENING SESSION 9.30–10.00

SESSION I ‘SHARING VALUES’ 10.00–11.00

COFFEE BREAK 11.00–11.30

SESSION II ‘BRIDGING LOCAL AND EUROPEAN’ 11.30–12.30

MESSAGES FROM THE YOUNG GENERATION 12.30–12.45

LUNCH BREAK 12.45–13.45

SESSION III ‘CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COHESION’ 13.45–15.00

PART II 17.00–19.30Venue: bcc Berlin Congress Center, Alexanderstraße 11, 10178 BerlinRegistration: 16.00–17.00

CONCLUDING SESSION ‘CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE’ 17.00–18.30

NETWORKING RECEPTION 18.30–19.30

Obligatory ID control at the entrance, suitcases and oversized bags are not allowed, for further information on special security measures please check the summit website.

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EUROPEAN POLICY DEBATEPROGRAMME

PART I 9.30–15.00Venue: Allianz Forum, Pariser Platz 6, 10719 Berlin

OPENING SESSION 9.30–10.00

Chair: Martina Münch, President, German Cultural Heritage Committee, Germany

WELCOMEMonika Grütters Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, GermanyTibor Navracsics European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport

SESSION I ‘SHARING VALUES’ 10.00–11.00

Chair: Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins, National Coordinator for the European Year of Cultural Heritage in Portugal / Trustee, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal

INSPIRATIONAL INTRODUCTION

PANELLISTSSilvia Costa Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Culture and Education, ItalyLazare Eloundou Assomo Deputy Director, World Heritage Centre, UNESCOLydia Koniordou Minister of Culture and Sports, GreeceRüdiger Kruse Member of the German Bundestag, Germany

COFFEE BREAK 11.00–11.30

SESSION II ‘BRIDGING LOCAL AND EUROPEAN’ 11.30–12.30

Chair: Beatrice Kelly, National Coordinator for the European Year of Cultural Heritage in Ireland / Head of Policy and Research at An Chomhairle Oidhreachta /The Heritage Council, Ireland

INSPIRATIONAL INTRODUCTIONNemanja Milenković CEO, ‘Novi Sad 2021–European Capital of Culture’ Foundation, Serbia

PANELLISTSLars Amréus Director General, National Heritage Board, SwedenRafał Dutkiewicz Mayor of the City of Wrocław, PolandMarkus Lewe President, Association of German Cities / Mayor of the City of Münster, GermanyNina Obuljen Koržinek Minister of Culture, CroatiaOliver Martin Chair of Council, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) / Head of Section Swiss Federal Offi ce of Culture, Switzerland

MESSAGES FROM THE YOUNG GENERATION 12.30–12.45

Moderator: Lorena Aldana, European Year of Cultural Heritage Task Force, Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC), European Commission

YOUR EUROPE, YOUR SAY! 2018 YOUTH EVENTZala Resnik–Poljašević Student at Gimnazija Brežice, Slovenia

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SUMMIT “THE FUTURE IS HERITAGE” Wouter Hinrichs Archaeology student, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsAoife Hegarty PhD candidate in Digital Arts and Humanities, University College Cork, IrelandEliseo Martínez Roig Living Heritage Consultant & Campanologist, Spain

STUDENT SUMMIT “CULTURE UP YOUR FUTURE – LIVING OUR EUROPEAN HERITAGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE”Larissa Borck MA student in Ethnology /Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg, GermanyVíctor San Frutos Serrano MA student in Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century: Manage-ment and Research, Complutense University of Madrid /Polytechnic University of Madrid, SpainDarina Kupryianova Law student, University of Opole /UNESCO Chair on Cultural Property Law, Poland

CONCLUDING VIDEO: YOUTH CONFERENCE “CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN A DIGITAL WORLD”

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LUNCH BREAK 12.45–13.45

SESSION III ‘CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COHESION’ 13.45–15.00

Chair: Themis Christophidou, Director–General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission

INSPIRATIONAL INTRODUCTION Andrus Kõresaar Architect Tallinn Seaplane Harbour–Grand Prix Winner of the 2013 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Estonia

PANELLISTSJohannes Ebert Secretary General, Goethe Institute, GermanyPetra Kammerevert Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education, GermanyFrancisco de Paula Coelho Dean of the European Investment Bank InstituteIngrid Schulerud Ambassador of Norway to Belgium, NorwayHenri Swinkels Regional Minister Liveability and Culture, Province of Noord–Brabant, The Netherlands

PART II 17.00–19.30Venue: bcc Berlin Congress Center, Alexanderstraße 11, 10178 Berlin

CONCLUDING SESSION ‘CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE’ 17.00–18.30

Co–Chairs: Uwe Koch National coordinator for the European Year of Cultural Heritage in Germany / Head of Offi ce, German Cultural Heritage Committee Sneška Quaedvlieg–Mihailović Secretary General, Europa Nostra / Coordinator of the European Heritage Alliance 3.3

INSPIRATIONAL INTRODUCTIONJoseph Calleja Tenor, Maltese Cultural Ambassador, Malta (video contribution to the #Ode2Joy Challenge)Jorge Chaminé Baritone, President–founder of the Centre Européen de Musique in Bougival, Spain /Portugal

PRESENTATION OF “THE BERLIN CALL TO ACTION–CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE” BY THE CO–CHAIRS

PANELLISTSStéphane Bern Founder of Fondation Stéphane Bern pour l’Histoire et le Patrimoine – Institut de France, France / Winner of a 2018 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards in the Category Dedicated ServiceLuís Filipe de Castro Mendes Minister of Culture, PortugalLuca Jahier President of the European Economic and Social CommitteeKarl–Heinz Lambertz President of the European Committee of the RegionsFrançoise Nyssen Minister of Culture, FranceHermann Parzinger President, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Germany / Executive President, Europa Nostra

NETWORKING RECEPTION 18.30–19.30

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STÉPHANE BERNFounder of Fondation Stéphane Bern pour l’Histoire et le Patrimoine–Institut de France, France / Winner of a 2018 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards in the Category Dedicated ServiceStéphane Bern has had an extremely rich career related to cultural heritage, at times working as a journalist, an author, TV presenter, radio host, producer and actor. However, it is mainly through his immensely popular television shows that Stéphane Bern is best known to the general public for his illuminating insight on cultural heritage. Since 2007, Stéphane Bern has presented “Secrets d’Histoire” (The Secrets of History) on France 2. Over the years, it has become an unmissable prime time broadcast. Stéphane Bern has also written extensively about Europe’s heritage on a variety of fascinating topics. In 2016, he created the Fondation Stéphane Bern pour l’Histoire et le Patri-moine (the Stéphane Bern Foundation for History and Heritage), under the umbrella of the Institut de France, which aims to contribute to the protection of heritage and to fi nance education and knowledge sharing projects on history. Each year, he presents a History Prize and a Heritage Prize. In light of Stéphane Bern’s reputation and infl uence, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, decided in September 2017 to entrust Mr. Bern with a special mission to identify endangered rural heritage sites in France and propose viable ways of saving them. The List of 269 pre–selected sites including 18 priority sites was made public in April 2018. The selected sites will benefi t, among others, from fi nancial support provided by a special edition of the French Lottery, as well as scratch cards.Twitter @bernstephane

EUROPEAN POLICY DEBATESPEAKERS

LORENA ALDANAEuropean Year of Cultural Heritage Task Force, Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC), European CommissionLorena Aldana is a member of the dynamic taskforce charged with implementing the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 in the European Commis-sion, Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC). She works on the design, management and communication of the Year’s activities at EU level. Before joining the Commission, she worked for the Organisation for Economic Co–operation and Development (OECD), in the research and design of heritage–led local development strategies. She has addressed the issue of youth engagement with cultural heritage by presenting interventions at international conferences such as the UNESCO Italian Youth Forum 2018 in Matera, ENCATC Capacity Building Days and Youth in Action Day in Prague and the European Youth Event 2018 in Strasbourg.

LARS AMRÉUSDirector General, National Heritage Board, SwedenLars Amréus (b. 1964) has been Director General of the Swedish National Heritage Board since 2012. Amréus has a degree in archaeology from Uppsala University. He started his career as an archaeologist/antiquarian at Stockholm University and subsequently at the Swedish National Heritage Board, conducting archaeological fi eldwork. From 1994–2000 he served as Head of Section at the Swedish Ministry of Culture where he was responsible for cultural heritage, museums and international co–operation in the heritage fi eld. He joined the Swedish National Historical Museums in 2000 as Head of Strategy and Planning. He was subsequently appointed Deputy Director, and, in 2005, Director General. During the period 2007–2012 he also served as Chairperson of the Swedish Association of Museums. Lars Amréus is a former member of the European Museum Academy and remains associated with the organisation through its Pool of Experts. He has held his present post as Director General of the Swedish National Heritage Board since March 2012. In addition, he is a member of H.M. King Carl XVI’s Council for Property and Buildings and of the Board of Trustees for the Swedish World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). He is presently serving as Chairperson of the Association of Swedish Director Generals and as Lord in Waiting to H.M. King Carl XVI of Sweden.Twitter @riksantikvarie

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JOSEPH CALLEJATenor, Maltese Cultural Ambassador, MaltaBlessed with a golden–age voice that routinely inspires comparisons to “legendary singers from earlier eras: Jussi Björling, Beniamino Gigli, even Enrico Caruso” (Associated Press), Maltese–born Joseph Calleja has quickly become one of the most acclaimed and sought–after tenors today. His expansive discography and frequent appearances on the world’s leading opera and concert stages prompted NPR to hail him as “arguably today’s fi nest lyric tenor,” and led to his being voted Gramophone magazine’s 2012 Artist of the Year. A Grammy–nominated recording artist for Decca Classics, he has released fi ve solo albums for the label. Joseph Calleja was appointed as the fi rst Maltese Cultural Ambassador and is a Knight of the Italian Republic.

LUÍS FILIPE DE CASTRO MENDESMinister of Culture, PortugalBorn in Idanha–a–Nova, in 1950, Ambassador Castro Mendes graduated from the University of Lisbon in Law, 1974, and entered the diplomatic corps. He represented Portugal as Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1998 to 2000, and, as Ambassador, in Budapest, 2003 to 2007, and in New Deli, 2007 to 2009. From 2011 to 2012 he was the Permanent Representative of Portugal to UNESCO and from 2012 to 2016 the Permanent Representative of Por-tugal to the Council of Europe. In 2016 Ambassador Castro Mendes became the Minister of Culture of the XXI Constitutional Government of the Portuguese Republic. In addition, Ambassador Castro Mendes is also a writer and a poet, having published 17 publications between 1983 and 2018. In 2018 he published a poetry collection.Twitter @cultura_pt

JORGE CHAMINÉBaritone, President–founder of the Centre Européen de Musique in Bougival, Spain / PortugalOne of the most original baritones of our times, Jorge Chaminé was born in Porto of Spanish and Portuguese parentage, and began his musical studies (piano, voice, cello, guitar, choral and orchestra conducting) at an early age. Fervent European he has in his blood origins from Ural to the Atlantic. Acclaimed baritone in all the main opera theatres and prestigious concert Halls, he was soloist with orchestras such as the Boston Symphony, London Symphony, Berliner Rundfunk, Czech Philharmonic, Liceo de Barcelona, Nacional de España among many others. He is also considered as one of the most interesting recital performers: he sings every season in leading venues including Carnegie Hall, Théâtre des Champs–Elysées, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gulbenkian and at leading international music festivals. Jorge Chaminé has won a number of honors, prices and awards. He was awarded a Human Rights Medal from UNESCO, and was nominated “1st Musician for Peace” from the “Music for Peace” organization presided by Federico Mayor and Daniel Barenboim. He is frequently invited as a guest teacher and gives master classes in several music academies in Europe, USA, Canada and Brazil. He is President and Artistic Director of the CIMA Festival in Italy (Tuscany) and vice–President of the Georges Bizet Foundation. He is also the creator and artistic director of the Festival de Bougival and the Festival “Ibériades” in Paris, and the creator and President of the project “European Music Center” in Bougival. He is member of the Board of Directors of the “International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation”.Twitter @ChamineJorge @CemCentre#JorgeChaminé #centreeuropeendemusique

THEMIS CHRISTOPHIDOUDirector–General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European CommissionThemis Christophidou is a European public servant who became Director–General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission in March 2018. She is a civil engineer with 32 years of experience in private and public sector management. She joined the European Commission in 2001. Having held various positions in the Directorate–General for Regional and Urban policy, she worked as the Deputy Head of Cab-inet of Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism, Youth and Sport from 2010 to 2011. From 2011 to 2014, Themis Christophidou worked as Head of Cabinet of Maria Damanaki, Com-missioner for Maritime Aff airs and Fisheries, and from 2014 to 2018, she was Head of Cabinet of Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management. Themis Christophidou is an alumna of the civil engineering school of the Athens Polytechnic Metsovio, specialised in transport infrastructure and urban transport. Twitter @ChristophidouEU

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SILVIA COSTAMember of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Culture and Education, ItalySilvia Costa is currently S&D Group Coordinator Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament. She has been Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament (2014–2016) and rapporteur for the European Parlia-ment of the Creative Europe Programme 2014–2020. She has been the Lazio regional councillor responsible for education, educational rights and training (2005–2009); member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for three parliamentary terms; member of the Committee on internal aff airs, the Committee on culture, science and education and the Committee on general guid-ance and monitoring of radio and television services (1985–1993). Silvia Costa was also State Secretary at the Ministry for Universities, Scientifi c Research and Technology (1993–1994). She has been chair of the European advisory committee on equal opportunities during the 1996 Italian Presidency of the EU and head of the EU delegation to the annual session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (1996). Silvia Costa is co–founder of the ‘Telefono Azzurro’ NGO for missing children and was a member of the board of management of the Donne in Musica Foun-dation (2002–2005) and President of the Academy of Fine Arts, Rome (1995–2005).Twitter @SilviaCostaEU

RAFAŁ DUTKIEWICZMayor of the City of Wrocław, PolandRafał Dutkiewicz (59) graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics at the Wrocław University of Technology in 1982. In 1986 he obtained PhD in Mathematical Logic at the Catholic University in Lublin. He worked as a lecturer and a senior lecturer at the Catholic Uni-versity of Lublin from 1982 to 1992 and as a senior lecturer at the Wrocław University of Technology from 1989 to 1994. During the state of martial law he was a member of the underground Solidarity move-ment. He became Secretary of Wroclaw’s Solidarity Civil Committee and later the President of the same organization. In 1991 he received a scholarship to Freiberg University, Germany. In 1991 he co–founded Signium/Ward Howell International, Wroclaw, where he remained managing director until 2002. Rafal Dutkiewicz has served as the mayor of Wrocław since 2002. He was re–elected in 2006 with 85% of the votes and in 2010 with 73% of the votes and a third time in 2014. In 2006, Mayor Dutkiewicz published a book New Horizons devoted to self–government activity and the vision of reconstruction of the country.His mayoral term is characterized by the highest number of investments in the post–war history of the city. His activities contributed to the creation of 250,000 new workplaces in the Wroclaw agglomeration between 2003 and 2008. The city has become an important and recognizable place in world economy.He was voted “The Best Mayor in Poland” by News-week (2010, 2011). Academia Europea, a scientifi c organization with a membership of 2500 professors, including 50 Nobel Prize winners, awarded him with honorary membership in 2011.

JOHANNES EBERTSecretary General, Goethe Institute, GermanyJohannes Ebert has been Secretary General of the Goethe–Institut since 2012. He read Islamic Studies and Political Science in Freiburg and Damascus and thereafter worked as a journalist. After periods as an instructor at the Goethe–Institut in Prien, as a language course consultant at the Goethe–Institut in Riga and as deputy head of the Public Relations division in the Munich head offi ce, he was director of the Goethe–Institut Kiev from 1997 to 2002. From 2002 to 2007 he was director of the Goethe–Institut in Cairo and regional director for North Africa and the Middle East. Subsequently he served as director of the Goethe–Institut in Moscow and regional director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia from 2007 to 2012. In his work, Johannes Ebert focuses not only on advancing European collaboration and integration, but also on intensifying engagement in crisis–ridden regions and countries going through radical change, for example in Ukraine, North Africa and the Middle East. He is particularly dedicated to supporting refugees with cultural and educational projects in the neighbouring countries of Syria and in Germany. In addition, he has been campaigning for years for the expansion of digital off ers in foreign cultural and educational policy, the introduction of global debates in Germany and the continual expansion of the worldwide network of the Goethe–Institut.

LAZARE ELOUNDOU ASSOMODeputy Director, World Heritage Centre, UNESCOLazare Eloundou Assomo is the current Deputy Director of the Division for Heritage and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. He trained as an architect conservator and town–planner specialized in earthen architecture and cultural heritage. Until October 2016, he was UNESCO’s Head of Offi ce and Representative in Mali and responsible for coordinating UNESCO’s actions to rehabilitate Mali’s cultural heritage and ancient manu-scripts, damaged in 2012 during the armed confl ict. It is in this capacity that he successfully coordinated the rapid reconstruction of the destroyed mausoleums in Timbuktu by violent extremist groups, in close cooperation with MINUSMA, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali. Among his major actions in favor of the pro-tection of Malian cultural heritage, are the fundraising of 4 million dollars to implement the UNESCO–Mali Action Plan; the realization of a Heritage Passport of North Mali; and leading the fi rst UNESCO assessment mission in Timbuktu in June 2013. Before being posted in Mali, Lazare Eloundou Assomo was the Chief of Unit for Africa at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, where he was in charge of coordinating the cooper-ation between UNESCO and African Member States for all issues related to World Heritage. He conducted several major conservation projects in Mozambique, Uganda and Benin, and designed the World Heritage Earthen Architecture Program. He was also one of the key players in the establishment of the African World Heritage Fund, now a UNESCO Category 2 Centre. He is the author of the book “African World Heritage, a remarkable diversity” published by UNESCO in 2012, and has written numerous articles on the conservation of World Heritage in Africa.


MONIKA GRÜTTERSMinister of State and Federal Government Commis-sioner for Culture and the Media, GermanySince 2013 Monika Grütters (born 1962 in Münster, Westphalia) is Minister of State to the Federal Chan-cellor and Federal Government Commissioner for Cul-ture and the Media. She studied German literature, art history and political science at the Universities of Mün-ster and Bonn. She started her professional career as lecturer in arts management and also held responsible positions in the fi eld of public relations in museums as well as in big publishing companies. Since 1999 she works as honorary professor for cultural management at the Free University of Berlin. From 1998 to 2013 she also was director of the Brandenburg Gate Foun-dation. Monika Grütters is Member of the German Bundestag. Between 2009 – 2013 she was Chair of the Committee on Cultural and Media Aff airs in the German Bundestag, Member of the Executive Com-mittee of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Member of the Committee on Education and Research as well as Spokesperson for the Sub-committee on Cultural and Education Policy Abroad.

LUCA JAHIERPresident of the European Economic and Social Committee Luca Jahier has been a member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) since 2002. Within the EESC, he has worked extensively on the European Union’s social and cohesion policies as well as on international matters. In September 2004, he was elected Vice–President of the EESC’s Section for Employment, Social Aff airs and Citizenship. In October 2006, he was elected Vice–President of Group III, member of the Committee Bureau for two years and member of the EU–Croatia and EU–Turkey Joint Consultative Committees. From October 2008 to 2010, he was President of the ACP–EU Follow–up Committee and President of the Permanent group on Immigration and Integration. In October 2011, he was elected President of Group III of the EESC, and was re–elected in January 2013 and in October 2015. In this capacity, he has been a member of the EESC’s Bureau. Over the course of three terms in offi ce as President, Group III carried out nine studies, and held 42 conferences in 17 EU countries, attended by thousands of people, and countless meetings with European civil society organisations. He was nominated unanimously by Group III for the post of EESC’s President for the April 2018 – September 2020 mandate and become the EESC’s President on 18 April 2018.Twitter @EESC_PRESIDENT @LJahierEU#rEUnaissance

PETRA KAMMEREVERTMember of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education, Germany In the 2009 European Parliament elections, Petra Kammerevert was elected Member of the European Parliament on the list of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). As such, she sits in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group. Her “constituency” comprises Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Mettmann, Mönchengladbach, Neuss, Remscheid, Solingen and Wuppertal. Her present functions in the European Parliament include– Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education (apart from culture and education this committee is responsible for information–society, media, youth and sports policy)– Member of the Delegation to the EU–Montenegro SAPC– Substitute member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and of the Delegation to the EU–Albania Stabi-lisation and Association Parliamentary Committee

BEATRICE KELLYNational Coordinator for the European Year of Cultural Heritage in Ireland / Head of Policy and Research at An Chomhairle Oidhreachta /The Heritage Council, IrelandBeatrice Kelly is Head of Policy and Research at An Chomhairle Oidhreachta / the Heritage Council – based in Kilkenny, Ireland. As National Coordinator for the European Year of Cultural Heritage in Ireland, Beatrice Kelly is involved in bringing together key organisations and networks to build the EYCH programme in Ireland and to assure links with other European initiatives. She also manages several of the Heritage Council’s programmes principally the Museums Standards Programme for Ireland, the Con-servation Internship Scheme with Ireland’s cultural insti-tutions, and Heritagemaps.ie a map–based viewer with information on all aspects of Ireland’s heritage. Beatrice previously worked with the Council on policy for the heritage of Ireland’s inland waterways, coastal heritage, and recreation, and also the potential impacts of climate change on heritage. Beatrice Kelly has a MA in Heritage Management from University College Cork, and a MSc in Coastal Zone Manage-ment from University of Ulster. She is an alumni of the Oxford Cultural Leaders Programme. She is rapporteur for the Expert Panel of the European Heritage Label.


UWE KOCHNational coordinator for the European Year of Cultural Heritage in Germany / Head of Offi ce, German Cultural Heritage CommitteeUwe Koch was born in 1958 in Berlin. He is a grad-uate in sociology from the Humboldt University Berlin. Before his appointment of 1 June 2015 as head of the German Cultural Heritage Board he held diff erent senior positions in the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the state of Brandenburg since 1991. From 2002 he directed the Department of historic monuments, memory culture and museums in the state of Brandenburg. Uwe Koch has 25 years of experi-ence in government administration for cultural heritage. He is the German coordinator for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.Twitter @Kulturerbejahr #SharingHeritage

LYDIA KONIORDOUMinister of Culture and Sports, Greece Mrs. Lydia Koniordou was born in Athens. She studied English literature at Athens University. She graduated from the National Theatre Drama School, in com-bination with parallel studies in music and dance. As an actress, she has interpreted major roles, both classical and contemporary, in Greece and abroad, collaborating with the National Theatre, the Karolos Koun Art Theatre, the Municipal Theatres of Larissa, Volos, Patras, as well as with the Chatelet Theater in Paris, Teatro Piccolo in Milan among others. She has worked with eminent theatre directors such as Karolos Koun, Alexis Minotis, Kostas Tsianos, Lefteris Voyatzis, Sotiris Chatzakis, Robert Wilson, Alexander Vassiliev, Yannis Kokkos and others. As a director, besides con-temporary plays, she staged many ancient Greek trag-edies, for the National Theatre, the Municipal Theatres of Larissa and Volos, the Athens Conservatory and for the Getty Museum in California. For her work and overall contribution in this fi eld, she has been awarded the Karolos Koun and the Critics Awards. As a peda-gogue, focusing mainly on the ancient Greek drama, she has taught at the National School of Drama, at the Theatrical Studies Departments of both the Athens and Thessaloniki Universities, as well as at teaching seminars in Greece and abroad. She thus taught and directed ancient Greek drama performances at the New York University, at Binghamton N.Y., at Oxford, and at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. She has served as artistic director of the Municipal Theatres of Volos and Patras. Mrs. Koniordou assumed the post of Minister of Culture and Sports of the Hellenic Republic on November 2016.

ANDRUS KÕRESAARArchitect, Tallinn Seaplane Harbour–Grand Prix Winner of the 2013 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Estonia Andrus Kõresaar is the co–founder and partner of the largest Estonian architecture offi ce KOKO architects, created in 2000. He is a fl ying creative mind in many ways. After the initial success as the designer of the Estonian pavilion at Hannover EXPO 2000, Kõresaar went on to fi ll Tallinn with landmark buildings from old industrial sites, museums to the city’s only synagogue. While working on the Seaplane Harbour – the mar-itime museum and winner of a Grand Prix of the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards in 2013– he wanted to get to know the topic in depth and learned to fl y. KOKO architects’ passion is rethinking old buildings, the conversion of old into new, always in a bold and unexpected way.

RÜDIGER KRUSEMember of the German Bundestag, GermanyRüdiger Kruse (CDU) holds offi ce in the German Bundestag since 2009. He is especially known for his engagement in the culture sector in the parliament’s Budget Committee. He is also a member of the Envi-ronment Committee, deputy member of the Committee on Economic Aff airs and Energy and deputy member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development. Within the group of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) parliamentarians, Rüdiger Kruse is the spokesman for maritime economy. Born in Hamburg in 1961, Rüdiger Kruse joined the CDU at the age of 16. Earlier, he took on his responsibilities in the Bunde-stag as a member of Hamburg’s regional parliament, the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft. During his time in the Bürgerschaft between 2001 and 2009, he worked in various commissions, for example on Finance, Ecology and Culture. Furthermore, his parliamentary group elected him as the spokesman for Sustainability and Development policy and later for Budget and Finance. Apart from his political activities, Rüdiger Kruse serves as the Executive Director of Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald, a non–profi t organization aiming to combine the preservation of Germany’s forests with a sustainable usage strategy.


KARL–HEINZ LAMBERTZPresident of the European Committee of the RegionsKarl–Heinz Lambertz was elected as President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) in July 2017 after serving a two and a half year term as First Vice–President. He is also a member of the Belgian Senate representing the German–Speaking Commu-nity. Born on 4 June 1952 in Schoppen, Karl–Heinz’s interest in politics came early in his career having served as President of the German–speaking Youth Council (1975–1980). After a number of functions linked to his academic background in law, he became Member of Parliament of the German–speaking Com-munity in 1981. Between 1990 and 1999 he held numerous Ministerial posts in the German–speaking Community Government before being elected its Minister–President (1999–2014). He was then President of Parliament until 2016 before taking post as Senator. Karl–Heinz Lambertz has been a CoR member since 2001 and was President of the CoR’s PES Group (2011– 2015). Since 2000, he has been a Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe in which he is currently Vice–President.Twitter @CoR_President #CultureforEurope

MARKUS LEWEPresident, Association of German Cities / Mayor of the City of Münster, GermanyMayor Markus Lewe was elected First Mayor of Mün-ster/Germany in 2009. In 2015 he was re–elected for a second legislative term lasting until 2020. As head of the municipal administration he is the speaker of the council and the additional three Deputy Mayors representing diff erent parts of the city of Münster. As of 1/1/2018 Markus Lewe is also elected President of the German Federal Association of German Cities and Towns (after being a member of the presidium since 2013). With his degree in public administration Markus Lewe started as an advisor for the West-phalian state council administration. Between 1997 and 2009 he worked for the general vicariate of the bishop of Münster and was elected deputy mayor rep-resenting the south–east part of Münster since 1999 before taking full–time responsibility as First Mayor of Münster in 2009. Markus Lewe is married with 5 children and grandchildren. His lifestyle is focused on sustainability, refl ected in his everyday behavior and decision making process.

OLIVER MARTINChair of Council, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) / Head of Section Swiss Federal Offi ce of CultureBorn in 1970, Oliver Martin obtained a Master in Architecture in 1998 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETHZ Zürich. He pursued his studies with a PhD in technical sciences and history of archi-tecture at ETHZ until 2002. Oliver Martin held several positions at the Swiss Federal Offi ce of Culture until he joined the management board in 2012 as Head of Section Cultural Heritage and Historic Monuments. In parallel, he acted as an expert member of the Swiss delegation to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee from 2010 to 2013. Since 2013, Oliver Martin is member of ICCROM Council, and was elected chairman of ICCROM Council in 2017.Twitter @marolixx @ICCROM @ICCROM_ATHAR @davosdecl2018

NEMANJA MILENKOVIĆCEO, ‘Novi Sad 2021–European Capital of Culture’ Foundation, SerbiaNemanja Milenković was born in Novi Sad in 1977. With his formal education, he connected the humanities (Bachelor Studies of History at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad) with the applied sciences (Master Studies of Industrial Management at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad). His work experience includes:– positions of journalist, presenter and host at regional and national radio and TV stations, which resulted in becoming the youngest director of the provincial public service;– positions of copywriter, account and project man-ager, marketing director and creative director;– position of PR manager for South–East Europe in Mercator;– position of PR manager in international festivals Big Show Kop and EXIT– position of the Chairperson of the Steering Com-mittee of the EXIT Foundation since 2013.In 2014, he started the initiative to enter Novi Sad into the bidding process for European Youth Capital, and in 2015 he was nominated as Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the candidacy of Novi Sad for European Capital of Culture.Twitter #NoviSad2021 #ECoC

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MARTINA MÜNCHPresident, German Cultural Heritage Committee, GermanyDr Martina Münch has been Brandenburg State Min-ister of Science, Research and Cultural Aff airs since 9 March 2016. From 1980 to 1987, Martina Münch studied medicine in Hamburg, London and the US. She received her doctorate in 1988 and subsequently worked in the neurology department of the Rudolf–Vir-chow–Klinikum in Berlin. She has been a member of the SPD party since 1978 and was a member of the Cottbus City Council from 1998 to 2009 and again from May 2014 to March 2016. Martina Münch is one of the founders and the spokesperson of the “Cottbuser Aufbruch” coalition for action, which has been working towards non–violent and tolerant coex-istence in the city of Cottbus since 1999. Since 2004, Martina Münch has been a member of the Branden-burg State Parliament as a representative of the SPD party. From 6 November 2009 to 23 February 2011, Martina Münch was Minister of Science, Research and Cultural Aff airs, and from 23 February 2011 to 5 November 2014 she was head of the Brandenburg State Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. She was also a member of the SPD state executive committee from 2006 to 2014. Martina Münch was born in Hei-delberg in 1961, is married, has seven children and lives in Cottbus with her family.

FRANÇOISE NYSSENMinister of Culture, FranceFrançoise Nyssen was appointed Minister of Culture on 17 May 2017 by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. Until then, Françoise Nyssen had been co–director of the publishing fi rm Actes Sud. Françoise Nyssen was born in Etterbeek (Belgium) in 1951. Before making her name in the publishing world, she initially focused on science, graduating in molecular biology from the Free University of Brussels in 1972. A certifi ed high–level secondary teacher, Françoise Nyssen also studied at the Institut Saint–Luc in Brussels from 1975 to 1978 and graduated in urban planning. She then joined the architecture department of the Ministry of Culture in France. She moved to the publishing sector in 1980 as partner and managing director of the Le Paradou publishing cooperative. In 1987, she became a partner and the chair of the board at the Actes Sud publishing fi rm founded by her father, Hubert Nyssen, in 1978. Its offi ces were in Arles and Paris. She was especially the editor of three Goncourt Prize winners (Laurent Gaudé, Jérôme Ferrari and Mathias Enard) and three Nobel Literature laureates (Naguib Mahfouz, Imre Kertész and Svetlana Alexievitch). Together with Jean–Paul Capitani, Françoise Nyssen also founded the Actes Sud bookshop and the Association Culturelle du Méjan, which organises concerts, exhibitions and literary and cinematographic events at the Passage du Méjan in Arles. They also set up L’École du domaine du possible (The Field of Possibilities School). In 2010, Françoise Nyssen was appointed president of sup-port for writing and then, in 2011, chair of the committee for the support of feature–fi lm scriptwriting at the Centre National du Cinéma. She was appointed to the High Council for Artistic and Cultural Education in 2015.

NINA OBULJEN KORŽINEKMinister of Culture, CroatiaNina Obuljen Koržinek, current Minister of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, worked as a research asso-ciate at the Institute for Development and International Relations in Zagreb. Her research interests include cultural and media policy. She has published books and articles as well as expert studies in Croatian and international journals. She has workied as an expert on various projects for UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the European Cultural Foundation, UNDP, the European Parliament etc. She received the European Cultural Policy Research Award for her research on the impact of the EU enlargement on cultural policies, which was published in the book Why We Need Euro-pean Cultural Policies: The Impact of EU Enlargement on Cultural Policies in Transition Countries (Amsterdam, 2006). She was a member of the negotiating team for the Croatian accession to the EU responsible for the fi elds of culture and education as well as information society and media.

TIBOR NAVRACSICSEuropean Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and SportTibor Navracsics is the Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports for the Commission of Presi-dent Juncker (2014 – 2019). Before this mandate, he served as Head of the Prime Minister’s Offi ce in Hun-gary, member of the Hungarian Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Administration and Justice and Minister of Foreign Aff airs and Trade. In the 1990s, Tibor Navracsics started to teach at the University of Economics in Budapest. From 1997 until taking up offi ce as European Commissioner, he taught at the Eötvös Loránd University’s Faculty of Law and Political Sciences in Budapest, where he became an associate professor in 2001.Twitter @TNavracsicsEU


GUILHERME D’OLIVEIRA MARTINSNational Coordinator for the European Year of Cultural Heritage in Portugal / Trustee, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, PortugalGuilherme d’Oliveira Martins is President of the Grand Council of the CNC – Centro Nacional de Cultura (National Centre for Culture), Trustee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Chairman of the Fiscal Council of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, National Coordinator of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 and a Professor at the University Lusíada and the Technical University of Lisbon. He is a correspondent member of the Portuguese Academy of Sciences and a member of the Portuguese Naval Academy and a member of merit of the Portuguese Academy of History.

HERMANN PARZINGERPresident, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Germany / Executive President, Europa NostraProf. Dr. Hermann Parzinger has held the offi ce of President of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) since 2008. Consisting of 27 museums, libraries, archives, and research institutions, the SPK is the second–largest cultural institution in the world. Its collections include all areas of cultural tradition: from archeological and ethnological objects, to the visual arts, literature and music. As president of the SPK, Parzinger is in charge of two major cultural projects: The renovation of the world–famous Museum Island and the realization of the Humboldt–Forum in the reconstructed Berlin Palace. Prof. Parzinger has conducted 30 years of fi eld research in many European countries as well as in the Near East and in Central Asia. Before joining SPK he was an Assistant Professor at Munich University (1986–90), Director (1990–2003) and President (2003–2008) of the German Archaeological Insti-tute. In 1996 has was appointed Honorary Professor at Free University in Berlin. Parzinger has received many awards, among them the Leibniz Prize, the highest scientifi c award in Germany. He holds several international Honorary Doctoral degrees, is a member of Academies of Sciences in Germany, Spain, Great Britain, Rumania, Russia, China and the USA and has received decorations from Germany, Russia and Italy.Twitter @hparzinger @kulturgutschutz

FRANCISCO DE PAULA COELHODean of the European Investment Bank InstituteFrancisco de Paula Coelho is the Dean of the EIB Institute. Prior to that he was Director for EIB Opera-tions in Asia and Latin America (2004–2015), after having been Director of the Department for Planning and Settlement of Operations in the EIB Financial Directorate (2000–2004). Francisco started his career at the EIB in 1987, as a loan offi cer for the ACP countries. In 1989, he became Manager of the EIB’s bond portfolio at the Treasury Department after which he became Head of the Loans Back Offi ce. After graduating from Solvay Business School, Univer-sity of Brussels, and before joining the EIB, Francisco de Paula Coelho held successively the following posi-tions: fi nancial analyst with Unido, assistant lecturer in Economics at the University of Lisbon and consultant in investment promotion for Emerging Countries in New York, before joining the World Bank, in Washington DC. Francisco de Paula Coelho is the Dean of the EIB Institute. Prior to that he was Director for EIB Opera-tions in Asia and Latin America (2004–2015), after having been Director of the Department for Planning and Settlement of Operations in the EIB Financial Directorate (2000–2004). Francisco started his career at the EIB in 1987, as a loan offi cer for the ACP countries. In 1989, he became Manager of the EIB’s bond portfolio at the Treasury Department after which he became Head of the Loans Back Offi ce.Twitter @EIBINSTITUTE

SNEŠKA QUAEDVLIEG–MIHAILOVIĆSecretary General, Europa Nostra / Coordinator of the European Heritage Alliance 3.3Sneška Quaedvlieg–Mihailović (1963) has been working for Europa Nostra for more than 25 years. In 2000, she was appointed as Secretary General. In this capacity, she works closely with EU institutions, the Council of Europe, the UN, UNESCO and other international and European governmental and non–governmental bodies on heritage matters. Since the creation of the European Heritage Alliance 3.3. in 2011, she acts as the Coordinator of this informal plat-form of European and international networks active in the wider fi eld of heritage. She has played a promi-nent role in promoting the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) and now actively contributes to the EYCH Stakeholders Group. She is a regular speaker at European conferences and meetings on cultural her-itage and is author of numerous articles on Europe and cultural heritage (most recently she contributed to the special edition of “Cartaditalia” dedicated to 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage” (2017)). She has also contributed to the preparation of the European Report “Cultural Heritage Counts for Europe” (2015).Sneška Quaedvlieg–Mihailović obtained a degree in International Law in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia) and in European Law and Politics in Nancy (France). Prior to joining Europa Nostra, she worked for EU Institutions in Brussels and then for the European Com-mission Delegation in Belgrade. In 1991, she was one of the founders and the fi rst Secretary–General of the European Movement in Yugoslavia.Twitter @SneskaEN @europanostra #Heritage4Europe #SharingHeritage #SharingValues

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INGRID SCHULERUDAmbassador of Norway to Belgium, NorwayAmbassador Ingrid Schulerud was appointed Nor-way’s Ambassador to The Kingdom of Belgium spring 2015, as well as Deputy Head of the Norwegian Mission to the European Union. Ms Schulerud joined the Foreign Service in 1988 after graduating from the University of Oslo, with studies in economics, political science and statistics. Ms Schulerud was adviser on Baltic Aff airs in the Ministry in the 90’s, then respon-sible for bilateral relations and following enlargement processes in EU and NATO. She has served as a Norwegian diplomat in Budapest and worked within the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs on various topics related to European Aff airs for 25 years. She has worked extensively on democracy issues, fundamental rights and freedoms as well as minority rights as desk offi cer for the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe), Head of Division for the Baltic states and Central Europe as well as Deputy Director General on the enlarged EU, Baltic states, Central Europe, Romania and Bulgaria. Schulerud has, as Ambassador at large, been responsible for the programming and strategic development of the EEA (European Economic Area) and Norway grants. The EEA and Norway Grants is a European funding scheme, which will provide 2.8 billion euros in the period 2014–2021 to strengthen bilateral relations with 15 EU countries and reduce economic and social disparities in the Europe.Twitter @IngridSchulerud #CulturalHeritage

HENRI SWINKELSRegional Minister Liveability and Culture, Province of Noord–Brabant, The NetherlandsIn 1963, Henri Swinkels was born in Vught where he still lives to this day. After secondary school he studied biology, evolutionary biology/paleo botany and received his fi rst level teaching qualifi cation at what was then known as the Rijksuniversiteit in Utrecht. After com-pulsory national service he was employed by, among others, the FNV [main national union] and the Neder-landse Politiebond [Dutch police union] as a trainer or programme coordinator. From 2006 to 2015 he was active in local politics for the SP [socialist party]. In 2014, he commenced work as a staff er for the national SP’s presence in the lower house of parliament in The Hague. Alongside his work, he has always been active in the cultural sector. First as an actor, but in recent years primarily as the author of plays and musical theatre pro-ductions, including Het Narrenschip [the ship of fools], that premiered in November 2015 in the run–up to the national Jeroen [Hieronymus] Bosch year. In May 2015 he became the member of the provincial executive for Leefbaarheid & Cultuur [liveability & culture] for the Provincial Government of Noord–Brabant. There he works to reinforce social resilience and cultural educa-tion both at school and elsewhere. Swinkels is of the opinion that everyone should have the opportunity to be a fully–fl edged member of society and that the govern-ment’s task is – in part –make this a reality. In 2017, he launched the ‘law of the conservation of creativity’ which is his argument in favour of retaining creativity among children and adults. Because, so he says: “Culture and heritage are subjects that, above all others, enable people to refl ect on the status quo, their position and potential. They have unifying and imaginative powers”.

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YOUR EUROPE, YOUR SAY! 2018 YOUTH EVENT “UNITED IN DIVERSITY: A YOUNGER FUTURE FOR EUROPEAN CULTURE”

By the European Economic and Social CommitteeIn March 2018, 99 students and 34 teachers from across Europe met at the EESC in Brussels for YEYS, the EESC's youth event in celebration of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. During workshops, they discussed their views on European cultural heritage. In the fi nal session, the young participants presented their recommendations and voted for the three that they judged to be the most important. The three winning proposals have been provided to the EESC Members, the European Commission, and the European Parliament.

You can see the video of YEYS 2018 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B2XFlAG–1k

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SUMMIT “THE FUTURE IS HERITAGE”

By Provinces of Noord–Brabant, Gelderland, Overijssel, Erfgoed Brabant, Erfgoed Gelderland and the Dutch Knowledge Institute of Immaterial Heritage (KIEN)We believe that cultural heritage connects people across countries and generations. Young people from all over Europe, aged between 18 and 30, will meet from 18 to 22 June to exchange their views on heritage. The highly interactive programme includes sessions about musealized vs. living heritage, discovering new goals for re–built heritage and controversial heritage.

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STUDENT SUMMIT “CULTURE UP YOUR FUTURE – LIVING OUR EUROPEAN HERITAGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE”

By AEGEE | European Students’ Forum & European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH)Inspired by the announcement of a European Year of Cultural Heritage the European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH) was established in 2017 by university students. Today, ESACH has become the fi rst interdisciplinary and cross–generational network in the fi eld. The constantly growing number of members from all across Europe are not only united by the European dimension of cultural heritage but also driven by the vision to actively contribute towards a reconnection of the notions of heritage and culture in their academic disciplines.

The Student Summit is jointly organised by ESACH, AEGEE–Berlin and the European Citizenship Working Group (ECWG).

YOUTH CONFERENCE “CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN A DIGITAL WORLD”

By British Council, UK–German ConnectionWhat role does cultural heritage play in the world we live in? How do local cultures complement/clash with a collective European identity? 60 German and British students will explore these questions and more during this three–day youth conference organised by the British Council Germany and the UK–German Connection, focusing on digitisation and its eff ects.

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educa-tional opportunities. The UK–German Connection is a bilateral government initiative for bringing young people together.

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EUROPA NOSTRA – THE VOICE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN EUROPEEuropa Nostra is the pan–European federation of heritage NGOs which is also supported by a wide network of public bodies, private companies and individuals. Covering 40 countries in Europe, the organisation is the voice of civil society committed to safeguarding and promoting Europe’s cultural and natural heritage. Founded in 1963, it is today recognised as the largest heritage network in Europe. Europa Nostra campaigns to save Europe’s endangered monuments, sites and landscapes, in particular through ‘The 7 Most Endangered’ programme. It celebrates excellence through the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards. It also contributes to the formulation and implementation of European strategies and policies related to heritage, through a structured dialogue with European Institutions and the coordination of the European Heritage Alliance 3.3. Europa Nostra is an active supporter and contributor to the European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018.

DEUTSCHES NATIONALKOMITEE FÜR DENKMALSCHUTZ (DNK) / GERMAN CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEEThe German Cultural Heritage Committee (DNK) is an interdisciplinary and indispensable forum for the protection and conservation of Germany’s architectural and archaeological heritage. It is committed to a great goal: preserving the historic buildings and archaeolog-ical sites that make up our outstanding cultural heritage for future generations. All major stakeholders in the fi eld of heritage protection and heritage conservation are represented on the DNK: the Federal Government, the Länder and local authorities, the churches, specialist organizations, associations and federations as well as private action groups and heritage owners. The DNK is highly regarded at all societal levels both at home and abroad. The DNK was one of the originators of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 and acts as the national coordinator for respective activities in Germany.

STIFTUNG PREUSSISCHER KULTURBESITZ (SPK) / PRUSSIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATIONThe Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) is an internationally renowned cultural institution and an important player in the humanities and the social sciences. It includes museums, libraries, archives, and research institutes. Its collections have a universal char-acter. They document the evolution of human culture from its beginnings to the present in Europe and on other continents. They began in Brandenburg and Prussia and have grown encyclopedically. Today the Foundation is contributing crucially to the redesign of Berlin’s historical center.

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