Cultural Heritage in Action is one of the actions of the European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage of the European Commission. Started in 2020, it is a peer-learning programme that already allowed over 100 local and regional policy makers to exchange knowledge on cultural heritage, with a focus on participatory governance, adaptive reuse of heritage buildings and quality of interventions.

In its second phase (2021-2023), the project will continue to empower cities and regions to strengthen their cultural heritage policies and initiatives as well as develop innovative solutions to preserve cultural heritage assets.

The consortium led by Eurocities with KEA, ERRIN, Europa Nostra and Architects’ Council of Europe leads the project funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme until January 2023.

What will happen in 2021-2023?

The project has produced a catalogue of 32 good practices from EU cities, regions, urban, non-urban and rural areas and organised 10 online peer-learning visits bringing together 20+ participants per visit. In 2022 we will enrich our catalogue with 30 more good practices and will organise a set of peer-learning activities, including webinars, online workshops and 5 onsite peer learning visits to take place between May and October 2022.

They are now looking for practices:

• that are innovative
• that are inspiring for other cities and regions
• that have a real impact on the ground

Practices can be policies, projects, events or organisational structures developed by local and regional authorities. They can be implemented by the authorities themselves or by other local stakeholders.

To prepare your application and to collect information of your team members, you can download a word-version of the application here.