The 17th EHHF Annual Meeting was held in Sevilla-Spain on 27-29 September 2023. It was organised by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with the EHHF Permanent Secretariat. The theme of this edition was “Heritage: A Living Being“. All conference content is available in the Annual Meetings section.
The 18th edition of the Forum is scheduled for May 2024, under the Polish presidency of the Troika. The members will meet in Krakow, Poland, for a meeting whose theme and programme will be announced shortly.
Attendance by invitation only.
The European Heritage Heads Forum (EHHF) is an informal, professional and expert network for national heritage heads (built heritage, landscapes and archaeology) of the countries of the European Union, the European Economic Area and the member-states of the Council of Europe. It provides a forum for information and experience exchange about the management of the historic environment in the 21st century.
The Heads are mostly the directors-general of national administrations or departments, agencies or institutes in charge of the conservation and the protection of cultural heritage within the national relevant ministries or institutions. Since 2006, the members of the EHHF gather once a year, each time in a different country. Attendance is by invitation only.
Standing expert committees
The members of the EHHF are able to name representatives and send experts from their own staff to participate to the activities of the two standing committees. The constituted groups regularly communicate on recent developments and officially report to the Heads on an annual basis.
EUROPEAN HERITAGE LEGAL FORUM
TASK FORCE ON ECONOMY AND STATISTICS
A forum of legal experts and policy officers appointed by the members of the EHHF, who ensure that relevant information on the development and potential consequences of proposed legislation developed by the European Union is circulated in a timely manner to heritage state authorities.
The task force was missioned by the EHHF to create a common methodology for collecting economic data of cultural heritage and formulate clear indicators on the socioeconomic contribution of immovable cultural heritage.
EUROPEAN HERITAGE LEGAL FORUM
A forum of legal experts and policy officers appointed by the members of the EHHF, who ensure that relevant information on the development and potential consequences of proposed legislation developed by the European Union is circulated in a timely manner to heritage state authorities.
TASK FORCE ON ECONOMY AND STATISTICS
The task force was missioned by the EHHF to create a common methodology for collecting economic data of cultural heritage and formulate clear indicators on the socioeconomic contribution of immovable cultural heritage.
A little bit of history
A European Heritage Summit was first organized in London on 26–28 April 2006 by Dr. Simon Thurley, former Chief Executive Officer of English Heritage. The mission of the Summit was to gather for the first time the European cultural heritage leaders who had the opportunity to exchange their experience and initiate common actions. It was attended by 23 European states which agreed in the Final Statement to continue to meet annually as a forum of European heritage heads, known as the “European Heritage Heads Forum”. Future hosting countries are chosen by general agreement at the annual meeting.
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