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Finland

FINNISH HERITAGE AGENCY

Mr Kimmo Levä is Director General of the Finnish Heritage Agency. His previous positions have included Director General of the Finnish National Gallery, Managing Director of the Finnish Museums Association including its companies, and Museum Director at the National Road Traffic Museum.

He has served as a board member of many museums and associations. He also has experience in international museum organisations, including INTERCOM and Network of European Museums Organisations (NEMO).

Kimmo specialises in the commercialisation of museum services, and the strategic and financial management of museums. He holds an MBA from the University of Wales and an MA in history and political science from Tampere University.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
The first European Heritage Summit was organised in London from April 26 to 28, 2006 by Dr Simon Thurley, former Chief Executive of English Heritage. The mission of the summit was to bring together for the first time those responsible for Europe's cultural heritage, to create an opportunity to exchange experiences in heritage management and to initiate joint action. The first summit brought together 23 European countries, who agreed in the summit's final declaration to continue to meet annually in the form of a European Heritage Heads Forum. Each year, future host countries are chosen by mutual agreement at the annual meeting, so that the tradition can continue.

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