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Ireland

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, HERITAGE AND THE GAELTACHT

EHHF 2015 HERITAGE-LED REGENERATION AND CONSOLIDATION

Niall Ó Donnchú, MPhil, BSc (Econ), C(Dip) AF, is assistant secretary general at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking areas) in Ireland. He heads up the Heritage Division of the Department and has responsibility for policy on both the built and natural heritage. He was formerly head of Arts, Culture and Film Policy at the Department of Arts and Heritage. Prior to that he was head of E-Commerce and Telecommunications’ Policy at the Department of Communications and is also a former head of Alternative and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Niall Ó Donnchú is a Board Member of the Governance Board of Science Gallery Ireland and of the energy poverty charity Energy Action. He is also a member of the external advisory board of the College of Art and Celtic Studies at University College Cork. Previously he has been a board member of Culture Ireland and of the National Concert Hall.

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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