Slide 1

Luxembourg

SERVICE DES SITES ET MONUMENTS NATIONAUX

EHHF 2018 OLD SITES, NEW FUNCTIONS: SHARING WITH THE NEXT GENERATION

Born in 1967, Patrick Sanavia graduated in law from the University of Robert Schuman, Strasbourg. He is a former member of the Bar. Then, as a legal counsellor for the Ministry of Culture, Higher Education and Research, Patrick Sanavia was president of the advisory committee on the status of the professional independent artist and member of different boards (cultural centre Abbey of Neumünster, renovation fund for the old city of Luxembourg, Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg, etc.).

Between 2007 and 2010, Patrick Sanavia chaired the Commission of Sites and National Monuments. He is government commissioner for the castles of Beaufort and Bourscheid. Since 2008, Patrick Sanavia is director of the Service for National Sites and Monuments (SSMN). This cultural institute acts as the contracting authority for state built heritage. The SSMN currently manages more than 100 projects over about sixty historic and industrial sites.

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.

Permanent Secretariat - secretariat@ehhf.eu
Place Saint-Géry 23, 1000 Brussels