The HeritACT project invites cultural professionals, policymakers, and researchers to explore innovative approaches to heritage reactivation. This interactive session will highlight participatory strategies, digital tools, and real-world applications that integrate cultural heritage into sustainability and inclusion policies.
By Creatives Unite CommunityDate & Time: Online on February 21, 2025 | 11:00 – 13:00 CET
Who It’s For: Cultural heritage professionals, policymakers, urban planners, researchers, and digital innovators
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About the Webinar
Organized as part of the Horizon Europe project HeritACT, this session will explore how cultural heritage can play a vital role in shaping more sustainable and inclusive societies. Bringing together experts in cultural policy, accessibility, community engagement, and digital innovation, the event will facilitate knowledge-sharing and networking across disciplines.
Key Discussions:
- Culture & the Green Deal – Experts from University College Dublin present a framework integrating culture into environmental sustainability efforts.
- Inclusion & Accessibility in Heritage – University of the Aegean will explore participatory models engaging diverse communities and promoting equitable decision-making.
- Heritage Reactivation in Milan – The Municipality of Milan, a HeritACT pilot site, shares successful examples of cross-sectoral partnerships driving local heritage revitalization.
- Digital Innovation in Cultural Heritage – THINGS, a leading design company, will showcase digital tools that enhance accessibility, engagement, and sustainable heritage management.
The event is designed as an interactive exchange, encouraging participants to engage in discussions, share experiences, and explore new approaches to integrating cultural heritage into sustainability and innovation policies.
About HeritACT
Coordinated by the University of Patras (Greece), the project, which will continue for 36-months, is funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme. HeritACT introduces innovative and inclusive architectural and design solutions as well as cultural-artistic practices to support environmental and cultural sustainability and to strengthen the cultural and creative industries through community awareness and policy-making across European urban areas of different scales and cultural settings.
The project's methodology will leverage place-making in order to enable citizens and organisations to imagine, plan and negotiate the form and use of public spaces and to regenerate urban environments. The innovative methodology and activities proposed aim to achieve the ambitious goals of the New European Bauhaus to connect the European Green Deal to our living spaces and experiences, in a creative and interdisciplinary way.
For more information about HeritACT's webinar please read here.
