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Building Back Better For the first time, the European Institutions have launched two major initiatives largely based on the participation of citizens, namely the Conference on the Future of Europe and the New European Bauhaus. These large-scale projects will help shape a future after the pandemic. The role of cultural heritage in these ‘building back better’ initiatives is essential, especially in South East Europe.
The campaign to organise debates on the future of Europe in heritage sites across Europe, as published by the Europa Nostra Agora
THE CONFERENCE OF THE FUTURE OF EUROPE The Conference on the Future of Europe allows European citizens the opportunity to speak up, debate, discuss and share their vision for the future of Europe and to help shape it and cocreate it. On the occasion of 9 May, Europe Day, Europa Nostra – in association with other 50 member organisations of the European Heritage Alliance, which celebrates this year its
10th anniversary – launched a new and inspiring idea, directly connected to the Conference. Why not organise these public debates and discussions in cultural heritage sites, to directly connect our heritage with the Future of Europe. This grassroots initiative will include sites that have received a European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award or a European Heritage Label. To maximise the impact of these debates and discussions, their
outcomes will be collected and shared on the relevant platforms of the Europa Nostra Agora, the Conference on the Future of Europe and the New European Bauhaus. Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović, Secretary General of Europa Nostra: “At the time when Europe and the world are preparing their recovery from the pandemic, let us recall the powerful message released by our European Heritage Alliance, exactly one year ago, on Europe
