CHARTER Webinar: Cultural Heritage Sector Dynamics across Europe: exploring gaps and needs in professional development

CHARTER Webinar: Cultural Heritage Sector Dynamics across Europe: exploring gaps and needs in professional development

The CHARTER EU Skills Alliance for Cultural Heritage, one of ERRIN's projects, is organising a webinar on 29 May titled "Cultural Heritage Sector Dynamics Across Europe: Exploring Gaps And Needs In Professional Development." 

The University of Gothenburg (Sweden) will present the work they have led over the last three years concerning cultural heritage sector dynamics, professional development and future scenarios. After an introduction to the CHARTER Alliance and its main goals, participants will get insights into processes of mapping and analysing dynamics of cultural heritage professionals and other stakeholders’ engagement, synergies and skills in terms of needs and shortages in the cultural heritage sector. They will also hear about ways to cross-analyse cultural heritage professional systems in regard to education and training supply to improve gaps and needs in skills and competencies derived from the digital shift to sustainable green and blue growth and social and territorial dynamics.

These observations are only a reflection of a broader landscape when we look at sectoral dynamics. Who is a stakeholder in cultural heritage? Which roles do different stakeholders play, and how do they interact? What are their interests and influence on education and training systems? The University of Gothenburg will present the CHARTER Alliance findings to questions like these derived in the mapping and report: Who is not a stakeholder in cultural heritage? It introduces an understanding of cultural heritage as an economic sector and labour market with interacting stakeholders in anticipated roles whose dynamics, skills and competencies will affect the quality of heritage as a resource and common good.

Before exploring future scenarios and an open discussion, webinar participants will be introduced to the CHARTER Alliance’s forecast of possible gaps and needs in education, training and labour market for heritage professionals. The speakers will shed light on how these gaps and needs might affect the development of professional activities within the field of heritage and propose possible solutions, such as recognising the value of non-formal and informal learning methods. The report Forecast to fill gaps between education and training supply and labour market needs. Preliminary analysis also recommends three models of non-formal learning to combat skills needs: communities of practice, virtuous learning circles and professional learning networks.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.