Cultural Heritage & Tourism

The Cultural Heritage and Tourism Working Group has two main lines of action: Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Heritage, and the policies and actions that link the two areas. In this context, the WG investigates R&I-related measures to mitigate touristic flows' environmental and social impact and encourage the transition towards sustainable tourism and cultural policies and practices. To this end, the WG supports ERRIN members in the uptake of digital technologies and the development of skills/competences in the Cultural Heritage and Tourism sectors, facilitating exchanges of good practices and developing new projects. 
Finally, the Working Group aims to provide early information to members on cultural heritage and tourism policy future strands, financial tools, inter-regional joint activities, EU calls, and disseminating open opportunities and results of key ongoing projects.

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EU DD 2024

EU Design Day 2024

Agnieszka Wieczorek Jetha

Save the date for the next edition of the EU Design Day! The 12th edition of EU Design Day will happen in Brussels on 17 September 2024, gathering key stakeholders from the design and creativity

Last Working Group Meetings

Previous Related ERRIN Working Group Meetings

Strengthening skills governance in regional innovation ecosystems:  lessons learnt and remaining challenges

Strengthening skills governance in regional innovation ecosystems: lessons learnt and remaining challenges

Astrid Hannes

As the activities of the EU Year of Skills came to an end in April 2024, the Science and Education for Society Working Group is organising a Working Group meeting to reflect on the lessons learnt

Design & Creativity WG

The Pact for Skills for CCIs - What next after the Year of Skills?

Francesca Pozzebon

The European Year of Skills is coming to an end after the Pact for Skills Forum (21- 22 March) and the Closing event, taking place on 30 April, which will reflect on the achievements of the past year

NEB

Shaping the content NEB Facility: ERRIN NEB Task Force meeting

Francesca Pozzebon

As a consolidation of the open dialogue and collaboration between the ERRIN and the Joint Research Center, ERRIN members are invited to provide inputs and recommendations to support the shaping and

WG Related Events

WG Related Events

'Europe, let's cooperate!' interregional cooperation forum

The 8th edition of 'Europe, let's cooperate!' interregional cooperation forum will take place online on 5 April 2022 at 09:30-16:00 CEST. The day will focus on the launch of the first call for project proposals under the Interreg Europe programme in the 2021-2027 period, which will be open from 5 April until 31 May this year.

Adaptive reuse of (industrial) buildings with a history

The second webinar in the "Sharing stories" series of the Cultural Heritage in Action peer-learning programme will focus on “Adaptive reuse of (industrial) buildings with a history” and take place on Monday 4 April 2022 at 14:00-15:30 CEST.

NCP Brussels Workshop: Understanding your proposal evaluation under Horizon Europe

NCP Brussels is organising a webinar on 24 March dedicated to proposal evaluation under Horizon Europe and how to make the most of it. The webinar is open to any Brussels-based organisation interested in (re)submitting an application to Horizon Europe calls for proposals (Pillars 2 & 3 only).

Cultural Heritage & Tourism WG Meeting: Tourism Transition Pathway

Following the publication by DG GROW of the report on the Transition Pathway for Tourism, the Cultural Heritage & Tourism WG is organising a meeting to stimulate conversation and inform relevant stakeholders on the topic.

8th Cohesion Forum: recover, rebuild, reconnect

8th Cohesion Forum, organised by the European Commission on 17-18 March, will debate how Cohesion policy can ensure that no region is left behind in the ongoing structural changes, and that all regions can reap the benefits of the green and digital transitions.

CHARTER Alliance Meetup: How can we describe working in the cultural heritage sector?

ERRIN's project CHARTER Alliance is hosting an online meeting that asks 'how can we describe working in the cultural heritage sector?' 

WG Documents

WG Documents

ERRIN Year in review 2022

The ERRIN Year in review 2022 is out! Read the report to see the numerous activities ERRIN and its members have been involved in throughout the year.

WG Related Content

WG Related Content

Join the Heritage Hub’s summer peer-learning visit to Glasgow

The European Heritage Hub invites city representatives and heritage professionals to apply for its upcoming peer-learning visit in Glasgow, taking place 8 – 10 July 2024. Organised in partnership with the City of Glasgow, this programme offers a unique opportunity to share good practices and acquire skills for addressing environmental, digital, and social challenges related to cultural heritage in local contexts.

Call for participants to the ENCC incubator 2024

The 2024 edition of the ENCC - European Network of Cultural Centres - mentoring programme on EU project writing, will take place in Valletta, Malta, hosted by our member Spazju Kreattiv. A call for participants is now open until 15 May.

ERRIN is looking for a Head of projects - Extended Deadline

In view of the upcoming departure of ERRIN's current Director of projects, Ryan Titley, ERRIN is looking for a replacement to start in September 2024. The new colleague will work closely with the ERRIN Director on strategic planning, and lead the implementation and development of ERRIN's current and future project portfolio. Extended deadline: Applications are open until 26 May at 17.00 CEST.

ERRIN members receive the European Heritage Label

On 17 April, the European Heritage Label Bureau and European Commission held the EHL Awards Ceremony 2024, awarding seven new European Heritage Sites with the label. Among them, several ERRIN members have been selected for their symbolic value, the role they have played in European history and the activities they offer.

Empowering Innovation: Overview of Public Engagement in Research & Innovation

DG RTD has recently released a thematic report titled "Overview of Public Engagement in Research & Innovation", which provides an introductory overview of Public Engagement in Research and Innovation in Europe. The document aims to inspire and help public actors and policymakers to promote and support public engagement.

Second call for participants for Living Spaces peer-learning visits on architecture and the built environment

Living Spaces is a peer-learning programme designed for local and regional authorities to learn how to plan and implement high-quality architectural policies and projects. From July 2023 to November 2024, the programme will facilitate exchanges among the European Union’s cities, regions, Member States and relevant stakeholders on processes and good practices.

Latest Updates

  • By Aija Konisevska Azadi

Looking for partners: COVID-19 Recovery Through Sustainable Tourism Growth and SME Support

The National Fund for Danish Nature and Coastal Tourism together with North Denmark EU Office looking for: -1 organisation with experience in support, guidance, trainings for tourism SMEs to apply for eco-labels, EMAS. -1 university/ research institution with experience in benchmarking, development of monitoring framework of the sustainability performance of SMEs in the tourism within accommodation, transport sector.

  • By Hilary Webb

CHARTER Alliance launches community for external stakeholders

The European Cultural Heritage Skills Alliance CHARTER, in which ERRIN is a partner, has launched its CHARTER Community programme for external stakeholders interested in connecting and engaging with the Erasmus+ project.

  • By Françoise Guaspare

The Hauts de Seine County Council is looking for partners to reply to a Horizon Europe call

The Hauts-de-Seine County Council is currently working on the creation of an institution that will bring together design and arts activities for the first time. The project goal would be to propose new business models between digital and traditional crafts.

  • By Agnieszka Wieczorek Jetha

CulturEU, a new interactive guide mapping all funding opportunities available now

​​​​​​​The CulturEU is a  one-stop shop for EU funding and gathers a total of 75 funding opportunities from 21 different EU programmes, from Creative Europe and Horizon Europe to structural funds and InvestEU. The interactive online tool can direct any European cultural entity to the most appropriate EU financial support available to it.

  • By Teresa Vio

European Heritage Awards 2022 (deadline: 1 February 2022)

The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards are now open for submissions until 1 February 2022.

  • By Teresa Vio

Launch of the CulturEU funding guide

CulturEU is a new user-friendly tool for cultural stakeholders to navigate available funding opportunities for the cultural and creative sectors in EU programmes 2021-2027.