Cultural Heritage & Tourism Working Group
Representatives of Brussels-based offices leading the work of the Cultural Heritage & Tourism Working Group.
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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Future Related ERRIN Working Group Meetings
EU Design Day 2024
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
Previous Related ERRIN Working Group Meetings
Strengthening skills governance in regional innovation ecosystems: lessons learnt and remaining challenges
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
The Pact for Skills for CCIs - What next after the Year of Skills?
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
Shaping the content NEB Facility: ERRIN NEB Task Force meeting
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
EU-China Tourism Year Parliamentary Day
This an event related to the EU - China Tourism Year (ECTY) in the European Parliament and is an important milestone. After its opening ceremony in Venice, and the important role of the European Parliament in supporting the initiation of the EU-China Tourism Year, it is essential to have a Parliame
Networking as a lever for cultural development for cities
Policies for the enhancement of Culture and Cultural Heritage in European Cities have some common and crosscutting weaknesses: problems in designing integrated strategic actions; imbalance between policy formulation and assessment of results; limited involvement of private stakeholders. Turning cult
The European Industry Day´s Local Event on Tourism: "Investing in the European Tourism of Tomorrow"
The Digitalisation and Safety for Tourism partnership organises the workshop "Investing in the European Tourism of Tomorrow" in the framework of the European Industry Day. This workshop aims at stimulating the debate on building public private investment to boost the tourism business resilience, wor
Showcase Conference on Tourism
The European Commission is organising a Showcase Conference on Tourism that will take place in Brussels on 19 March 2019. The aim of the event is to showcase the added-value of EU support for tourism projects under the COSME programme, to inspire more cooperation and participation from the tourism
Tourism WG in transition - planning meeting
We are happy to inform our members that the Tourism working group is evolving!
Foster resilience of the tourism industry through innovative value chain
In the framework of the 2nd Industry Day of the European Commission, ERRIN is organising a panel discussion on innovative value chains in tourism. Tourism does not produce technological innovations.
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
Join the Urban Agenda for the EU public consultation on the Greening Cities and Sustainable Tourism Partnerships
The Greening Cities Partnership and EU Sustainable Tourism Partnership of the Urban Agenda for the EU invites you to reply to the public consultations on the draft Action Plans. You will have the opportunity to help shape the future of urban green infrastructure by providing your insights and feedback on key Actions aimed at enhancing urban biodiversity, climate adaptation, and residents' wellbeing in EU and address key challenges faced in the framework of urban tourism today.
Have your say on Creative Europe: the consultation is open!
The European Commission has opened a public consultation to collect feedback from everyone, in addition to the organisations and individuals directly involved in or benefiting from the Creative Europe programme.
Call for Applications for IN SITU Summer School
Applications are now open to join IN SITU Summer School, “Place-based creative solutions for cultivating caring and sustainable communities" (20-24 September 2024), and the IN SITU Conference "Horizons of Sustainability: The power of creative innovation for transformation of rural and non-urban futures" (25-27 September 2024), both held in the beautiful island of Zlarin, Croatia.
ERRIN two-page input on FP10 for the attention of the Expert Group
As the work towards the next EU Framework Programme for R&I (FP10) continues, ERRIN is pleased to share its two-page input for the attention of the Expert Group on the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe. The document is a concise compilation of the reflections on FP10 done at ERRIN so far, highlighting topics of key importance. Work on a series of broader input papers is underway.
PROSPERO – Culture and Creativity driving prosperous development
the PROSPERO proposal seeks to put CCIs at the centre of sustainable and dynamic economic development, thus boosting our socio-economic and environmental well-being. PROSPERO uses interregional exchange and learning to consider how megatrends (digitalisation, climate action, social resilience) are reflected in the CCI sector across Europe and how public policy can ensure that we benefit from these megatrends.
New CHARTER Report: Forecast to fill gap in Heritage Education and Training
In its new report, "Forecast to fill gaps in Heritage Education and Training", the CHARTER EU Alliance delves into the gaps and needs of Cultural Heritage professionals in Europe. This report maps the main challenges for professional development in heritage, encompassing technology, sustainable development, professional collaboration, public administration, diversity, funding, social uses, knowledge transfer, occupation coding, and skills description.
Latest Updates
- By Teresa Vio
Approval and launch of the new S3 Partnership on Cultural and Creative Regional Ecosystems
The European Commission has recently approved for support by the S3 Platform for Industrial Modernisation the S3 Partnership on Cultural and Creative Regional Ecosystems, led by Aragon Region, Tuscany Region and Western Greece Region.
- By Hilary Webb
2020 European Capitals of Culture extended into 2021
As the current European Capitals of Culture, Rijeka (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland), have been severely effected by the coronavirus pandemic, the Commission is seeking to extend their possession of the title until April 2021.
- By Hilary Webb
Call for expressions of interest for innovative interregional COVID-19 response & recovery partnerships
This week DG REGIO launched a call for expressions of interest to pilot interregional innovation partnerships related to the COVID-19 response and recovery. We encourage members to use ERRIN's tools to build partnerships to respond to this call.
- By Hilary Webb
Built4People R&I Partnership – call for inputs
ERRIN is calling for members from different working groups to form a taskforce aimed at providing inputs on the Built4People R&I Partnership under Horizon Europe.
- By Hilary Webb
Commission launches call for interregional coronavirus innovation partnerships linked to four thematic areas
Regional authorities, universities, research centres, clusters and SMEs willing to pilot interregional innovation partnerships are invited to express their interest in the Commissions new call for interregional thematic partnerships related to the pandemic.
- By Hilary Webb
Call for regional speaker for tourism session at EWRC
In view of the 18th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, DG GROW has reached out to ERRIN to propose a regional speaker for an online session titled 'Tourism – towards a recovery and growth path' taking place in October 2020.