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Europa Nostra Heritage Hub for Central and Eastern Europe in Kraków is a regional centre of Europa Nostra, a pan-European federation of organisations involved in the protection, management, and promotion of cultural and natural heritage in 40 European countries.
As a platform, we strengthen the voice of NGOs from Central and Eastern Europe in shaping European heritage policy.
We facilitate cooperation between civic organisations and heritage institutions in the region.
We increase the visibility of activities supporting heritage in the region.
We discuss how the concept of heritage has evolved over the decades with one of the leading European experts in this field, Professor Jacek Purchla, Vice-President of Europa Nostra. In the podcast, you’ll also learn about examples of best practices and approaches to heritage conservation on our continent.
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The Social Forum, developed as part of the European Heritage Hub, is a pilot project co-funded by the EU that supports the Hub’s mission of connecting heritage stakeholders and initiatives across Europe.
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In 2022, Bratislava regained one of its most iconic examples of architecture. After a thorough revitalization of the socialist-realist building, commonly known as “The Bridge, of the Slovak National Gallery was reopened in this location. Dr. Alexandra Kusá, the Director General of of the Slovak National Gallery and an art historian specializing in 20th-century art, discusses the construction work that restored the space’s splendor after over twenty years of closure.
read moreThe 9th of May is a day of “peace and unity in Europe”. We encourage you to celebrate it by joining the Ode to Joy Challenge which was initiated by Europa Nostra six years ago and reinterpreting the European anthem.
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In the inaugural episode, “Harnessing the Power of Ukrainian Heritage”, we are in Lviv, where we meet with leading cultural figures to learn about efforts to preserve and safeguard Ukrainian cultural heritage in the face of the ongoing conflict with Russia. Our interviewees include: Lilia Onyshchenko-Shvets, advisor to the mayor of Lviv on heritage protection; Vasyl Rozhko from НеМо: the Ukrainian Heritage Monitoring Lab; Dr. Iryna Sklokina, a researcher at the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv; Taras Voznyak, director of the Lviv National Art Gallery; and Professor Yaroslav Hrytsak, a leading Ukrainian historian.
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All of this year’s Polish laureates are connected with Silesia: Historic Ignacy Mine, Rybnik (Category: Conservation and Adaptation), Serfenta Craft Revitalization Model, Cieszyn (Category: Education, Training, and Skills), Piotr Gerber PhD, Wrocław (Heritage Champions category).
read moreThe number of cultural heritage sites in Ukraine is huge, yet with local municipalities struggling to finance the upkeep of buildings, monuments and other treasures, new ways of financing have had to be found. That is where Spadshchyna.UA – which means ‘heritage’ in Ukrainian – comes into play. Listen to Hanna Havryliv who runs the NGO Spadshchyna.UA.
read moreOn April 17, 2024, Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute announced the list of the 7 Most Endangered monuments and heritage sites in Europe for 2024. This programme is one of Europe’s leading civil society campaigns to safeguard endangered heritage.
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The 7 Most Endangered programme is Europa Nostra’s flagship programme. It mobilises public and private partners on a local, national and European level to find a viable future for threatened monuments and sites in Europe. It offers more visibility, generates additional attention and media coverage.
read moreThe European Heritage Hub has launched the Heritage Library: a digital repository of materials on heritage across Europe. The database will be gradually expanded over time.
read moreThe European Heritage Hub has selected 10 initiatives aimed at identifying exemplary local good practices in the field of cultural heritage that contribute to the green, digital, and social transformation of our society. Among the selected initiatives is the project of the Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, Poland.
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Europa Nostra and a group of relevant partners, including the Europeana Foundation, Eurocities, ICLEI, KU Leuven and Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow, have been selected for EU funding for the implementation of a pilot project establishing a European Heritage Hub.
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