Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3s) represent a unique opportunity for European regions to tackle societal and technological challenges, allowing their economies to adapt to the growing competitive environment. Bringing together all the relevant business, research and education, public actors and civil society – the quadruple helix – S3s help to identify the region’s own strengths and comparative assets, prioritise research and innovation investment in competitive areas, and define a shared vision for regional innovation. EURASHE, as the European representation of professional higher education institutions, strongly advocates the inclusion of Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) in the development and implementation of regional S3s. Through their profile as regional “boundary spanners” and their applied research, lifelong learning activities and development of new skills, UAS actively support and contribute to the competitiveness and innovation capacity of their regions. They, therefore, provide crucial input and experience in all the different phases of the design of S3: from developing a shared vision and identifying the regional priorities, to implementing the action plan and monitoring and evaluating the results achieved. The first webinar of the online event Smart UAS in Smart Regions, organised in collaboration with Friends of Smart Specialisation, looked at the case of Portugal and how Portuguese Polytechnics were engaged in the development of the national and regional S3s. More information: https://bit.ly/SmartUASinSmartRegions

This is the manifesto of GB candidate Iida Kalliokoski. For more information, members can consult the EYP Member Platform.

This is the manifesto of GB candidate Ludovica Formicola. For more information, members can consult the EYP Member Platform.

This is the manifesto of GB candidate Aritz Labrador Odriozola. For more information, members can consult the EYP Member Platform.

Developments in the field of artificial intelligence have a direct impact on the future of learning. On the one hand, we have to prepare students for a reality where AI technologies are ubiquitous. On the other hand, AI will soon establish itself as a standard tool in the education market. Already today, educational content can be tailored directly to the needs of students with the help of AI. We will present these technologies and discuss their impact on the educational work of European cultural institutions. Full programme: https://bit.ly/DXAIweek_programme

Contemporary Art and AI: A Curator’s Perspective with Marnie Benney, independent art curator Creating With AI: Artist Talk with Sofia Crespo, neural artist This session will focus on the connection between artificial intelligence and art. Over the past few years, AI has captivated the imagination of the art world. Artists reflect on the social and systemic implications of AI on society while also being affected by AI in how they produce and distribute their work. If machines can learn to compose music and paint pictures, what does this mean for human creativity? https://webinars.eunicglobal.eu/eunic-dx-ai-week

This session will focus on the connection between artificial intelligence and art. Over the past few years, AI has captivated the imagination of the art world. Artists reflect on the social and systemic implications of AI on society while also being affected by AI in how they produce and distribute their work. If machines can learn to compose music and paint pictures, what does this mean for human creativity? Automation vs Augmentation: AI and the Future of Cultural Expressions with Marcus du Sautoy, Oxford University https://webinars.eunicglobal.eu/eunic-dx-ai-week

Video message by David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament to the online debate A Cultural Deal for Europe – A central place for culture in the EU’s post-pandemic future which took place on November 18, 2020. More information? https://culturalfoundation.eu/stories/a-cultural-deal-for-europe-a-central-place-for-culture-in-the-eus-post-pandemic-future

A time lapse recording of the visual notes by Menah of the online debate A Cultural Deal for Europe – A central place for culture in the EU’s post-pandemic future which took place on November 18, 2020. More information? https://culturalfoundation.eu/stories/a-cultural-deal-for-europe-a-central-place-for-culture-in-the-eus-post-pandemic-future

Video message by Clément Beaune, Secretary of State for European Affairs, France to the online debate A Cultural Deal for Europe – A central place for culture in the EU’s post-pandemic future which took place on November 18, 2020. More information? https://culturalfoundation.eu/stories/a-cultural-deal-for-europe-a-central-place-for-culture-in-the-eus-post-pandemic-future

On the occasion of the Online Debate: A Cultural Deal for Europe

This session will focus on the connection between artificial intelligence and art. Over the past few years, AI has captivated the imagination of the art world. Artists reflect on the social and systemic implications of AI on society while also being affected by AI in how they produce and distribute their work. If machines can learn to compose music and paint pictures, what does this mean for human creativity? Octavio Kulesz is Director of Editorial Teseo and UNESCO expert on cultural diversity, digital creativity and artificial intelligence https://webinars.eunicglobal.eu/eunic-dx-ai-week

What novel experiences digital spaces and online artistic works have to offer? On the evening of Day Three, we will explore a digital art space that will invite us to reflect on AI and the realms of possibility within digital artistic production. The virtual space will be designed to create an experience tailored to the digital realm and, where relevant, be applied to one’s own programme formats. Featuring Hexorcismos and Jenna Sutela. Full programme: https://bit.ly/DXAIweek_programme

This session will focus on the connection between artificial intelligence and art. Over the past few years, AI has captivated the imagination of the art world. Artists reflect on the social and systemic implications of AI on society while also being affected by AI in how they produce and distribute their work. If machines can learn to compose music and paint pictures, what does this mean for human creativity? And how does the mass production of creative content using AI impact the diversity of cultural expressions? Full programme: https://bit.ly/DXAIweek_programme

AI Crash Course: Understanding Artificial Intelligence and Its Basic Concepts Katharine Jarmul, Cape Privacy This session looks at the specifics of technologies referred to as AI and discuss their main risks and unintended consequences: discrimination, manipulation, surveillance and social injustice. https://webinars.eunicglobal.eu/eunic-dx-ai-week

On the occasion of the Online Debate: A Cultural Deal for Europe

Today, our focus will be on developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). We will delve into the specifics of technologies referred to as AI and discuss their main risks and unintended consequences: discrimination, manipulation, surveillance and social injustice. In addition to these challenges, we will have a panel discussion on the geopolitics of AI addressing the following questions: How does the digital divide affect the development and deployment of AI technologies in the Global North and Global South? What role does Europe play in the AI race? Full programme: https://bit.ly/DXAIweek_programme

Mercy, member of ICOMOS, explains how ICOMOS provides heritage professionals like her with tools to preserve cultural and natural sites worldwide. You too can help heritage professionals to make an impact through ICOMOS! Make a donation at: https://chuffed.org/project/help-heritage-professionals-to-make-an-impact-through-icomos Let's stay in touch! Follow us at: -- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI39Z5tdf8WTI3Gw7Zr3qRg ICOMOS website: https://www.icomos.org/en Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICOMOS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICOMOSinternational Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icomosinternational/ -- Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

The upcoming Rome Ministerial Meeting on 19 November 2020 is an important milestone for the Bologna Process, as the education ministries are called to adopt the Rome Communiqué which sets the main goals and challenges of Higher Education and Research for the next decade. ETUCE and its high-level representatives, on behalf of 127 Education Trade Unions and 11 million teachers in 51 European countries, urge education ministries to respect the fundamental value of academic freedom in higher education and research.

From inadequate pandemic preparedness strategies to a collapse of international cooperation, European and global systems have struggled to cope with the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organisation has seen shrinking resources limit its scope for action and leadership, raising questions about the effectiveness of international health governance structures. How can supranational institutions achieve sufficient credibility, legitimacy, authority, and accountability for effective leadership? How can the EU unify to develop a common vision for global health, and what should the priorities be. In this event, we present young Europeans’ takes on the future of health governance, with a particular focus on internal EU cooperation as well as its relationship to the World Health Organisation. Panel with Dr Beth Thompson, Head of UK and EU Policy at the Wellcome Trust, and Prof Stefan Elbe, Director of the Centre of Global Health at the University of Sussex. Moderated by Peter McManus, paper presentation and discussion by Christopher van der Linden. The Health project of the European Youth Parliament is supported by the Wellcome Trust and EIT Health. See more on the EYP Health Project page: https://eyp.org/projects/health-projects/

The COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity to rethink what role eHealth and digital health innovations should play in future healthcare models. What is the path to safe, effective, and patient-centred health services that advance universal health coverage? How can the challenges of data protection and limited interoperability across Europe be overcome? In this event, we present young Europeans’ takes on the future of innovation in healthcare systems, and their vision for a transformed Europe that champions research and innovation in cross-border care. Keynote by Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. Panel with Simona Guagliardo, European Policy Centre Moderated by Hugo Dürr. The Health project of the European Youth Parliament is supported by the Wellcome Trust and EIT Health. See more on the EYP Health Project page: https://eyp.org/projects/health-projects/

EYP presents a policy recommendation paper on health. 1000 young participants from all across Europe have jointly produced the paper, titled “Young European takes on Healthy lives and well-being for all”, in which they demand greater solidarity and cooperation to achieve equity in access to healthcare. In this event, young participants will present the paper “Young European takes on Healthy lives and well-being for all” and exchange ways in which young people can contribute to the public discourse on the future of Europe, in healthcare and beyond. Keynote by Joe Elborn, Secretary-General of the European Youth Forum Presentation by Marek Navratil, moderator of the Think Tank. The Health project of the European Youth Parliament is supported by the Wellcome Trust and EIT Health. See more on the EYP Health Project page: https://eyp.org/projects/health-projects/

The Geopolitics of AI Technologies: Ethical Concerns, Risks and Global Challenges Panel with Gry Hasselbalch, Co-founder DataEthics.eu, European Commission High-Level Expert Group on AI, Karen Yeung, Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow in Law, Ethics and Informatics, European Commission High-Level Expert Group on AI and Martin Rauchbauer, EUNIC Silicon Valley and Austrian Tech Ambassador https://webinars.eunicglobal.eu/eunic-dx-ai-week

The evening of Day Two will be devoted to bringing artists and technologists together from Europe and the United States. We will present The Grid, a platform launched in Silicon Valley by EUNIC Silicon Valley as one of the six pilot projects of European Spaces of Culture. The Grid has become a global, multi-stakeholder platform for international arts organisations, technology companies, representatives of civil society, research institutions and local and international government bodies. Full programme: https://bit.ly/DXAIweek_programme

Natalia Grincheva: How to Connect and Build Relations in the Digital Age National Research University, Moscow, and University of Melbourne Digital transformation has accelerated rapidly in recent years. The spread of Covid-19 has given it an enormous boost, and art institutions and educational establishments had to react swiftly to adapt. In the first session, we will explore the implications of accelerating digitisation for cultural and educational work and investigate how communities can be built and international relations maintained. https://eunicglobal.eu/news/eunic-dx-ai-week

Strategies for the Future: Digital Transformation of Cultural Institutions with Sarah Ellis, Royal Shakespeare Company and Nicole McNeilly, Europeana Foundation Digital transformation has accelerated rapidly in recent years. The spread of Covid-19 has given it an enormous boost, and art institutions and educational establishments had to react swiftly to adapt. In the first session, we will explore the implications of accelerating digitisation for cultural and educational work and investigate how communities can be built and international relations maintained. https://eunicglobal.eu/news/eunic-dx-ai-week

Artificial Intelligence: The role for Europe, culture and education with Sabine Verheyen, Chair of the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament and its rapporteur on AI https://eunicglobal.eu/news/eunic-dx-ai-week Digital transformation has accelerated rapidly in recent years. The spread of Covid-19 has given it an enormous boost, and art institutions and educational establishments had to react swiftly to adapt. In the first session, we will explore the implications of accelerating digitisation for cultural and educational work and investigate how communities can be built and international relations maintained.

Elisa Lindinger: Building a Digital Future: Accelerated Digital Adoption Through Covid-19 and Beyond Digital transformation has accelerated rapidly in recent years. The spread of Covid-19 has given it an enormous boost, and art institutions and educational establishments had to react swiftly to adapt. In the first session, we will explore the implications of accelerating digitisation for cultural and educational work and investigate how communities can be built and international relations maintained. https://eunicglobal.eu/news/eunic-dx-ai-week

This is a recording of a webinar about the Interreg Europe project closure. Click the direct links to see: 00:04:00 Aleksandra Niechajowicz presenting the Project closure guidance 00:18:15 Camille Milloir and Ignacio Rada taking about specific tips from a project lead partner 00:27:40 Q&A session starts with Alexis François, Aleksandra Niechajowicz and Etienne Verhelle. You can learn about: 00:27:55 FLC costs and the last progress report 00:29:50 Deadline for the progress report submission 00:30:20 Responsibility of partners for archiving 00:32:30 What to archive 00:33:30 On-the-spot checks in centralised systems 00:34:45 Availability of the last progress report template 00:35:50 Availability of the updated figure about website sessions 00:36:50 Difference between the last progress report and the final report 00:38:15 About updating the project website 00:39:05 About a delay in submission of the last progress report 00:40:45 About the length of the clarification phase of the last progress report 00:42:15 About the failure to reach a policy change before the project's end 00:44:05 The budget overspending 00:45:55 Alexia Bellemin with final tips and closing words Recorded on 17 November 2020

9 November 2020 Plenary Event: Post-Oil City: Planning for Urban Green Deals 56th ISOCARP Virtual World Planning Congress Post-Oil City: Planning for Urban Green Deals November 2020 - February 2021 doha2020.isocarp.org SESSION PROGRAMME: 00:00:00 - Welcoming Participants (Master of Ceremonies: Piotr Lorens & Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha) 00:00:09 - Keynote Presentation - The Post-Oil City Paradigm (Prof Steffen Lehmann, Director, Urban Futures Lab and UNLV School of Architecture) 00:24:50 - Keynote Presentation - Urban Green Deals (Roheyatou Lowe, Lord Mayor of Banjul, Gambia) 00:50:09 - Comment on the Prospects of Global Climate Actions (Prof. Em. Bruce Stiftel, FAICP, Atlanta, Georgia ) 01:02:35 - Panel Discussion (Moderator: Pietro Elisei, Founder and Managing Director, Urbasofia; Panelists: Camilla Ween, UEF Steering Committee Member; Laura Petrella, Chief PFES, UN-Habitat; Dushko Bogunovich, Board Member, ISOCARP; Shi Nan, Secretary General of Urban Planning Society of China) 01:38:45 - Launching and Presentation of ISOCARP Review 16: Post-Oil Urbanism (Malgorzata Hanzl, Board Member and Director for Publications, ISOCARP; Mahak Agrawal, Editor, ISOCARP Review; Jim Reilly, Editor, ISOCARP Review; Ricardo Moura, Designer, ISOCARP Review) 01:50:05 - Awards for Excellence - Announcement and Presentation of Winning Projects (Ana Peric, Board Member and Director for Awards and Communication and Marketing, ISOCARP; Bruce Chong, ARUP; Junyan Yang, School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing, China; Mikhail Mishakov, E-Moscow; Adriadi Dimastanto, Nusantara Urban Advisory, Bogor, Indonesia) 02:26:51 - Presentation of the Draft Congress Declaration (Kate Holmquist, Secretary, ISOCARP Scientific Committee) 02:34:54 - Closing Words and Other Announcements (Frank D'hondt, Secretary General, ISOCARP)

The upcoming Rome Ministerial Meeting on 19 November 2020 is an important milestone for the Bologna Process, as the education ministries are called to adopt the Rome Communiqué which sets the main goals and challenges of Higher Education and Research for the next decade.

Digital transformation has accelerated rapidly in recent years. The spread of Covid-19 has given it an enormous boost, and art institutions and educational establishments had to react swiftly to adapt. In the first session, we will explore the implications of accelerating digitisation for cultural and educational work and investigate how communities can be built and international relations maintained. Full programme: https://bit.ly/DXAIweek_programme

EURASHE members' representatives Dr Prof. Ulf Daniel Ehlers (Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State University Karlsruhe) and Dr Prof. Carol Costley (The Universities Association for Lifelong Learning) share their vision on the future of Work-based learning at the European Vocation Skills Week 2020. ©European Commission

From September to December 2020 EHH presents the historic houses of those owners who are willing to participate through the broadcasting of short prerecorded videos. We address four different themes: gardens, local productions, restorations and traces of European history.

8 November 2020 - Opening Plenary: World Town Planning Day 56th ISOCARP Virtual World Planning Congress Post-Oil City: Planning for Urban Green Deals November 2020 - February 2021 doha2020.isocarp.org SESSION PROGRAMME: 00:00:00 - Welcoming Participants (Master of Ceremonies: Piotr Lorens & Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha) 00:08:11 - Welcoming Statement (Martin Dubbeling, President, ISOCARP) 00:19:36 - Introduction of the Congress Team Track 1: Matej Niksic & Ni Mindong Track 2: Hanna Obracht-Prondzynska & Lorraine Gonzales Track 3: Serin Geambazu & Alexander Antonov Track 4: Elizabeth Reynolds & Pedro Ressano Garcia Track 5: Laura Verdelli & Eric Huybrechts Track 6: Rajendra Kumar & Elisabeth Belpaire Track 7: Olga Chepelianskaia & Pedro B Ortiz Special Track: Nasim Iranmanesh & Francois Vienne 00:32:03 - Opening Remarks (Reza Pourvaziry, Chair, Urban Economy Forum) 00:41:37 - Opening Remarks (Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN-Habitat) 00:50:02 - Keynote Presentation (Sue Manns, President, Royal Town Planning Institute) 01:17:07 - Panel Discussion (Moderator: Piotr Lorens, Panelists: Anantha Krishnan, Secretary General, Urban Economy Forum; Rafael Tuts, Director, Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat; Sue Manns, President RTPI; Martin Dubbeling, President, ISOCARP; Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha, University of Kwazulu-Natal) 01:46:38 - Closing Words and Other Announcements (Frank D'hondt, Secretary General, ISOCARP)

Casa Galibern, member of Monumenta and located in the historic center of Torroella de Montgrí, is the main house of the Mascort Foundation. It is a colonial-style house from the late 19th century. It was built by Ramon Galibern Casanovas (Torroella de Montgrí, 1817-1884), after his return from Southern Brazil, where he resided for several years serving as the Spanish Vice-Consul. Ramon Galibern Casanovas was the great-grandfather of Ramon Mascort Amigó, who is the current owner of Casa Galibern and President of the Mascort Foundation. Casa Galibern was opened as the Mascort Foundation main house in 2007, after having been restored and adapted to host the numerous exhibitions and activities that the Foundation organises and offers to visitors. The original content of the house is not preserved, since it was destroyed during the Civil War.

Cedefop Executive Director, Jürgen Siebel, is presenting the #CedefopPhotoAward 2020 winners during the Vocational excellence award nominees celebration, part of the European vocational skills week 2020.

Winner in Heritage-led Innovation, ILUCIDARE Special Prizes 2020 Winners Selected by the ILUCIDARE partners among the submitted applications to the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2020

Winner in Heritage-led International Relations, ILUCIDARE Special Prizes 2020 Selected by the ILUCIDARE partners among the submitted applications to the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2020

On 19 November, at the occasion of the Rome Ministerial meeting of the Bologna Process, the European education ministries will adopt the Rome Communiqué which sets the main goals and challenges of the Bologna Process for the next decade. ETUCE high-level representatives express their demands on the future of the Bologna Process, calling their ministers attending the Rome Ministerial meeting to: Include sustainable public funding to higher education and research as part of the principle of the public responsibility; - Increase long-term public funding to support higher education and research, rather than favour market-driven strategies that penalise the quality of research and academic teaching; - Guarantee academic freedom as it is the only effective solution to guarantee innovation of research and knowledge transfer; - Limit the deterioration of freedom of research caused by performance assessment and managerialism; - Cease the pressures on academics and researchers resulting, for example, in their assessment entirely based on quantitative evaluation methods; - Enhance the centrality of teachers within the Bologna Process so that they can be better supported and be guaranteed decent working conditions and more reliable career paths; - Respect and implement all the values and principles that governments subscribe in treaties and declarations.

At the upcoming Ministerial Conference of the Bologna Process countries, which will be held on 19 November 2020 in Rome, 48 ministers will adopt the Rome Communiqué which sets the main goals and challenges of the Bologna Process for the next decade.   In preparation of the ministerial meeting, ETUCE which is a consultative member of the Bologna Follow-up Group, the promoter of the Bologna Process, interviewed high-level representatives and experts of higher education and research trade unions on their views on the Bologna Process.   Alessandro Arienzo (FLC-CGIL Italy) represents ETUCE in the Working Group on the Lisbon Recognition Convention, established by the Bologna Follow-up Group. In the interview he underlines the key role of the Lisbon Recognition Convention within the Bologna Process and the importance of the recognition to guarantee academic freedom and institutional autonomy in higher education.

Cedefop Executive Director, Jürgen Siebel, presents Cedefop during the European vocational skills week 2020.

On 19 November 2020, 48 ministers of the Bologna Process countries will adopt the Rome Communiqué, a document that sets the main goals and challenges of the Bologna Process for the next decade. In preparation of the ministerial meeting, ETUCE interviewed high-level representatives and experts of higher education and research trade unions on their views on the Bologna Process. Ole Espen Rakkestad (Union of Education, Norway) is the ETUCE representative in the Working Group on the Qualifications Frameworks established by the Bologna Follow-up Group which is the promoter of the Bologna Process. Ole explains that the technical working group was related to the National Qualification Frameworks and the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS).

Watch here all winning and runner-up photo stories of #CedefopPhotoAward 2020 competition

Development of a Common Spatial Data Infrastructure – Built Environment Application Platform – Feasibility Study, by ARUP and Planning Department, Hong Kong SAR Government Read more about ISOCARP Award for Excellence: https://isocarp.org/awards/awards-for-excellence/awards-for-excellence-2020/

Digital Twin of the City of Moscow, by E-Moscow and City of Moscow Information Technologies Department, Moscow, Russia Moscow’s Digital Twin platform is rethinking urban planning, providing open access to digital photogrammetric modeling, parametric design, and Building Information Modeling tools that make real-time visualisation and analysis possible within the City of Moscow. More about the project and the awards: https://isocarp.org/awards/awards-for-excellence/awards-for-excellence-2020/

Watch the opening video of the 56th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, Post-Oil City: Planning for Urban Green Deals. Martin Dubbeling, ISOCARP President, welcomes congress delegates to this first virtual congress, and to join our global network of urban and regional planners. Info and registration: https://doha2020.isocarp.org/

The Société de Lecture (The Reading Society) in Geneva’s historical centre offers its members a unique and diverse library and a wide variety of activities for all ages, including lectures, conferences, workshops and storytelling. The Société de Lecture’s mansion, a fine example of 18th-century Genevan architecture, is maintained by the Fondation Société de Lecture. It continuously oversees the conservation and, when necessary, the meticulous restoration of this historic building. Read more about the project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/societe-de-lecture/ Excellence Fair 2020 The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

The discussions on innovative and flexible learning, its relevance and focus on students from various target groups have brought a growing attention to the instrument of Recognition of Prior Learning – hereafter RPL – as a means for enhancing the access to higher education, ensure the flexibility of its provision, and reflecting on the changing higher education landscape. Following the many challenges brought by the recent pandemic, RPL could also prove to be a crucial asset in ensuring a more inclusive access to further studies and promoting lifelong learning opportunities. EURASHE, together with the Swedish Council for Higher Education and its partners of the RPLip project, is organising the online event “Recognition of Prior Learning in higher education” in the months of October and November 2020, presenting the outcomes of the project and offering a platform to further develop the discussion around quality assured and consistent processes to recognise non-formal and informal learning throughout Europe. The second webinar “How to validate and recognize prior informal and non-formal learning” took place on Thursday 5 November 2020, 14:30-16:00 CET and provided hands-on strategies to go through the validation process at the institutional level, with concrete examples from higher education institutions.

Will, member of ICOMOS Ireland and ICAHM (International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management) explains how ICOMOS helps him protect cultural heritage from climate change. You too can help heritage professionals to make an impact through ICOMOS! Make a donation at: https://chuffed.org/project/help-heritage-professionals-to-make-an-impact-through-icomos Let's stay in touch! Follow us at: -- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI39Z5tdf8WTI3Gw7Zr3qRg ICOMOS website: https://www.icomos.org/en Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICOMOS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICOMOSinternational Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icomosinternational/ -- Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

The next ministerial meeting of the member countries of the Bologna Process will be held in Rome on 19 November 2020. 48 ministers will adopt the Rome Communiqué, the document that sets the main goals and challenges of the Bologna Process for the next decade. As a preparation to the ministerial meeting, ETUCE interviewed high-level representatives and experts of higher education and research trade unions on their views on the Bologna Process. Annette Dolan (TUI Ireland) is the Vice-Chair of the ETUCE Higher Education and Research Standing Committee and ETUCE representative in the Working Group on the Social Dimension of the Bologna Process established by the Bologna Follow-up Group.

Following the devastating explosion in Beirut on 4 August 2020, volunteers from Blue Shield Lebanon have worked tirelessly with the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA), and with UNIFIL, the UN Peacekeeping deployment in Lebanon to secure buildings such as the registered historic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building, shown here in this DGA video. The work could not have been carried out without the generous financial support of the ALIPH Foundation, British Council Cultural Protection Fund and the Prince Claus Fund, to whom we are sincerely grateful.

This video showcases the work of Blue Shield, and in particular the Lebanese National Committee of the Blue Shield, to carry out Emergency Response for Cultural Property following the devastating explosion in August 4th 2020. The work was supported by and carried out in collaboration with Blue Shield Lebanon, Blue Shield International, Directorate-General Of Antiquities of Libanon, IFLA, ICOM-Lebanon, ICOMOS-Lebanon, Lebanese Library Association, UNESCO Beirut Office, ICOM - University Museums and Collections, Bilad, and UNIFIL. It could not have been carried out without the generous financial support of the ALIPH Foundation, British Council Cultural Protection Fund and the Prince Claus Fund, to whom we are sincerely grateful.

On 2 October 2020, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth participated in a NEMO Political Internship at the Children’s Science Centre Muzeiko in Sofia, Bulgaria. Commissioner Mariya Gabriel was very pleased with the experience and found the opportunity to have been a privilege and a great reminder of how science is essential in helping children develop key life skills. During the internship, the Commissioner got to experience different kinds of museum work that all contribute to lifelong learning and development. She also got unique insights into museum operations during a pandemic, including the new routines that are in place to ensure a safe museum visit. Each NEMO internship is tailored in accordance with the participant’s field and interest. Considering the Commissioner’s portfolio of Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Muzeiko was a natural choice. Afterall, the science centre brings together all of these sectors and shows how they can benefit from each other to create something impactful and valuable to society. Learn more about the museum advocacy initiative at www.ne-mo.org/advocacy/political-internships. Thank you for watching! NEMO is the Network of European Museum Organisations, founded in 1992 NEMO represents more than 30.000 museums in Europe! www.ne-mo.org [email protected] Find NEMO on Facebook: @NEMOoffice Twitter: @NEMOoffice LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/nemooffice

The EUNIC General Assembly 2020 took place online for the first time on 29 and 30 October: a new President and a new Board of Directors, EUNIC’s partnership with the EU, new EUNIC clusters...what were the main conclusions?

The next EHEA Ministerial Conference will take place in Rome in November 2020. It is a strategic step for the future of the Bologna Process as 48 ministers will adopt the Rome Communique which sets the main goals and challenges for the next decade. As a preparation to the ministerial meeting ETUCE interviewed high-level representatives and experts of higher education and research trade unions on their views on the Bologna Process. Rob Copeland (UCU, UK) is the chair of ETUCE Higher Education and Research Standing Committee and represents ETUCE in the Working Group on Monitoring the Implementation of the Bologna Process which was set up by the Bologna Follow-up Group. Within this interview Rob underlines the importance of academic freedom and staff centrality as demands of education trade unions for the future of the Bologna Process. He explains the importance of the work of this working group to enhance the implementation of the commonly agreed fundamental values and goals under the Bologna Process.

How can you use the Europeana Impact Playbook to start designing and assessing your impact? This webinar covers the basics, and brings together professionals from across continents and specialisms to discuss the opportunities and challenges we face in demonstrating the impact of cultural heritage.

The former EUI professor and now Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic, Silvana Sciarra, discusses her emotional ties to the Institute and emphasises the role of social law during the pandemic.

In this NEMO Webinar, you will learn how to face ambiguity and complexity with curiosity and joy. You will also be inspired to take on complex matters and help people make sense of them. In recent years, many (most?) people are looking for simple black or white answers and wish to avoid the discomfort of a multicoloured world. This is because our multicoloured world is full of nuances, becomes complex and cannot always provide simple answers. Our multicoloured world expects us to invest more in getting properly informed and dealing with this complexity. Populists are aware of these “human issues” and base their strategies on few and simple slogans, making things look “easy” and contributing towards an extreme polarisation. In an interview in July 2020, amid intense antiracist protests in the US, the Smithsonian secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III said that we need to help our visitors feel comfortable with nuance and complexity. He later challenged us further: “How do you help your audience embrace ambiguity? Help them be comfortable with debate and not just look for simple answers? Help them deal with complexity and shades of grey?” We propose the vision of the multicoloured world, instead of the shades of grey, wishing to bring a positive note and help ourselves and other people face ambiguity and complexity with curiosity and joy. There is pleasure to be found in discovering that the world is much more colourful and nuanced than we might think; and this is not a threat. Maria Vlachou is a Cultural Management and Communications consultant. Founding member and Executive Director of Acesso Cultura, promoting access – physical, social, intellectual – to cultural participation. Author of the bilingual (pt/en) blog Musing on Culture, where she writes about culture, the arts, museums, cultural management and communication, access. She is the manager of the Facebook group Museum texts / Textos em museus and co-manager of the blog Museums and Migration. She is currently participating in the European project RESHAPE – Reflect, Share, Practice, Experiment, having joined the trajectory on “Arts and Citizenship”. In the past, she was Communications Director of São Luiz Municipal Theatre and Head of Communication of Pavilion of Knowledge – Ciência Viva (Lisbon). Board member of ICOM Portugal (2005-2014) and editor of its bulletin. She has collaborated with different programmes of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The comments in the webinar are hidden to protect the identity of the participants. Thank you for watching! NEMO is the Network of European Museum Organisations, founded in 1992 NEMO represents more than 30.000 museums in Europe! www.ne-mo.org [email protected] Find NEMO on Facebook: @NEMOoffice Twitter: @NEMOoffice LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/nemooffice

Recordings I-HE2020 Online Bridging Event Day 3

Tramontana Network III is an in-depth study of the intangible heritage of rural and mountain communities in Europe which aims to safeguard and revitalise this heritage through its documentation and wider dissemination. Read more about this project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/tramontana-network-iii-france-italy-poland-portugal-spain/ Excellence Fair 2020 - Digital Edition The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

See the full ICOMOS Webinar Series at: https://www.icomos.org/en/87-english-categories/resources/75992-icomos-webinars-2 Full title: Intangible Cultural Heritage: Shared Issues at Place Annual General Meeting October 2, 2020 This webinar addresses the issue of the sustainability of Intangible Cultural Heritage within communities at times of change, development, and community migration.

We produce chemical-free vegetables, fruit, cut-flowers and free-range meats for our Farm Shop and all our ‘garden-to-plate’ menus in the Grain Store Cafe and Tea Room. Over the past decade, we have responded to the challenge of preserving the House and Gardens by transforming Killruddery into a popular visitor attraction on Ireland’s Ancient East, a working farm and a private hire venue for Weddings and Corporate Events. However, at the heart of this enterprise, we wish to protect Killruddery’s soul and unique character as our special family home. - Anthony and Fionnuala Brabazon, Lord and Lady Ardee

For more information, go to: http://blogs.encatc.org/encatcscholar/ In these COVID-19 times, educators and trainers are rethinking and revamping how and what they teach on cultural management and policy. The /encatcSCHOLAR provides new material in an easy to use visual format that will help enlarge teaching material stock. The /encatcSCHOLAR is a free resource reference tools for education and lifelong learning on cultural management and cultural policies. It was launched in 2013 to satisfy the demand of ENCATC members academics, researchers and students to exchange teaching methodologies and knowledge to use in the classroom.

Recordings I·HE2020 Online Bridging Event Day 2

I-HE2020 Online Bridging event; part 2 The European Maturity Model https://embed.eadtu.eu/

I-HE2020 Online Bridging event; part 1 The European Maturity Model https://embed.eadtu.eu/

I·HE2020 Online Bridging Event

Youth research is essential for youth policy and youth work to thrive and have an impact. The good cooperation of practitioners, policy-makers and researchers can make young people's lives better - but young people have been part of this process too. Youth research is about young people and for young people, but it can also happen with their involvement. Cooperation of youth research and young people benefits both, opens opportunities and brings positive change to the youth field and to the lives of young people. #Youth Knowledge Break is a series of online conversations with researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and young people, on importance and role of knowledge and research in the youth field, tackling the following questions: ? Should research shape decision-making? ? How is knowledge on youth developed and used for policy development, implementation and evaluation? ? How does it support youth work practice or young people themselves in taking informed decisions affecting their lives and their communities? ? What type of knowledge is needed for the 21st century?

Jens Spahn, the German Federal Minister of Health addresses the participants of the European Youth Parliament Health Summit 2020. See the health project page: https://eyp.org/projects/health-projects/

In the upcoming EHEA Ministerial Conference that will be held in Rome on 19 November 2020, 48 countries will adopt the Rome Communiqué which sets the main goals and challenges of the Bologna Process for the next decade. As a preparation to the ministerial meeting, ETUCE interviewed high-level representatives and experts of higher education and research trade unions on their views on the Bologna Process. Andreas Keller (GEW Germany), Vice-Chair of ETUCE, represents ETUCE in the Working Group on Learning and Teaching which was set up by the Bologna Follow-up Group.

Have a look at the Townhall that was organised by the Governing Body of the European Youth Parliament ahead of their presentation of the new EYP Strategy!

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded and museums began to shut their doors at the beginning of 2020, the need for a digital transformation for cultural institution was brought to the fore. But despite the surge in digital activities, the crisis emphasized the structural weaknesses that have for a long time affected museums, in terms of resources and staff dedicated to digital activities and communication. This webinar gathered museum professionals from different countries to review: Digitisation of collections and new opportunities for the publics; Museum education and lifelong learning online; Developing crucial digital skills and trainings for heritage professionals. SPEAKERS LOUISA NNENNA ONUOHA Chief Museum Education Officer of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, she is currently working at the National Museum Oyo. She has been in the service of the commission for over nineteen years, where she has been involved in creating, initiating and evaluating programmes in Nigeria’s largest museums in Lagos and Ibadan. CATHERINE DEVINE Catherine leads strategy for Libraries and Museums within Microsoft’s Education division. In this role her goal is to leverage technology to further the missions of Libraries and Museums globally in attracting visitors, optimizing the visitor experience, supporting research, serving the community, improving operations and exploring emerging opportunities for Libraries and Museums as their role is defined in a continually changing world. RAMIRO MARTINEZ Ramiro Martínez is the Executive Director at Museo Amparo in Puebla, México. Since 2010, he has led a new stage for the Museum, standing out its complete structural renovation, designed by the acknowledged Mexican architect Enrique Norten, which finished in April 2015. In terms of programs and acquisitions, he has focused on promoting research and new design schemes in the Permanent Collections, as well as coordinating an exhibition program which balances the presentation of Pre Columbian, Viceregal and Contemporary art. MARIJKE SMALLEGANGE Between 1997 and 2004 Marijke Smallegange (1969) started her marketing career at several FMCG’s and digital agency Lost Boys. Having worked at the Rijksmuseum from 2004 – 2008 she continued her career at ING as head of sponsoring, events and brand activation. Between 2011 and 2018 Smallegange has worked as an independent consultant and worked for a diverse range of national and international corporations including KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Talpa radio, Aegon and Heineken. In 2018 she returned to the Rijksmuseum to lead the department digital marketing, communication and commerce. MODERATOR PIER LUIGI SACCO Pier Luigi Sacco is the Head of the OECD Venice Office since February 2020. He was Special Advisor to the European Commissioner for Education, Youth and Culture and the Director of the Computational Human Behavior flagship project at the Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento. He is Professor of Cultural Economics at IULM University Milan, Senior Researcher at metaLAB at Harvard, and visiting scholar at Harvard University

The webinar deals with the issue how the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the UN is transforming our world. What is the impact of the New Urban Agenda and is the Historic Urban Landscape approach an appropriate tool for resilient historic cities. It is organized by the The International Committee on Historic Towns and Villages (CIVVIH) of the International Council of Monuments (ICOMOS)

See the full ICOMOS Webinar Series at: https://www.icomos.org/en/87-english-categories/resources/75992-icomos-webinars-2 Full title: Economy & Prosperity: Driving Community-Based Sustainable Development through Cultural Tourism and Employment (SDGs 5, 8, 12 and 14) October 17, 2020 Travel & Tourism is a dynamic engine of employment opportunities, where jobs in the industry particularly support women, youth and other, often marginalised groups of society. In 2019, Travel & Tourism’s direct, indirect and induced impact accounted for US$8.9 trillion contribution to the world’s GDP, or 10.3% of the global total, and 330 million jobs, representing 1 in 10 employed around the world. In January 2020, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Tourism Barometer recorded that international tourist arrivals worldwide grew 4% in 2019 to reach 1.5 billion visitors in total. Based on current trends at that time, economic prospects and the UNWTO Confidence Index, the organization forecasted a growth of 4% in international tourist arrivals worldwide in 2020. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 knocked this upward trajectory sideways. There was a massive drop in international travel demand over January-June 2020, which translated into a loss of 440 million international arrivals and approximately US$460 billion in export revenues from international tourism. This is about five times the loss in international tourism receipts recorded in 2009 amid the global economic and financial crisis. By focusing on a destination’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage, stakeholders including governments, destination management organizations, tour operators and associated businesses, and communities can all play key roles and benefit from tourism’s rejuvenation, resiliency and recovery from COVID-19. This webinar will provide an overview of the current and future view of the cultural tourism-supported visitor economy, and the design and implementation of innovative cultural tourism-related digital and funding platforms incorporating the tourism and employment SDG Targets outlined below: SDG Target 5a: Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws. SDG Target 8.9: By 2030 devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism which creates jobs, promotes local culture and products. SDG Target 12b: Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism which creates jobs, promotes local culture and products. SDG Target 14.7: By 2030 increase the economic benefits to SIDS and LDCs from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism.

Eastnor Castle lies in Herefordshire at the foot of the Malvern Hills on the edge of the Cotswolds. Surrounded by a beautiful deer park, arboretum and lake, Eastnor Castle is the home of the Hervey-Bathurst family. Besides being a fascinating and award-winning visitor attraction, Eastnor Castle fulfils other roles as an exclusive-use wedding venue, corporate team building venue, and private party venue, as well as a venue for product launches and location filming. Eastnor Castle also support the local community in a variety of ways.

Thank you for your commitments towards Europe. Thank you for your contributions to these topics. Thank you for this paper you are presenting. says Jens Spahn, German Federal Minister of Health about the EYP's Health Summit! Info and registrations: https://eyp.org/registration-health-summit/

Thermal Architecture in Lądek Zdrój, Poland.

The Arsenal building, centrally located in the town of Hvar, the most important harbour of the island, has been carefully restored and successfully transformed into a vibrant cultural centre for visitors and the local community alike. Read more about the project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/hvars-arsenal/ Excellence Fair 2020 – Digital Edition The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

In this video Enno Meijers (National Library of the Netherlands / Dutch Digital Heritage Network) and Sjors de Valk (Dutch Digital Heritage Network) are speaking about the Linked Open Data Aggregator (LODA) - a so-called aggregation pipeline with standard tools for harvesting Linked Open Data (LOD) and for converting it from one vocabulary into another. They are sharing their findings of working with Schema.org datasets from a number of cultural heritage institutions and transforming them into Europeana Data Model (EDM). 00:00 Start of the LODA - Linked Open Data Aggregator webinar 2:33 Introductions of speakers: Sjors de Valk & Enno Meijers 4:16 Sjors de Valk starts presentation with overview of context of the webinar: Europeana Common Culture, the Dutch Digital Heritage Network and introduction to why LODA–the Linked Open Data Aggregator 28:18 Enno Meijers gives a practical walkthrough LODA 45:22 Enno Meijers on next steps regarding LODA 48:25 Q&A with Enno Meijers Q1: Is that really true about schema:org and Google indexing? Q2: The „listing of URIs“ option comprises OAI-PMH, right? Do you support SWORD or ResourceSync, too? Q3: Do you envision each national aggregator to have its own LODA? Or could it be a shared infrastructure between the national aggregators? Q4: How many vocabularies are so far mapped to EDM in the LODA pilot? What are they? What do you see as the potential horizon? Q5: Why choosing SHACL for validation compared to for instance xsd? Did you represent all the EDM external constraints as described in the public schema with SHACL?

Roma is the largest minority group in Hungary and in Europe. Despite a centuries-old shared heritage, discrimination, scapegoating and intolerance continue to seriously affect Roma people. To tackle this widespread issue, the Roma Informal Educational Foundation undertakes walking tours and several educational workshops in Hungary, focusing on four cities, namely Budapest, Pécs, Miskolc and Ózd. The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

See the full ICOMOS Webinar Series at: https://www.icomos.org/en/87-english-categories/resources/75992-icomos-webinars-2 Full title: Integrating Heritage into the SDGs - 'Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities September 24, 2020 We are witnessing a historic time of transition in the global community of policy-makers, governments and activists, since the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, and the associated New Urban Agenda in 2016. The 2030 Agenda is an action plan of people, planet, prosperity and partnerships, to address the most pressing problems our world is facing today. ICOMOS has also responded to this call. As a global non-governmental organization advising UNESCO and working to promote the conservation of cultural heritage sites, ICOMOS is closely engaged with the topic of sustainable development in recent years, having held major scientific events and issued policy documents to highlight the vital role of cultural heritage within the sustainable development process.

This webinar explains how to clear rights in digital collections. Maša Škrinjar and Ariadna Matas are joined by Naomi Korn who walks the audience through things to consider before making content available online, clarifies layers of rights, orphan works, and how to manage rights effectively. Throughout the webinar, Naomi provides tips on how to stay legally compliant when publishing collections online based on the experience from her own consulting practice. At the end of the webinar, Naomi answers questions from the audience about the duration of copyright, risks of publishing material without the copyright owners' consent, assessing risks, and how to deal with orphan works in collections.

On 20 October, the Policy Learning Platform organised a webinar for the #EUGreenWeek on the topic of better regional policies to protect and restore nature.

This exhibition is expected to teach more than 7 million visitors about the complicated history of the largest German Nazi concentration and extermination camp – Auschwitz-Birkenau – as well as how and why the Holocaust happened. The exhibits, many of which are shown for the first time, illustrate the story of Auschwitz. Read more about this project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/auschwitz-not-long-ago-not-far-away/ Excellence Fair 2020 - Digital Edition The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

El Cotarro is a group of more than 157 underground wineries and 7 cave wineries in the small town of Moradillo de Roa in the province of Burgos, Castile-León. The conservation and rehabilitation of this important heritage has now been assured, thanks to a comprehensive programme for its care undertaken entirely by the inhabitants and municipality. Read more about this project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/subterranean-caves-wineries-el-cotarro/ Excellence Fair 2020 - Digital Edition The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

Until 2009, the LocHal, located close to the centre of Tilburg, was the main workshop of the Dutch Railways. A number of factors, including a growing appreciation for industrial heritage, led to the LocHal being preserved and transformed into the cultural centre of a new, vibrant urban area. Read more about this project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/lochal/ Excellence Fair 2020 - Digital Edition The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

Safeguarding Archaeological Assets of Turkey (SARAT) is an educational and awareness-raising project that has had a considerable impact on the protection and appreciation of Turkey’s rich, diverse, and at times threatened, archaeological heritage. SARAT carried out four interconnected programmes to strengthen the skills and increase knowledge and awareness of heritage amongst heritage professionals, heritage-related people and the general public. The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

The Ambulance for Monuments project was launched in 2016 to rescue hundreds of heritage-listed buildings in Romania through a large network of active heritage organisations. These emergency interventions are carried out by experts, students and trained craftsmen on a voluntary basis with the support of local communities and authorities. The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

Though well cared for since its completion in 1779, the Iron Bridge, the first in the world to be constructed of iron and a symbol of the Industrial Revolution, has faced many challenges. Necessary interventions to preserve its original fabric to the greatest extent possible, returning the structure to its former glory and strength for the enjoyment of future generations. Read more about this project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/the-iron-bridge/ Excellence Fair 2020 - Digital Edition The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

The return of the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio to the community of L’Aquila in December 2017 marked a watershed moment in the long process of recovery following a tragic earthquake that hit the region on 6 April 2009. Since the disaster, the Basilica has become an important place for the entire community to gather and has acted as a site of commemoration and celebration. Read more about this project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/basilica-santa-maria-di-collemaggio/ Excellence Fair 2020 - Digital Edition The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

This project raised awareness of the lesser known history of the Royal Palace in the town of Gödöllo. This ambitious educational and awareness-raising project closely involved a group of young students aged 12 to 18-years-old. They contributed to the development of a concept, to the researching of the history of the Palace and to the design, building and marketing of an exhibition. The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

A unique ensemble of funerary epitaphs was hastily evacuated from the medieval University Church of Leipzig before it was demolished in 1968. This high-quality collection has recently been restored and is now presented in a new building, erected on the site of the original church. Read more about the project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/epitaphs-university-church-leipzig/ Excellence Fair 2020 - Digital Edition The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

The Arolsen Archives are an international centre for the study of Nazi persecution which houses the world's most comprehensive archive on the victims and survivors of Nazism. This online portal has provided users with easy online access to the documents for the very first time. A digital aid, the e-Guide, helps users understand the archival records. The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

Classical music is an important part of Europe’s intangible cultural heritage. This technology allows musicians to play together over long distances with just a few milliseconds delay and brings new possibilities to classical music promotion, collaboration, education and interpretation. The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

Don Duco has dedicated his life to preserving the memory of world-wide cultural heritage activities connected to the use of tobacco and, in particular, the use of pipes. He has collected, researched and displayed tobacco pipes and other smoking implements from all over the world and from many different historical periods. The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

Since 2011, civil war has disastrously affected Syrian people and their rich cultural heritage. The pilot project Scanning for Syria was initiated to support rescue and preservation efforts of their archaeological heritage. The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

Since 2017, the Museo Egizio has been working to digitise their collection of papyri. In September 2019, the Turin Papyrus Online Platform (TPOP) was launched online, employing digital information technologies to make the collection virtually accessible across borders and disciplinary boundaries. The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

These 400-year-old garden structures were designed and constructed by the great painter-humanist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) at his home in Antwerp. This two-year project, completed in 2019, has consolidated these important pieces of heritage for future generations by researching and applying the most up-to-date stone conservation measures. Read more about this project: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/rubens-garden-screen-garden-pavilion/ Excellence Fair 2020 - Digital Edition The Excellence Fair offers the laureates of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards an opportunity to present their award-winning initiatives to their colleagues in the heritage community and to the wider public. This year, the Excellence Fair goes digital, with each project providing a video presentation of their work, wherein they go into further detail on the success and impact of their achievements as well as the challenges that they faced and had to overcome.

Olaf Sperwer, senior technology consultant and Head of Digital at VRmed Ltd, introduces us to how museums can start working with digital and immersive technologies in a NEMO webinar. The pandemic has showed museums the many benefits of digital and immersive technologies such as virtual- and augmented reality. However, there is a need for up-skilling and training of museums professionals on how to use the new technologies. This webinar gives an overview of post-pandemic transformation concepts where digital and immersive technologies can be offered as new services to engage and share experiences with visitors and create new alternative funding sources. Based on case studies, the participants will learn about possibilities and limits of digital and immersive technologies. They webinar will also discuss costs and monetarisation models. Olaf Sperwer Olaf Sperwer is a senior technology consultant and Head of Digital at VRmed Ltd (Immersive Technology Development) based in the UK. Sperwer has a master of Psychology and Economy. In his early professional life he developed TV formats for children such as “Logo”, a news program on the German TV channel ZDF. Sperwer consults and supports businesses worldwide using digital and immersive analytic and production technologies to transfer traditional business models into digital environments. He works for leading companies in the cultural, media, and health industry. Sperwer is a leading member of several international research projects that evaluate immersive technologies. Learn more about our free webinars: www.ne-mo.org/training/nemo-webinars The comments field in the webinar is hidden to protect the identity of the participants. Thank you for watching! NEMO is the Network of European Museum Organisations, founded in 1992 NEMO represents more than 30.000 museums in Europe! www.ne-mo.org [email protected] Find NEMO on Facebook: @NEMOoffice Twitter: @NEMOoffice LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/nemooffice Original links of the videos shown in the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwMbYe6WSEc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVC84Hux28U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ_NFvL9wpY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_BWr-MEiYk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqdY3amCL0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz0UUVDt2ps Doughnut Economics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm6zm_lCoEuOM4KdirgAvdw ART PLUNGS (VR app) https://store.steampowered.com/app/570900/Art_Plunge/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEp-BmbG6N0

Topic: “Cultural management and policy in a post-digital world – navigating uncertainty” Dates: 3-11 November 2020 POST-EVENT REGISTRATION: https://encatccongress.org/registration/

The Current debates and the future of youth work webinar was organised in the framework of the ? MOOC on youth work essentials organised by the ?? EU-Council of Europe youth partnership. ⚙️ What are the challenges of youth work today? ? What re the perspectives for youth work for the future? These were among the questions answered by our guest speakers ? Axel Stammberger, ? Yuliya Stankevich and ? Hilary Tierney. More info about the MOOC on youth work essentials: https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/mooc-on-youth-work

An exclusive tour of the thermal architecture of Baden-Baden for European Thermal Heritage Day on 16th October 2020. Join Lisa Poetschki, Head of Department of World Heritage Nomination and Urban Design in Baden-Baden as she explains the significance of Baden-Baden's most iconic thermal architecture with Smriti Pant, from the Department for World Heritage Nomination and Urban Design.

Baden-Baden's architecture will take centre stage at European Thermal Heritage Day 2020.

A tour of the thermal town of Caldas da Rainha, founded in the 15th Century - see the original thermal hospital - one of the oldest in Europe, as well as some of the striking and world-famous ceramics that are produced in the town, an hour's drive north of Lisbon.

Read more about the programme, the theme, and the interactive Congress virtual space. Most importantly, don't forget to register! 56th ISOCARP World Planning Congress Post-Oil City: Planning for Urban Green Deals November 8, 2020 - February 4, 2021 doha2020.isocarp.org Contributors: Alexander Antonov | Congress Team - Track 3 Ana Peric | ISOCARP Board Member Anna Klimczak | ISOCARP Secretariat Elisabeth Belpaire | Congress Team - Track 6 Frank D'hondt | ISOCARP Secretary General Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha | Co-Rapporteur Hanna Obracht-Prondzynska | Congress Team - Track 2 Martin Dubbeling | ISOCARP President Matej Niksic | Congress Team - Track 1 Mindong Ni | Congress Team - Track 1 Nasim Iranmanesh | Congress Team - Special Track Neeanne Balamiento | Congress Director Pedro Ressano Garcia | Congress Team - Track 4 Piotr Lorens | General Rapporteur Rajendra Kumar | Congress Team - Track 6 Serin Geambazu | Congress Team - Track 3 Editor: Anna Klimczak Music: mixkit

E-SLP webinar week 13-15 October 2020 (Day 3)