Website: Europa Nostra

Europa Nostra, the pan-European Federation for Heritage, is the representative platform of over 200 heritage NGOs active throughout Europe. It is the voice of organised civil society active in the field of heritage towards EU Institutions, the Council of Europe and UNESCO. It is dedicated to putting heritage in the mainstream of public consciousness at European, national, regional and local levels and in making heritage a priority for public policies and action both at European and national levels.

Europa Nostra’s objectives are, among others, to promote, at a European level, high standards of quality in the fields of heritage conservation, architecture, urban and rural planning and to advocate a balanced and sustainable development of urban and rural, built and natural environment. Europa Nostra also seeks to highlight the importance of the cultural and educational dimension of the ongoing European integration process. Moreover, it supports national and international campaigns for European heritage at risk. Europa Nostra is responsible for the running of the leading European cultural heritage awards scheme, the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards.

Europa Nostra cooperates closely with European heritage networks, such as ICOMOS-Europe, ECOVAST (European Council on Villages and Small Towns), the Union of European Historic Houses Associations, and the European Landowners Organisation. It also cooperates with the European Forum for Arts and Heritage and the European Cultural Foundation on broader issues of advocacy for culture in Europe.

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