#4 Policy Recommendation Area

Make the heritage sector a pillar of the European digital public space

A participatory process is a sequence of participatory activities (e.g. first filling out a survey, then making proposals, discussing them in face-to-face or virtual meetings, and finally prioritizing them) with the aim of defining and making a decision on a specific topic.

Examples of participatory processes are: a process of electing committee members (where candidatures are first presented, then debated and finally a candidacy is chosen), participatory budgets (where proposals are made, valued economically and voted on with the money available), a strategic planning process, the collaborative drafting of a regulation or norm, the design of an urban space or the production of a public policy plan.

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Make the heritage sector a pillar of the European digital public space

#4 Policy Recommendation Area

Make the heritage sector a pillar of the European digital public space

Broader, societal perspective

Recognising its mission in a broader, community-focused and socially responsible dimension, the heritage sector should support the establishment of a public space for cultural heritage: an interoperable ecosystem for cultural and creative content, in which public, civic and grassroots infrastructures, platforms and services play the main role.

Heritage pioneering the way

The current policy debate on the European common data space for cultural heritage is the best place to anchor further policies. The development of the digital public space will require not just creating new infrastructures, but also transforming organisational cultures and enhancing individual competences.

Funding

To ensure the quality of the initiative and its long-lasting impact, funding for building this ecosystem should be provided in the Digital Europe programme, and connected with the European heritage common data space.