#4 Policy Recommendation Area
Make the heritage sector a pillar of the European digital public space
4.3 Encourage Cultural Heritage Institutions to play an active role in exploring the creation of participatory platforms which support reuse
Target Stakeholders
Heritage Networks
Cultural Heritage Institutions
Other Stakeholders
Recommendation
According to the vision of a European digital public space, over the coming decade a greater role in the online ecosystem will be played by non-commercial platforms, services and apps, including those developed by public institutions, civic organisations and projects, and members of the public, or through collaboration of all of the above.
Cultural heritage institutions should play an active role in experiments with participatory platforms, based on a combined vision of reuse of heritage as a commons and the engagement of communities. These platforms should benefit from modern concepts of participatory online spaces, while adapting experiences with community engagement developed by cultural heritage institutions in their current practice, in real life.
Digital heritage platforms, built on the values of cultural engagement and co-creation can serve as incubators and laboratories for broader civic, democratic engagement.
