#1 Policy Recommendation Area
Anchor cultural heritage institutions’ public mission in the digital realm
1.3 Facilitate cross-sectoral knowledge exchange, dialogue and collaboration opportunities leading to greater reuse of cultural heritage
Target Stakeholders
Heritage Networks
Cultural Heritage Institutions
Other Stakeholders
Recommendation
The digital realm should create more space for previously limited cross-sectoral collaborations that deserve to be further explored and encouraged as they support the continuous growth of the heritage sector and its professionals in the dynamically changing digital ecosystem. Researchers, educators, creators, and technology experts are very much interested in and actively reuse heritage content. The value of these reuses and collaborations has to be better recognised and extended for different stakeholders, and at various (local, regional, national, European) levels, showing their contribution to boosting innovation, creativity, and knowledge growth in the heritage domain. Cultural heritage institutions need support to be more open and active in embracing the opportunities these collaborations bring.
Therefore, awareness-raising actions, the creation of participatory platforms, and interaction opportunities enabling dialogue and exchange between professionals coming from various domains are key, as they may lead to new initiatives supporting a more profound and diverse reuse of heritage collections. These processes should be preferably facilitated by bigger heritage networks, operating as knowledge and network hubs. Designed as inclusive and democratic, the new initiatives will introduce external voices to the decision-making processes and thus will foster joint, community-focused modelling of future heritage initiatives.
