Collections from over 3,500 European cultural heritage institutions are represented on the Europeana website, and together they make digital cultural heritage available for education, research, creation and recreation. 

But the landscape is not yet equal nor sufficiently supported so that all cultural heritage institutions and all audiences have the same opportunities to contribute to and benefit from a Europe driven by digital culture. At Europeana, we want to use our trusted and visible position within the sector to advocate for changes to policy, legislation and practices that support the cultural heritage sector and place digital culture at the heart of Europe’s future. We do this on behalf of our partners, the Europeana Network Association, the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum and our audiences.  

We engage in advocacy activity at a European level - on critical topics such as the public domain, copyright and discussions on the role culture plays in the future of Europe and the digital public space.