Lorena Aldana

Head of External Relations and Advocacy Europeana Foundation Netherlands Cultural Heritage

Lorena is Europeana’s Head of External Relations and Advocacy. She works on building meaningful relations with EU policymakers, ensuring Europeana’s lead and influence on key policy issues and strengthening awareness of Europeana’s added value in the cultural and political landscape.

Before joining Europeana, Lorena worked in EU cultural affairs at non-governmental, international and intergovernmental organisations.
She has a BA degree in International Affairs and an MS in Cultural Economics and Arts Management.
Lorena is passionate about cooking, world music and languages.

News posts

Title:

Hacking Culture Bootcamp 2015

Creator:

Sebastiaan ter Burg

Date:

2015

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

The Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 23 June 2023 Lorena Aldana

Share your reuse project to shape better reuse policies in Europe!

Reuse

Do you use the collections made available through the Europeana website or any other digital cultural heritage material in an innovative way? Then this is your chance to share and showcase it! The European Commission Expert Group on the common European data space for cultural Heritage (CEDCHE) is gathering examples of reuse scenarios of cultural data - take the survey now.

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Title:

Detail from Minerva

Creator:

Rembrandt van Rijn

Date:

1630

Institution:

Mauritshuis

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 23 May 2023 Lorena Aldana Ariadna Matas

Europeana Foundation, Creative Commons and IFLA join forces to defend Net Neutrality in the EU

Advocacy Legal standards

Discover our joint submission to the European Commission’s consultation on the future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure, and how it reflects on the views of knowledge and cultural institutions.

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Title:

Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek’s 10th anniversary ceremony,

Creator:

Hans Georg Schöner

Date:

8 May 2023

Institution:

Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek

Country:

Germany

News Created: 15 May 2023 Lorena Aldana

Happy 10th anniversary to the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek!

Aggregators-forum Germany

The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and the launch of its new user-oriented portal. The Europeana Initiative was there to commemorate the occasion. Read on to discover the event, find out about a decade of partnership between the two institutions and explore what’s planned for the years to come.

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Title:

Gerums kyrka

Creator:

Fant, Erik

Date:

1927-01-01 - 1927-12-31

Institution:

Swedish National Heritage Board

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 30 March 2023 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Initiative partners with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU to advance 3D digitisation

Europeanatech 3d Presidency

Europeana and the Swedish National Heritage Board are proud to co-host the upcoming Conference 'Accelerating 3D in the common European data space for cultural heritage: Why 3D matters' under the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU. Find out more about the topic in focus - 3D - and how you can join!

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Title:

Study of Clouds over the Sound

Creator:

Eckersberg, C.W.

Date:

1826

Institution:

Statens Museum for Kunst

Country:

Denmark

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 27 March 2023 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Foundation contributes to reflection on the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage

Data-space

Discover the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage - an initiative by the European Commission - find out how it relates to and complements the common European data space for cultural heritage, and join an upcoming event which further explores this initiative.

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Title:

The snow-covered Berlaymont building. European Union, 2023 Scopes : Information and education only, Non-commercial use

Creator:

Photographer: Christophe Licoppe Architect: André Polak, Lucien De Vestel, Jean Gilson, Jean Polak

Date:

08/03/2023

Institution:

European Commission

Country:

Brussels, Belgium

News Created: 10 March 2023 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Foundation meets key EU decision-makers to shape a common vision for the data space

Strategy Europeana-foundation Data-space

Find out about recent meetings which the Europeana Foundation organised in Brussels and how the discussions around the data space and Europe’s digital future affect you!

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Title:

Collage of photos of European cities connected with the European Heritage Hub project: Lisbon, Freiburg im Breisgau, Leuven, Madrid, The Hague, Brussels, Venice, Krakow, Athens.

Creator:

Giuseppe Simone / Europa Nostra

Date:

2023

Institution:

Europa Nostra

Country:

Belgium

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 17 February 2023 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Foundation and partners to implement EU-funded European Heritage Hub led by Europa Nostra

Strategy Advocacy Projects

We are delighted to announce that the Europeana Foundation and a group of partners led by Europa Nostra have been selected for EU funding for the implementation of a pilot project establishing a European Heritage Hub! Read on to find out more.

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Title:

Human stem cell embedded in a 3D matrix, Cryo SEM

Creator:

Eileen Gentleman

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 30 November 2022 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Initiative begins building the common European data space for cultural heritage

Projects Data-space

The Europeana Initiative is at the heart of the common European data space for cultural heritage. As of September 2022, together with our partners we have started turning the data space into a reality and we are excited to share what’s in store for the next year.

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