With 22 April marking Earth Day, Europeana Climate Action Community Steering Group members Killian Downing and Shadi Ardalan tell us about the history of the day, its relevance for digital cultural heritage, and how you can get involved.
Under the auspices of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Europeana held a conference in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of France and the Mobilier National on ‘Building the Common European Data Space for cultural heritage together’. Read the Executive Summary and download the whole report.
Developing solutions to the climate emergency and environmental challenges is not an easy journey, but it starts with understanding our impact and our footprint. The Europeana Foundation's Green Team shares results and learnings their 2020 carbon footprint investigation.
On 1 March, Europeana will host an online event in association with France’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union on ‘Building the common European data space for cultural heritage together’. Find out what it’s all about and how you can participate.
The Europeana Foundation’s Business Plan 2021, ‘Towards a digital public space for cultural heritage’, highlights five themes that run through all aspects of our work. Shadi Ardalan and Patrick Ehlert talk about the Europeana Foundation’s environmental responsibility.
During the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Europeana held a conference to explore digital capacity building in the cultural heritage sector. Read the Executive Summary and download the whole report.
On 3-4 June, Europeana and the National Library of Portugal hosted an online conference in partnership with Portugal’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union on building capacity for the digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector. In this post, we tell you all about the event and our next steps.
On 3-4 June, Europeana will host an online event in association with Portugal’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union on the subject of building capacity for digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector. Find out what it’s all about and how you can join in discussions, workshops and more.
During the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Europeana held a conference to explore the copyright challenges the cultural heritage sector faces as it embraces its digital transformation. Read the report.
Explore the main messages that came out of a two day Presidency Event on the role of copyright in the digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector.
Two complementary digital conferences organised by Europeana and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek are supporting cultural heritage institutions in their digital transformations, by focussing on the importance of building capacity and skills to do with copyright. The conferences are organised as part of Germany's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, putting cultural heritage in the spotlight for Europe's policymakers.
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Europeana meeting under Finland’s Presidency of EU Council - Espoo, Finland
During the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Europeana held a meeting with high-level policymakers and experts in multilingualism to discuss the challenges and opportunities of multilingualism in digital cultural heritage. This report summarises the key outcomes of the meeting including the benefits, challenges and solutions identified.
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Finland’s Ministry of Culture and Education State Secretary Tuomo Puumala
Making Europeana Collections more multilingual is a priority and so we were delighted to take part in an event on 24-25 October with the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and cultural heritage institutions on the topic of multilingualism. The two-day event at the Hanaholmen Culture Centre, Espoo, Finland, titled ‘Multilingualism in Digital Cultural Heritage - needs, expectations and ways forward’ was carried out under the umbrella of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which is currently being hosted by Finland.
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