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The European Heritage Network (HEREIN) is a permanent information
system of the Council of Europe linking European governmental departments
responsible for cultural heritage conservation. Since the 4th Council of
Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for the Cultural Heritage
(Helsinki, 1996) it has been developed as an instrument for implementing
and monitoring the European conventions on the architectural and archaeological heritage.
The Steering
Committee for Cultural Heritage (CDPAT), made up of representatives of the
48 states of the European Cultural Convention sets the main direction for
the Network. Representatives of the CDPAT designate the administrations
correspondants of the Network for each country.
The Network is
currently composed of administrations and/or mandated bodies from the
following countries: Andorra, Armenia, Belgium (Brussels-Capital, Flemish Region, Walloon Region), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Former Yuogoslav Republic
of Macedonia and the United-Kingdom.
For
some of these countries the information is in preparation and will be
shortly integrated into the databank.
The Network will continue to
expand progressively to embrace new members until all countries
represented in the CDPAT are included.
The national heritage
policies databank offers countries a practical tool for communicating the
cultural heritage reports required under Articles 17 and 18 of the Granada Convention (which covers the architectural
heritage) and Article 13 of the Valetta
Convention (on the archaeological heritage). The databank’s
information is directly updated by the network of national correspondents
that rely on information technology tools for sending, managing and
publishing the data.
This section contains information on the
various aspects of heritage policy: identification, inventories,
protection, conservation, financing, integrated conservation strategies
with a view to sustainable development, dissemination and
awareness-raising, innovation centres and digital recording of cultural
assets.
Countries have also requested that the Network be used as an
instrument for following the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Europe.
As a result, a new chapter on World Heritage has been added to the
databank.
Related site : "Cultural policies in Europe : a compendium of basic
facts and trends"
Launched in 2000 as a joint venture between the Cultural Policies Research and Development Unit of the
Council of Europe and the European Research Institute for Comparative
Cultural Policy and the Arts, ERICarts, the Compendium is an up-to-date information
source for a wide audience which includes policy makers, researchers,
students and journalists.
Information on current policy trends is one of the Compendium's
most important and distinguishing features. The main categories selected
for investigation include:
- 1. Historical perspective: cultural
policies and instruments
- 2. Competence, decision-making and
administration
- 3. General objectives and principles of
cultural policy
- 4. Current issues in cultural policy
development and debate
- 5. Main legal provisions in the
cultural field 6. Financing of culture
- 7. Cultural
institutions and new partnerships
- 8. Support to creativity and
partcipation
- 9. Sources and links
A detailed grid of the country profiles including sub-categories is
available from the Compendium website - see under "Structure".
