Europa Nostra

EU Legislative Interests

Culture and Cultural Heritage -Creative Europe, Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, Digital Europe, European Skills Agenda, Cohesion and Regional Development Funds, Europe's External Relations, Sustainable Development Agenda and European Green Deal

Communication Activities

Europa Nostra acts as a relay between civil society and EU institutions, carrying out the crucial tasks of raising-awareness on the value of cultural heritage for Europe, advocating the mainstreaming of heritage into EU policies and securing adequate funding, as well as actively contributing to the EU policy debate and policy-making process. Since 2014, Europa Nostra is among the selected European networks active in the field of the cultural and creative sectors co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission. We are currently running the project "“Europa Nostra Heritage Agora" since 1 January 2025 and until 31 December 2028. Europa Nostra runs the European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards scheme since its launch in 2002 by the European Commission. The Awards promote best practices related to heritage conservation, management, research, education and communication. In this way, the Awards scheme contributes to a stronger public recognition of cultural heritage as a strategic resource for Europe’s society and economy. Europa Nostra also manages The 7 Most Endangered programme which was launched in January 2013 by Europa Nostra with the European Investment Bank Institute as founding partner and the Council of Europe Development Bank as associated partner. The 7 Most Endangered programme identifies endangered monuments and sites in Europe and mobilizes public and private partners on a local, national and European level to find a viable future for those sites. Europa Nostra organises and contributes to many meetings, forums, capacity building and networking events related to cultural heritage. We also organise an annual European Cultural Heritage Summit gathering hundreds of heritage professionals and volunteers from Europe and beyond. Europa Nostra coordinates and provides the secretariat for the European Heritage Alliance 3.3, an informal platform of circa 50 European and International networks active in the wider field of cultural heritage. Europa Nostra leads the European consortium of 28 partners implementing the Preparatory Action to establish the European Heritage Hub. This ambitious initiative gathers diverse expertise and pools resources to mobilise and strengthen the cultural heritage-driven movement in Europe. Funded by the European Union, the project was initially launched as a pilot in May 2023 and has been operating as a Preparatory Action since September 2025. Europa Nostra is also an official partner of the New European Bauhaus initiative developed by the European Commission, and is a leading European member and supporter of the Climate Heritage Network. Europa Nostra has also partnerships with various organisations regarding Awards scheme related to the wider field of cultural heritage: https://heritageinmotion.eu/, Helena Vaz da Silva European Award, Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards, Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage.

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

Europa Nostra is member and coordinator of the European Heritage Alliance (an informal European sectoral platform composed of circa 50 European or international networks and organisations active in the wider field of cultural heritage) since its creation in 2011: http://europeanheritagealliance.eu/ Europa Nostra is member of the European Tourism Manifesto, an alliance of more than 60 European public and private organisations, covering the whole tourism value chain and beyond: https://tourismmanifesto.eu/ Europa Nostra is Regional Co-Chair of the Climate Heritage Network, a voluntary, mutual support network of arts, culture and heritage organisations committed to aiding their communities in tackling climate change and achieving the ambitions of the Paris Agreement: https://climateheritage.org/

Organisation Members

Europa Nostra gathers 1.718 Individual Members (including 1.055 young members), 256 Member Organisations and 86 Associate Organisations. see: https://www.europanostra.org/membership/

Additional Information

We will receive EU grants for the current financial year according to the activities financial reports.