Europeana Foundation
Budget
€6,595,950
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
1 FTE
EU Grants
€6,499,745
Mission & Goals
The Europeana Foundation is an independent, non-profit organisation that, as part of the Europeana Initiative, empowers the cultural heritage sector in its digital transformation. We work closely with the Europeana Network Association and the Europeana Aggregators Forum to promote the use of digital technology that makes cultural heritage online accessible, traceable and trustworthy, which in turn means people can explore it, use it and learn from it. We develop expertise, tools and policies to embrace digital change and encourage partnerships that foster innovation. We make it easier for people to use cultural heritage for education, research, creation and recreation. Our work contributes to an open, knowledgeable and creative society. The Europeana Foundation stewards the common European data space for cultural heritage.
EU Legislative Interests
Legislation - Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC - Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on certain permitted uses of orphan works - Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (recast) - Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on European data governance and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (Data Governance Act) Policies -Europe’s Digital Decade -European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles -Commission Recommendation of 27 October 2011 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation -2021 Commission Recommendations on a common data space for cultural heritage -European Strategy for Data -European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage Funding Programmes -Connecting Europe Facility -Digital Europe Programme -Creative Europe -Horizon Europe
Communication Activities
Projects - Running of the Digital Service Infrastructure (DSI) funded under the Connecting Europe Facility - Europeana DSI (from 2015 to mid-2022) - Current deployment of the common European data space for cultural heritage funded under Digital Europe - Generic Services projects Publications - Europeana Licensing Framework - Europeana Impact Framework - Europeana Publishing Framework - Europeana Capacity Building Framework - Europeana Data Model - Europeana Public Domain Charter - Public Domain Usage Guidelines - Rights Statements Events - Presidency events - EuropeanaTech - Europeana annual conferences
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
The Europeana Initiative its a networked organisation, consisting of the Europeana Foundation, the Europeana Network Association (over 3,800 individual members who represent associations) and the Europeana Aggregators Forum (44 accredited national, domain and thematic aggregators). In addition, the Europeana Foundation is part of the following informal European networks: - European Heritage Alliance 3.3 - Shared Digital European Public Sphere (SDEPS) coalition
Organisation Members
NEMO, Europa Nostra, Europeana Network Association, Climate Heritage Network
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.