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Increasing the Benefits and Transparency of the European Heritage Label (2018)
Lähdesmäki, T., Turunen, J., Kaasik-Krogerus, S., Mäkinen, K., & Čeginskas, V. L. A. Increasing the Benefits and Transparency of the European Heritage Label. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201802221562
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Lähdesmäki, Tuuli; Turunen, Johanna; Kaasik-Krogerus, Sigrid; Mäkinen, Katja; Čeginskas, Viktorija L. A.
Publication year: 2018
Publisher: Jyväskylän yliopisto
Publication country: Finland
Publication language: English
Persistent website address: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201802221562
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Additional information: EUROHERIT Policy Brief I
Abstract
The European Heritage Label (EHL) is the EU’s flagship heritage action. It focuses on promoting the European significance of the cultural heritage and a sense of belonging among the European citizenry. The nature of the action and its proclaimed aims in identity politics necessitate wide public engagement, openness, and transparency. Compared to the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) action and the UNESCO Heritage Lists, the EHL application process has poor transparency, as the applications of the labeled sites are not made public or accessible to other heritage professionals, managers, policy-makers, researchers, or public audiences. To increase the transparency of the EU heritage policy in the EHL action and to enhance the benefits this action has for various actors, we recommend changing its policy by making successful applications fully or partly public.
Keywords: cultural heritage; EU policy; cultural policy; political decision making; transparency
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- EUROHERIT Legitimation of European cultural heritage and the dynamics of identity politics in the EU
- Lähdesmäki, Tuuli
- European Commission
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