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Since 1993, the EU
Treaty (Article 167) specifies that safeguarding
moveable
and
immoveable cultural heritage of European significance
must be
treated as a priority
for the EU and is the legal
basis for protection
initiatives including research on cultural heritage.
From its
beginning in 1986, cultural heritage research in the EU has been
supported and managed within the framework of the Commission's
environmental research programmes; since then, some 120 projects have
been supported involving more than 500 stakeholder organisations from
all European countries.
Izvor European Commision - Cultural Heritage Specific challenge: The history of Europe and over sixty years of European integration have fostered the emergence of cultural heritage at different levels – local, regional, national and, recently, European. In all its forms, cultural heritage, values and language are crucial for the collective memories and sociability of groups but also for the personal development of citizens, enabling them to find their place in society. They also serve as a source of inspiration for the development of people's personalities and talents. Extending to the very heart of Europe and constituting a basis for EU construction, they play a key role in providing a sense of European belonging and EU citizenship as distinct from, but combined with, national citizenship. Cultural heritage and values are at the heart of our capability of overcoming the current EU crisis which could well provide the stimulus for revising EU policies so as to provide a solid basis for the emergence of a truly European cultural heritage and for passing it to future generations. Izvor European Commission - Cultural Heritage and European Identities Croatian Science Croatia, An Overview of Its History, Culture and Science |