Seminar: How to put the beauty of faro principles into practice?
Finnish Heritage Agency and the Council of Europe will organise a joint Faro Regional Seminar for the Baltic Sea countries in Helsinki on 19-20 September 2024.
Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, better known as the Faro Convention, is a Framework Convention, which promotes a wide understanding of heritage and its relationship to communities and society as well as the rights of citizens to access and participate in cultural heritage.
The seminar aims to discuss the implementation of the Faro Convention, drawing notably on the experience in the Baltic Sea Region. How has the Convention been implemented? How to make the community perspective more visible? What are the challenges different countries are facing, what kind of solutions have been found?
The seminar takes place on September 19 in the beautiful island of Suomenlinna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site right next to Helsinki city center. Optional site visits will take place in September 20 in the Helsinki region highlighting examples of community projects in the heritage field.
Working language will be English. The event will also be streamed online, and a video will be recorded of the keynotes of day one. There is no participation fee. Do sign in also as an online participant or if you would like to receive the video afterwards.
Please register by 5th September.
More information about the seminar will be given by Finnish Heritage Agency´s Senior advisor Hannu Matikka hannu.matikka@museovirasto.fi
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