The Voice of Cultural Heritage in Europe "Strengthening the Voice of Cultural Heritage in Europe: the European Heritage Alliance 3.3" European Historic Houses Conference 2011, Brussels Sneska Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic, Secretary General Europa Nostra Europa Nostra

European Conferences on Heritage between December 2010 and December 2011: Conférences européennes sur le patrimoine entre décembre 2010 et décembre 2011: * 9 December 2010, Bruges: Cultural Heritage: a Resource for Europe. The benefits of interaction, organised by the Belgian Presidency of the EU * 24 March 2011, Brussels: Increasing Europes competitiveness through cultural heritage research, an initiative of the EU-project NET-HERITAGE * 6 June 2011, Visegrad: European Heritage Forum, organised by the Hungarian Presidency of the EU * 10 June 2011, Amsterdam: European Heritage Awards Ceremony, organised by Europa Nostra in cooperation with the European Commission * 27 September 2011, Brussels: European Tourism Day 2011 "Industrial heritage: differentiating the European tourism offer", organised by the European Commission, DG Enterprise & Industry * 30 September 2011, Brussels: European Historic Houses Association Conference The value of historic houses for tourism, economic and social development

European Conferences on Heritage between December 2010 and December 2011: Conférences européennes sur le patrimoine entre décembre 2010 et décembre 2011: * 11 October 2011, Wroclaw: European Heritage Forum in the context of the European Heritage Days 2011 "Value the Heritage! European Heritage and Economic Development" * 20 October 2011, Brussels : European Culture Forum, panel 3 Culture – a smart investment for European regions? organised by the European Commission, DG Education and Culture * 28 November 2011, Paris: ICOMOS Scientific Symposium Heritage, a driver of Development * 8 December 2011, Berlin: International Conference The Heritage of the City – the Future of Europe, New Opportunities for Integrated Urban Development organised by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development

Article 3.3 of the consolidated version of the Lisbon Treaty on the European Union / Article 3.3 de la version consolidée du Traité de Lisbonne sur lUnion européenne [The Union] SHALL respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and SHALL ensure that Europes cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced. [LUnion] respecte la richesse de sa diversité culturelle et linguistique, et veille à la sauvegarde et au développement du patrimoine culturel européen. » The Lisbon Treaty / Le Traité de Lisbonne

The European Heritage Alliance 3.3 / LAlliance 3.3 du patrimoine européen 1. ACCR (Association des Centres Culturels de Rencontres) 2. ANCBS (Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield) 3. EAHTR (European Association of Historic Towns and Regions) 4. ECCO (European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers Organisations) 5. ECF (European Cultural Foundation) 6. ECOVAST (European Council for the Village and Small Town) 7. ECTP-CEU (European Council of Spatial Planners) 8. E-FAITH (European Federation of Associations of Industrial and Technical Heritage) 9. EHHA (European Historic Houses Association) 10. ELO (European Landowners Organisation) 11. EMH (European Maritime Heritage) 12. ENCATC (European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres) 13. ENCoRE (European Network for Conservation-Restoration Education)

14. ERFGOED NEDERLAND (The Netherlands Institute for Heritage) 15. EUROCLIO (European Association of History Educators) 16. EUROPA NOSTRA (The Voice of Cultural Heritage in Europe) 17. FEDECRAIL (European Federation of Museum and Tourist Railways) 18. FRH (Future for Religious Heritage - European Network for historic places of worship) 19. ICOM (International Council of Museums) 20. ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) 21. INTO (International National Trusts Organisation) 22. INTO Europe (International National Trusts Organisation) 23. ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) 24. NEMO (Network of European Museum Organisations) 25. OWHC (Organisation of World Heritage Cities) 26. SEE Heritage Network (South East European Heritage Network) 27. TICCIH Europe (The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage) The European Heritage Alliance 3.3 / LAlliance 3.3 du patrimoine européen

WE ARE MORE! We are indeed more than the sum of our parts. More than a mere sum of historic monuments and sites of Europe. More than the sum of jobs created in the cultural field. More than the sum of cultural or tourism consumers or heritage volunteers….WE ARE THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT OF OUR EUROPE. And no price should be too high to preserve this soul and this spirit! Maestro Plácido Domingo, President of Europa Nostra

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