1. Luxemburg - June 20031 © Herein Network Herein European Heritage Network www.european-heritage.net Antoine Littler Antoine.Littler@wanadoo.fr Antoine.Littler@wanadoo.fr Nicolas Dautier Nicolas.Dautier@coe.intNicolas.Dautier@coe.int

2. Luxemburg - June 20032 © Herein Network Herein  The creation of a network : the European Heritage Network (Herein Network)  …with its own information system,  …a framework for future projects.

3. Luxemburg - June 20033 © Herein Network 5 th European Conference of Ministers responsible for Cultural Heritage (Portoroz – SI, April 2001) « Permanently establishing the European Heritage Network (HEREIN) in the Council of Europe  provide a source of authentic core data and experience  act as an 'Observatory' to analyse and forecast the benefits of the cultural heritage  facilitate the monitoring  maintain and develop heritage co-operation networks, and facilitate trans-national co-operation  provide a cultural heritage portal  monitor technological developments in order to facilitate the evolution of an information society respectful of cultural and linguistic diversity in Europe »

4. Luxemburg - June 20034 © Herein Network European Heritage Network  Pan European (European cultural heritage convention – 48 countries)  Governmental representatives  Cultural Heritage Observatory (monuments, archaeology and sites)  Permanent activity inscribed in the Council of Europe  Charter, describing the rights and obligations  Evolving to a formal structure, eg EEIG

5. Luxemburg - June 20035 © Herein Network 1998 Initial group: 6 countries Ireland, France, Hungary, Norway, Spain,The United-Kingdom 1999-2000 Extension: 13 countries Belgium : Flemish region, Brussels- Capital, Walloon Region, Cyprus, Estonia, Luxemburg, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia 2001-2003 Extension: 28 countries Andorra Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, The Netherlands Extension of the Network

6. Luxemburg - June 20036 © Herein Network Herein information system offers  Qualified information on national cultural heritage  national reports on cultural heritage policies  multi-lingual thesaurus (10 languages)  selected links, news and events calendar  Virtual exhibitions, eg. The organs between Belgium and France: 5 centuries of exchange  Forums on different subjects  Multilingual access: English, French and Spanish, and various resources in the contributors’ language.

7. Luxemburg - June 20037 © Herein Network Herein information system  Technical aspects  Web based system using XML and open source software (SDX platform ) except from the thesaurus management  Illustrated with technical documentation and documentation related to the user experience  A framework for support and collaborative work: training sessions and workshops (XML, thesaurus, forums…)

8. Luxemburg - June 20038 © Herein Network Herein information system  Management  National and regional correspondents  Thesaurus work group  Webmaster  Editorial committee  Cultural Heritage Steering Committee (CDPAT) of the Council of Europe

9. Luxemburg - June 20039 © Herein Network Herein information system scheme

10. Luxemburg - June 200310 © Herein Network http://herein.european-heritage.net Website dedicated to the national correspondents with  restricted access  personalised interface for each national correspondent  specific functionalities: Download centre My Herein Document maintenance services Tools, … Herein information system

11. Luxemburg - June 200311 © Herein Network  Maintenance services for Herein Correspondents and Webmaster  Major updating of national reports Word template XML editor  Minor modifications of national reports, events calendar, … On-line editing tools Herein information system

12. Luxemburg - June 200312 © Herein Network  Demonstration  Common functionalities Compose report Search  My Herein On-line editing tools  Virtual exhibition Herein information system

13. Luxemburg - June 200313 © Herein Network Herein timetable

14. Luxemburg - June 200314 © Herein Network Herein project contractors