The Peer Learning Cultural Heritage in Action Program now offers opportunities for regional and local public administrations and their representatives to participate in the Call for Good Practice and apply to participate in a visit to peer learning in Leeds.

The aim of the Call for Good Practice is to gather innovative and inspiring practices on the following topics:

• Recovery and resilience through cultural heritage in the world after the pandemic
• Cultural heritage for local sustainable development
• Governance and funding: new roles for local and regional authorities.

Representatives of regions, cities and rural areas in the EU and the United Kingdom are invited to participate in the call to highlight the work of their public administrations on cultural heritage.
Around 30 best practices will be selected for publication and promotion under the Cultural Heritage in Action Program across Europe and beyond. Internships will be selected for their strategic vision, relationship with strategic documents, EU performance and results, replication potential and thematic balance.
The call is open for applications until April 30, 2022.

Call

A visit to peer learning in Leeds is scheduled for May 2022. Anyone working on culture and cultural heritage for regional, urban or rural administrations from the EU and the UK can apply for a visit until 25 March 2022. Other eligible participants include representatives of civil society organizations, cultural initiatives or projects and national administrations in charge of culture and cultural heritage.
The visit to Leeds will be dedicated to the theme of recovery and resilience through cultural heritage in the world after the pandemic. Participants will have the opportunity to learn how Leeds ’museums and galleries have innovatively used digital media to maintain and develop contacts with communities, schools and audiences on social media during the pandemic. It will also be shown how this provided the basis for recent work to support recovery.
Learn more about visiting peer learning in Leeds, application rules and application form can be found here.