Author Archives: elena.pardini

An artistic approach to solve the environmental challenges of cities

Always more frequently, many cities within and beyond Europe, are approaching the issue of pollution in a creative way. Street art becomes not only a decorative element, but also a tool to raise awareness on issues related to environmental sustainability … Continue reading


New results of UNCHARTED are available on the website

The latest outputs produced by the scientific work packages of UNCHARTED, WP2 Identifying the Emergence of Values of Culture” and WP3 “Measuring and Imagining, are available on the site for free download. The Work Package 2, led by the University … Continue reading


How can cultural heritage, tourism activities and local communities be integrated in a sustainable way to improve deprived areas in Europe?

The EU-funded project TexTOUR, Social Innovation and TEchnologies for sustainable growth through participative cultural TOURism, aims to co-design sustainable cultural tourism strategies and policies with the goal of producing social and economic benefits in deprived areas in Europe and beyond … Continue reading


Craft in the context of cultural heritage

Craft Hub – the craft library, is a 3 years European project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme. The project focuses on craft in the context of cultural heritage and its continuing relevance in contemporary practice. The project activities involve … Continue reading


New opportunity for museums! Call for applications for the one-year trial NEMO memberships

News from UNCHARTED Community! NEMO, the Network of European Museum Organisations, recently launched a call to select five museums or museum-oriented organizations and offer them free trial subscriptions to enjoy the benefits included in a NEMO membership: the opportunity to … Continue reading


Annual Policy Conversation: A Cultural Deal for Europe!

Organized by Culture Action Europe, European Cultural Foundation, Europa Nostra also in its capacity as coordinator of the European Heritage Alliance, and in partnership with the Rebuilding Europe with Culture Campaign, the Policy Conversation ‘A Cultural Deal for Europe! ‘ … Continue reading


New report on ‘Culture in the localization of the SDGs: an analysis of the Voluntary Local Reviews’

The campaign #culture2030goal, formed by global cultural networks united to advocate for the role of culture in sustainable developmen, in April 2020 started the elaboration of a strategic framework within the context of the UN Decade of Action. Its main … Continue reading


The Italian Antonio Salinas Regional Archeological Museum returns Parthenon fragment to Greece

The Antonio Salinas Regional Archeological Museum in Sicily has returned a fragment from the Parthenon temple to the Acropolis Museum in Athens, where it will remain on long-term loan. The renowned “Fagan fragment” which depicts the right foot and part … Continue reading


FLIP: the preparatory action to build a stronger resilience of the cultural and creative sector

From the achievements reached by Pilot project Creative FLIP (2019-2021), co-funded by the EU, “FLIP – Finance, Learning, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights for CCS” was arose; this new phase of Creative FLIP will be running from 2021-2023 with the … Continue reading


Symposium: ‘Heritage for the future/Science for heritage, a European adventure for research and innovation’

Heritage science brings together the human, social, fundamental, digital, and engineering sciences and deals with the study of cultural heritage, contributing to the identification, understanding, preservation, restoration, and transmission of cultural heritage, be it tangible, intangible, natural or digital. Next … Continue reading