It gives us a great pleasure to invite you to participate in the forthcoming ‘Heritage Care through Active Citizenship’ conference, which will take place in Mechelen (Belgium) on 23-24 March 2009.

This European Conference on Civil Society Organisations in the Field of Heritage will address the questions of active citizenship, civil society and volunteer organisations (NGOs) in the European heritage sector. The conference will provide a platform for European organisations active in all fields of heritage – both tangible and intangible – to share relevant experiences, good practices and success stories.

At the conference 180 European participants will represent the diversity of the European civil society for heritage. The attendees will be mostly representatives of European heritage NGOs and prominent European heritage experts. Chief executives from national heritage authorities and representatives of international organisations will also significantly contribute to the content of the conference.

Themes include:
- support of voluntary heritage initiatives
- quality management in heritage NGOs
- visibility of heritage organisations
- creation of (international) heritage networks
- the value of cultural heritage for society
- intercultural dialogue

Read more: www.heritageorganisations.eu