Now, in a rapidly changing world, the issue of heritage protection and use is one of the most important problems of modern countries and societies. Cultural heritage represents big potential for economic growth, generating value and thereby directly benefiting citizens. Finding better balance between preservation of cultural heritage and sustainable socio-economic development of regions is necessary. Therefore, there is a need for a development of teaching programmes enabling educating specialists to apply modern, attractive forms of re-use, management and protection of heritage, while preserving its historical value. The aim of the project was to create an international cooperation network of researchers, academic teachers and practitioners specialising in various fields of management, protection and use of cultural heritage. University Network for Cultural Heritage – Integrated Protection, Management and Use collected, elaborated and shared knowledge in the field of protection, management and use of heritage, archaeology, architecture and cultural landscapes in order to develop the interdisciplinary programme of the Course on Integrated Protection, Management and Use of Cultural Heritage. The course combines the issues of protection, management and use of three types of cultural heritage: architectural heritage, archaeological heritage and cultural landscape. PARTNER UNIVERSITIES: • Politechnika Lubelska, PL • Universita degli Studi di Firenze, IT • Universita di Bologna, IT • Panepistimio Ioanninon, GR • Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, DE NON-ACADEMIC PARTNERS: • ICOMOS Polska, PL • Fondazione Romualdo del Biando, IT • Fondazione Flaminia, ITPartnership was complementary, each partner brought significant added value to project. ACTIVITIES: • Comprehensive elaboration of an interdisciplinary Course on Integrated Protection, Management and Use of Cultural Heritage, consisting of three Modules: Sustainable Protection of Cultural Heritage, Modern Management of Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Use of Cultural Heritage • Elaboration of didactic materials for three modules of the interdisciplinary Course on Integrated Protection, Management and Use of Cultural Heritage • Pilot implementations of three interdisciplinary teaching modules: organisation of Summer Schools: on Sustainable Protection of Cultural Heritage, on Modern Management of Cultural Heritage and on Contemporary Use of Cultural Heritage • Creation and testing of Knowledge-exchange and educational Portal on Cultural Heritage • Multidirectional dissemination of the project Based on the course curriculum universities are better prepared to educate new generation of specialists in the field of cultural heritage who understand the need for and the objectives of sustainable protection, modern management and contemporary use of cultural heritage also in terms of society and its needs. The partners elaborated modern, innovative curriculum giving high quality learning opportunity, attuned to requirements of labour market, modern trends and doctrine of sustainable development. INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS: • Interdisciplinary teaching module: Sustainable Protection of Cultural Heritage • Best Practice Handbook on Sustainable Protection of Cultural Heritage • Best Practice Handbook on Sustainable Protection of Cultural Heritage – case studies • Knowledge-exchange and Educational Portal on Cultural Heritage • Interdisciplinary teaching module: Modern Management of Cultural Heritage • Best Practice Handbook on Modern Management of Cultural Heritage • Best Practice Handbook on Modern Management of Cultural Heritage – case studies • Interdisciplinary teaching module: Contemporary Use of Cultural Heritage • Best Practice Handbook on Contemporary Use of Cultural Heritage • Best Practice Handbook on Contemporary Use of Cultural Heritage – case studies RESULTS ACHIEVED ON PROJECT'S COMPLETION: • Permanent cooperation network • Continuous transfer of knowledge, experiences and good practice • Strengthened research capacity of European universities • Broadened educational offer of European universities The project has contributed to the implementation of modernisation agenda of HE through: • increasing attainment levels to provide the graduates and researchers Europe needs, • improving quality and relevance of higher education, • strengthening quality through cross-border cooperation, • supporting internationalisation of the European HE. The project results contribute to the development of relevant and high-quality skills and competences not only in the participating countries but also throughout Europe.

"Context / background. Over the last decades, in an era of holistic and integrative thinking for sustainable development, Cultural Heritage is gaining attention of scholars and policy makers alike as an instrument for sustainable development. Critics consider use as a threat to heritage, leading to commercialization, exploitation and destruction. The view, however, that heritage preservation occurs when heritage elements are in actual use, thus generating revenue to sustain preservation is gaining momentum. Further, there are arguments that many if not most of the benefits derived from cultural heritage are realized only in the course of actual use. Economic science has recently developed pertinent tools and concepts, initially used for environmental goods and services that are suitable in assessing the economic value of Cultural Heritage and help realizing its development potential and at the same time supporting preservation. Objectives. The Strategic objectives of the project are to promote public awareness for the sustainable development potential of cultural heritage and to establish social initiatives building new entrepreneurial partnerships investing on local and regional cultural heritage. These objectives are in line with the transversal policy priorities for education, training and youth, as defined by Europe 2020 for building a ""smart, sustainable and inclusive economy."" This overall concern is addressed by means of the sustainable, social-economical and environmental, positive effect of cultural heritage; a field entailing a dynamic potential touching all the aforementioned factors and highlighting a transnational common ground. Number and profile of participants. The project aims to directly reach 2200 people who will be directly involved in four countries through seven partners and a series of activities. However, the project objective is to reach a high multiple of this number indirectly because it is investing on rising public awareness on the dynamic potential of cultural heritage for sustainable development. In that sense, the indirect benefit of the wider public, apart from the people participating in its activities, is inherent in the project logic. Throughout the project's implementation a series of occasions for contact with a wider audience and set of interlocutors exist. Description of activities. Project activities include creating a platform as an interactive tool for information and communication, surveying international good practices, developing material that will be useful for training individuals in cultural heritage in general and related social entrepreneurship initiatives in specific, customising the pedagogical material by allowing its adaptivity to different local contexts, organising seminars and hands-on workshops, together with open lectures and on-line videos for deepening as well as disseminating project outputs. At the same time some project activities are more tailor-made for the entrepreneurial audience, administrative authorities and consumers at local level, while others target the academic community. Methodology to be used in carrying out the project. The main issue that this project addresses is a change in thinking of stakeholders on how they approach cultural heritage. For achieving project objectives, the project will start with a survey of best practices at global level of cultural heritage based sustainable development and of how opportunities and barriers were addressed. Subsequently, project partners will apply this knowledge to survey the local context in three case studies. These case studies will be investigated using thematic analysis for opportunities and barriers of using cultural capital for growth and sustainable development. On the basis of the results of the case studies project partners will develop educational material for skill development, entrepreneurship strategies, institutional initiatives and public awareness. The resulting integrated framework of practice for a cultural heritage based sustainable development model will be the major output of the project and will be disseminated across the EU. Potential longer term benefits. The project provides a paradigm at the European level. It will raise awareness about the development potential of cultural heritage and will equip stakeholders with knowledge on how to weigh the different values and trade-offs between conservation and development. Furthermore, the project will help local and regional authorities to introduce incentives that are essential for achieving integrated conservation. Finally, the project is expected to enhance the combination of public and private investment to promote both, economic development and heritage preservation. The project is expected to have a substantial development impact on local and regional economies, responsible institutions and communities, demonstrating that culture can and should play a major role in development programmes."

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<< Objectives >>The OLA project has three main objectives:(1) Contribute to the priority “Common values, civic engagement and participation” by training multipliers in the field of democratic landscape transformation.(2) Contribute to participation, local environmental action and fight against climate change by addressing these topics and their system context in local Living Labs.(3): Promote inter-connected higher-education systems by developing OLA – The Open Landscape Academy.<< Implementation >>(1) Establishing Living Labs at the interface of the universities and their local community. Implementing learning activities in this transdisciplinary context, partly as ERASMUS blended intensive programmes.(2) Developing multilingual learning materials and facilitation guides for democratic landscape transformation and implementing training activities addressed to multipliers(5) Development of the Open Landscape Academy as an open learning platform, including two transnational pilot courses<< Results >>The OLA project will have the following concrete results:(1) An established Open Landscape Academy as a transnational platform for advancing knowledge in the field of democratic landscape transformation(2) A community of practice with advanced knowledge on method and approaches to democratic landscape transformation(3) A set of multilingual learning and training materials(4) Local Landscape Democracy Living Labs at all university locations involved.