Online event
In early 2024, Future for Religious Heritage and Mad’in Europe launched a Europe-wide survey to to shed light on the situation of built heritage crafts skills in Europe in terms of education, certification, practice and transmission to new generations.
The survey was aimed at three groups of respondents: 1) crafts people specialised in cultural heritage conservation 2) architects, curators, conservation surveyors, conservation engineers and owners of heritage buildings 3) schools and craft training establishments.
The safeguarding of heritage craft skills is an important part of the European sustainability agenda, enabling historic buildings and artefacts to be preserved for the future. However, the results of our survey reveal an ageing crafts sector without a structured plan to ensure the transmission of traditional crafts or the handing over of workshops and small enterprises to younger generations. It also shows the variety of certification schemes in European countries, the lack or insufficiency of support to help craftspeople improve their marketing capacities and reach international markets, or the difficulties faced by young people to enter the craft labour market.
The event will take place on Friday, 20 September from 11:00 – 12:30 CEST
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About the organisers
Mad’in Europe gives support to European professionals in crafts and heritage conservation and valorises the transmission of skills to next generations through formal and non formal education. Its activities are empowered by the collaboration with other European stakeholders. https://www.madineurope.eu/en/
Future for Religious Heritage (FRH) is a European network representing more than 80 organisations and over 120 professionals working for the safeguarding and promotion of historic places of worship. Raising awareness about heritage crafts and supporting their preservation is essential to us as the future of religious heritage is closely linked to them. https://www.frh-europe.org/
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