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Chapter 5 JOIN THE MOVE

We have listed here some more existing networks and supporting programmes related to the topic of
sustainability of culture and tourism, here we divided them for each chapter:

O-City

Orange city is more than a European project. It is a global project financed by the European Union. with
the aim to discover and promote the natural and cultural heritage of cities.

Maurizio Carta, Architect, PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, Full Professor of urban and regional plan-
ning at the Department of Architecture at the University of Palermo and advisor for a number of public
national and international bodies, is the author of “Creative City – Dynamics, Innovations and Actions“.

Quote: “The city of the future will be a city of culture, a city generating new culture: the creative cities
of the twenty-first century will be capable of competing on the international scenario by optimizing and
promoting their own individual cultural identities, attracting a class of creative and generating new
sustainable futures.”

EU Heritage project

It is a transnational project developed under the Erasmus + EU program which aims to create a new
transnational curriculum for cultural heritage professionals, focused on digital skills, transferable and
transversal competences, soft skills and skills connected to “experience tourism” in the field of cultural
heritage.

Network - community of expert working in the field of digital cultural heritage

Cultural Heritage in Action is one of the actions of the European Framework for Action on Cultural
Heritage of the European Commission. It is a peer-learning programme that will allow over 100 local and
regional policy makers to exchange knowledge on cultural heritage, with a focus on participatory
governance, adaptive reuse and quality of interventions. The project shall empower cities and regions to
strengthen their cultural heritage policies and initiatives as well as develop innovative solutions to preserve
cultural heritage assets.

TIPS to take action:

- learning about and from cultural heritage is important for understanding one’s own culture and cultural
identity

- Transnational and cross-cultural heritage education is a valuable resource for raising awareness of cultural
heritage