S5 - Encourage and assess citizen participation practices and procedures
Citizen participation is part of the democratic process. It enables people to enjoy heritage while acknowledging their individual and collective responsibility for it. We need to identify existing practices and assess their effectiveness and impact to consolidate the accomplished and to develop other lines of action.
S5 Challenges
Societal challenges
Living in peace
Contribute to people’s well-being and good health
Establish good governance
Promote participatory management
Optimise implementation of the conventions
Development challenges
Building a more inclusive and cohesive society
Preserving and developing the ability of public services to address heritage issues
Knowledge challenges
Helping to foster a shared knowledge society
Encouraging heritage research
S5 Target audience
local
regional
national
Recommended courses of action for S5
Identify the barriers to citizen participation and put forward proposed solutions
Assess existing practices and methods with a view to developing citizen participation in the governance of cultural heritage: identification, description, interpretation, promotion
Based on the findings of that assessment, adapt existing procedures to improve citizen participation
Recommended courses of action for S5