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 ​European Heritage Youth Ambassadors Programme

The European Heritage Youth Ambassadors Programme - run by Europa Nostra, ESACH, and the European Heritage Tribune - is a growing network of young students and professionals living in Europe who share their stories, experiences and passion for heritage on online platforms. The Ambassadors act as bridges between students and young professionals and European heritage organisations for the realisation of youth-led initiatives related to heritage! 
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Find out more by searching for #heritageambassadors on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn

2023 european heritage youth ambassadors


Please welcome our Young Ambassadors from the 3rd Cycle of our European Heritage Youth Ambassadors Programme!!

Adam Klupś

Poland / United Kingdom
Adam is Care of Churches Team Leader at the Diocese of Gloucester, UK. He is passionate about conservation management, building conservation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings. He holds a BA in History of Art with Material Studies, and an MA in Principles of Conservation, both from UCL. Adam is a Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) and a full member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC).

Andromeda Ludmila Liberiou

Greece / Czech Republic
Andromeda Ludmila Liberiou is a passionate Graeco-Czech archaeologist, language enthusiast and a Master’s student at OTH Regensburg in the field of Historical Architecture. After her BA studies of Archaeology and Philology at Charles University she is working as a freelance online Greek teacher besides her pedagogical work for Gymnazium Na Vítězné pláni in Prague, where she organises educational workshops and international Erasmus+ projects focusing on matters of culture, language, heritage and multiculturalism in the European Union.

Angelos Kottas

Greece
I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Architecture of Thessaloniki while my research focuses on Mediterranean cities and heritage management. I have worked at important European institutions and got involved in various cultural projects linked with youth programs, public space, urban identity, memory, and museums.

Brixhita Deda

Albania
Brixhita Deda is an architect and heritage consultant. She studied Sustainable Heritage at The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment.
In 2020, she joined Eocietystudies to research the post-conflict collective memory in Kosova and address the reuse of the buildings through a participatory process.
Brixhita encourages active citizenship to advocate for heritage preservation.

Ece Karakaş

Turkey / Sweden
Ece is an MA candidate in Cultural Anthropology at Uppsala University with a strong passion for cultural heritage, traditional arts and human rights. With a background in International Relations and Cultural Studies, she aims to work with policies protecting tangible and intangible cultural heritage and ensure their intergenerational transmission. Her other interests include the curation process of the World Heritage List, ethnographic films and heritage tourism.

Emilia Sánchez González

Mexico / Germany
Emilia is a heritage specialist and arts & culture advocate trained in Mexico, the US, and Germany.  She graduated from the MA World Heritage Studies at BTU Cottbus and worked in Communications and Public Affairs at the J. Paul Getty Museum 2021-2022.
She focuses her work on project management, heritage storytelling, and developing educational content at universities, museums and NGOs. 

Grace Emely

Indonesia / Netherlands
While practicing architecture, Grace Emely's passion for heritage grew stronger and became part of her since. She accomplished her master's in Urban Management and Development at Erasmus University Rotterdam, whose thesis focuses on World Heritage Sites' impact on social and economic development. She is a freelancer and volunteer engaged in the numerous activities of the heritage industry.

İbrahim İnce

Cyprus
Ibrahim is a Cypriot anthropologist and artist. Influenced by his background of being from the last divided capital of Europe, his research explores heritage and border landscapes in Cyprus. He recently graduated from MA Material and Visual Culture at the University College London, and currently works at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He is also the Heritage Youth Ambassador for UNDP in Cyprus.

Medina Fazlic

Bosnia and Herzegovina
An Academic artist and intuitive, resourceful and enterprising visual. Presented her artworks in the region and internationally, and currently working for artistic and cultural benefits. President of Art association Zarez City of Bihac. Worked as a coordinator in the Municipality with cultural institutions, currently in cooperation with the Cultural Center as an expert associate for Art and Culture.

Raúl Gómez Hernández

Spain
Raul Gomez Hernandez is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Complutense University of Madrid and a second-year PhD candidate of the Una Europa Joint Doctorate in Cultural Heritage (Una-Her-Doc) enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Edinburgh where he researches on new ways of engaging young people with cultural heritage through new technologies in museums. In parallel, he serves as a treasurer of AJPC (earlier ESACH Madrid Group) and a member of the Steering Group of the Europeana Education community. In his free time, he also enjoys singing choral music in university choir and a Baroque choir or attending a music concert.

Tetiana Golub

Ukraine / Germany
My name is Tetiana Golub, and I am a Ukrainian international student currently studying to become an archaeologist and cultural heritage specialist at the University of Bamberg, Germany. I also have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Apart from my studies, I also have a massive experience in Digital Marketing with eight years of experience.

Zoë Vandenhende

Belgium / Italy
My name is Zoë, a Belgian MA student of ‘International Cooperation on Human Rights and Intercultural Heritage’, at the University of Bologna. Before this, I have completed a Master's degree in Art History at Ghent University, where I first became interested in heritage and decided to further specialize myself in the field. My areas of interests are sustainability, digital (documentary) heritage, and heritage management in times of crisis.

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Aliki Gkana

Greece
Aliki Gkana is a lawyer and PhD Candidate at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, researching the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage under Public International Law. In parallel, she develops manifold action in the field of living heritage as core member of the Polyphonic Caravan, inscribed on UNESCO’s Register of Good Safeguarding Practices in 2020.

Ekin Berk PolaT

Turkey
Ekin is a senior History, Archaeology and History of Art student from Turkey. He is interested in cultural heritage and community engagement, and he believes that heritage can foster cultural pluralism between newcomers and host communities. He participated in various social impact projects at @kuglobalaid and focused on social cohesion of Syrian refugees in Turkey with @letsbeunitedproject. He loves travelling, getting introduced to different cultures, and volunteering.

Giuliana Magro Conti

Malta
Giuliana Magro Conti is a legal intern in criminal law, intellectual property and cultural heritage law, as well as a Master of Advocacy student at the University of Malta. Her LL.B.(Hons) dissertation concerned Maltese legislation on accidental discoveries of cultural heritage and the practice of finders keepers. From a young age, Giuliana aspired to specialise in Cultural Heritage Management as it would link her passion for law with her love for cultural heritage. When she’s not pursuing her commitments, she enjoys travelling, cooking, and going to concerts

Karolina Laszczukowska

Sweden
Karolina Laszczukowska is an Art Historian, currently studying her final year of a MA in Technical Art History at Stockholm University. Her focus lies primarily within the visual and decorative arts ranging from 15th - 19th centuries, specialising in old master paintings. Additionally she works as a tour guide at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.

Marita Sakhltkhutsishvili

Georgia
Marita Sakhltkhutsishvili is a young heritage professional, specialized in museology. She has obtained her degrees at Tbilisi State University, BA in Art History and MA in Museum studies. She is an experienced Cultural heritage project`s manager and lecturer, also, she leads the authorship rubric in the scientific/popular style journal. Sakhltkhutsishvili works on cultural heritage, contemporary art and museum issues. She was the coordinator/researcher of scientific projects, and the author and co-author of numerous articles

Neşe Topal Küskü

Cyprus
I obtained Archaeology and Art History in 2011. I am doing a MA in Urban Archaeology and cultural heritage management in EMU. I participated in archeological excavations projects in Cyprus and Germany. İn 2019, I was chosen by The Technical Committee on Culture Heritage with the support of the EU and UNDP as a young cultural ambassador for Cyprus.

Tiago Candeias

Portugal
In a serious relationship with Heritage, Arts and Culture. Tiago graduated in Cultural Heritage and a MA Student in History & Heritage (UAlg). He works as a Project Manager at Faro 2027 and as a freelancer for some organisations especially in the field of heritage education. He is also a MACE Ambassador and R-EU-FTOP Academy Nomad [ECRN.city].

Anđela Jovanović

Serbia
Anđela is an Italian language professor with MA degrees in Cultures in Dialogue, EMJMD European Literary Cultures, and UNESCO Chair for Cultural policy and Management. Her academic journey and interest in different cultures took her to Italy, Senegal, and France, where she learned that heritage is not only where we come from, but also what gives us a sense of belonging. She is passionate about building stronger connections between youth and cultural heritage, with particular interest in endangered, neglected, unwanted and misused heritage. Currently she is an intern at Europa Nostra Serbia.

Ella Erzsébet Békési

Hungary
Ella was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary and received her B.A in Archaeology and M.A in Cultural Heritage at University College London. She worked as an assistant in public and commercial archaeology and in the heritage sectors in the United Kingdom and Central America. She co-founded Heritage Education Network Belize, a non-profit organisation dedicated to innovative and sustainable ways to understand and safeguard culture and heritage.

Ivan Bojanić

BiH
I'm Ivan from Banja Luka, an architecture student who likes learning about heritage and making models. I became passionate about heritage through the history of architecture, where I taught about the importance of preserving our built environment and the impact it has on our today's lives.

Kujtime Mimi Kotorri

Albania
Kujtime is a Tirana-based architect and designer from Albania. She holds a M.Sc. in Architecture, and a MA in Cultural Monuments Restoration. She currently works as an architect specializing in building restoration. In addition to her focus on architectural design, Kujtime is presently working on an innovative start-up (albanianheritage.al) that purports to document, preserve and promote Albania’s cultural heritage, in-country and abroad

Miguel Senra Hermana

Spain
Miguel graduated in history in Madrid, specialised with a MA in heritage management and museum studies at Leiden University and currently pursues a MA in World Heritage Studies at Brandenburg Technical University. He has been involved in various heritage projects in The Netherlands, Italy, the US, and Spain. He is interested in all sorts of aspects related to heritage management in a European and international context and more specifically in the creation of networks for collaboration among young professionals. In addition, Miguel is the group and project coordinator of Asociación de Jóvenes Profesionales Por el Patrimonio Cultural (AJPC), a Spanish group of ESACH and youth association for cultural heritage professionals.

Ruggero Romano

Italy
Ruggero is a passionate film director, producer and facilitator with a multidisciplinary skill set in film, communication, marketing and community-building. Ruggero leads film-driven initiatives through his organization “Movies Move Us”, devoted to the production of socially relevant films and their integration in social impact campaigns. He is currently producing his new film for the rebirth of Venezia -“Venezia Reborn”- www.veneziareborn.com), to empower its community and redefine its socio-cultural potential as a European hub. He loves jazz. geopolitics and capoeira. He also has a very sharp nose.

Asem Zear

Syria / Hungary
I am Asem Zear a Syrian PhD. Archaeology student living in Budapest, Hungary. I graduated in 2020 with a Master in Archaeology. I am interested in the heritage cultural field, archaeology and art of history, for this reason, I applied to the European Heritage Youth Ambassadors Programme to be part of the team.

Gaelle Stephan

Lebanon / Germany
Gaëlle is an Architect and a Heritage Professional. She studied architecture at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon and pursued her second master’s degree in World Heritage Studies at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany. Believing firmly that a deeper look into society will provide us with a better understanding of heritage, she has employed her academic background to stretch conventional definitions and to examine the relationship between Cultural Heritage and Fashion

Jasna Popović

Serbia / Spain
Jasna Popović has graduated from Law in Belgrade and now is a Ph.D. candidate at UC3M, Madrid, Spain, researching the link between the protection of cultural heritage and tourism. She is also working in Hispania Nostra. In her free time, you can find her in a theatre or with a book.

Léa Guillemant

France
Enrolled in the International Cooperation on Intercultural Heritage master's degree (University of Bologna, Italy), Léa Guillemant mainly focuses her research on the challenges of cultural heritage in international relations. She used to work at the Centre Pompidou in Paris as a volunteer of the Art Session collective before being an intern at the Culture and Creation Department. She had a BA in Humanities (Sorbonne University, France)

Moritz Richter

Germany
Moritz Richter is an architect specialised in the conservation and preservation of cultural buildings. His main focus and passion is in architectural history and theory. In addition to his architectural work, he is a PhD candidate at the Kunstakademie (Academy of Arts) Düsseldorf researching on the 19th century architecture of the academy’s main building in terms of architectural theory and art history

Sofia Cotrona

Italy / UK (Scotland)
Originally from Italy, Sofia Cotrona is an undergraduate student of History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. As an art historian her research on feminist interventions, decolonial practices and curatorial studies inform her research endeavours. Freelance art journalist and Deputy Editor in Chief of The Student, she is also a cultural policy consultant for the National Museum of Scotland and Creative Scotland as advocate for youth art accessibility

Uula Neitola

Finland
Uula’s passion for Culture Heritage started in his childhood in Northern Finland. As a historian he is always eager for new cultural heritage experiences. He has made his early career in historical and art museums as well as the Finnish academic institutions in Italy and in Greece. Alongside his work as a Communications Expert he is an enthusiast in many organisations, such as ICOMOS and ICOM.

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Anna Angelica Ainio

Italy
Anna Angelica Ainio is in the final year of her degree in History of Art at University College London. She has made heritage conservation the focus of her studies, and aims to continue to do so in the future!

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Giovanni Pescarmona

Italy
Giovanni Pescarmona is an Art Historian, currently PhD candidate at the University of Florence. His research interests focus on innovative digital technologies for the enhancement of Cultural Heritage. He works as an advisor for Italian and foreign museums (Fiesole, Florence, Cambridge) for the creation of digital products and experiences.

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Jelena Krivokapic

Serbia
Jelena was born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia. Her professional background is in architecture and currently she studies 'World Heritage' in Cottbus, Germany. She loves dogs, food,  hiking, running and is interested in religion, beliefs, tradition and how intangible shapes the  tangible world around us. 

Levent Tökün

Turkey
Levent is an Archaeologist and Art Historian focused on cultural heritage politics, and museums. He  obtained his BA degree in Archaeology and History of Art from Koç University, Turkey, where  he also spent a semester abroad at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, as an exchange student, and  later completed his dual MA degree in World Heritage Studies at the Brandenburg University  of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany & in Cultural Heritage at Deakin University,  Australia. For the MA thesis, he researched on the issue of return of illicitly trafficked cultural  property both to and from Turkey regarding policy consistency and goodwill.

Antigoni Michael

Cyprus
Antigoni Michael is a heritage professional, specialised in    peace building through public engagement in cultural heritage and archaeology.  She has obtained her BA in History and Archaeology at University of Cyprus and her MA in Archaeology: Landscape and Heritage at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She also has a diploma in Tour Guiding. Antigoni worked on projects related to public engagement in cultural heritage, culture, and archaeology in Cyprus, Spain, Greece and Italy. 
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Hana Kohout

Croatia/ UK
Hana is a social media manager who focuses on contemporary visual arts. She enjoys working on artistic projects and her dream job would be as a project manager in an arts institution. When she’s not glued to her laptop, she loves listening to music while sipping her favourite cup of coffee.

Jennifer Marie Wenzler

Germany/US
Jennifer's journey from learning Latin and Greek in the USA to studying heritage in Germany was an adventurous one with many side quests, diverse companions, and a brief, but memorable teaching career in Korea. The multitude of cultures she encountered inspired her to study heritage conservation, and now she hopes to inspire others!

pravali vangeti

France/ India
A cultural professional and heritage education advocate, Pravali has been working towards enhancing youth engagement in the heritage sector globally as a consultant at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. With a background rooted in design and cultural management, she has successfully implemented heritage revival projects in India and hopes to work towards capacity-building in the craft sector.
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Elena Cautiș​

Romania
Elena Cautiș studied History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Bucharest and at the University of Perugia. Her main research focus is cultural heritage as a means for sustainable development. Currently she is a volunteer at Mihai Eminescu Trust, helping with the research of inclusive valorization strategies for cultural heritage.

Héctor Manuel, ALIAGA DE MIGUEL

Spain
A PhD Candidate in Urbanism Resilience and Cultural Heritage (UPM, Spain), Manuel is passionate about Architecture and Cultural Heritage. Having lived in places such as Cambridge, Paris or São Paulo- languages, personal knowledge and contacts have been essential tools in his daily life for  H2020  research projects, PhD activities and International Committees collaborations.
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Klaudia Chzhu

Russia
Klaudia Chzhu is Russian-Chinese from Moscow, Russia. She graduated from the history department specializing in Modern and Contemporary History of Europe and America from Moscow State University (MSU) and has a master’s degree in Arts and Cultural Management with a major in Cultural Heritage Management from Universidad Internacional de Cataluña (UIC Barcelona). Klaudia is currently developing a website Art&Culture Inside covering Contemporary Art from one side and Cultural Heritage and Cultural Tourism from another. 

main partners

EUROPA NOSTRA
Covering 40 countries, Europa Nostra is the most representative heritage network in Europe. The organisation campaigns to save Europe’s endangered monuments, sites and landscapes, in particular through the 7 Most Endangered programme, run in partnership with the European Investment Bank Institute. It celebrates excellence through the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards in partnership with the European Commission. It also contributes to the formulation and implementation of European strategies and policies related to heritage, through a structured dialogue with European Institutions.
www.europanostra.org
EUROPEAN HERITAGE TRIBUNE
The European Heritage Tribune (EHT) is an independent news platform sharing cultural heritage news from all European countries. By doing so, the EHT aims to inform, connect and inspire cultural heritage professionals and lovers. ​
heritagetribune.eu
EUROPEAN STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE
ESACH is an international network of students and young professionals working within the cultural heritage field. We are volunteers working towards enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration amongst cultural heritage students and young professionals through networking and sharing knowledge.
www.esach.org
LAUNCH CEREMONY

On 28 January, Europa Nostra, the European Heritage Tribune and the European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH) officially launched the European Heritage Youth Ambassadors Programme.
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Ambassadors at the European Cultural Heritage Summit in Venice 2021
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Ambassadors from different cohorts together at the European Heritage Awards Ceremony in Venice 2023
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European Youth Heritage Ambassadors meeting in The Hague for the launch of the 2023 programme.
​Eight EHYA alongside representatives from ESACH, Europa Nostra and the European Heritage Tribune met up in the Netherlands for an empowering few days. Image: European Heritage Tribune

#COFFEECULTURE

#BUILTHERITAGE
A European Heritage Youth Ambassador initiative where the Ambassadors share their Coffee Culture. Their stories about how coffee is an essential part of their everyday routine in various forms like a German 're-energizing' evening custom or an Italian traditional Espresso 'at the counter'.
The Ambassadors once again share their memories with a building in their city, it's construction, history and some beautiful elements.