Volunteering and training
Call for World Heritage Volunteers 2022 in Romania themed ‘Fostering Youth Commitment towards World Heritage’.
Mihai Eminescu Trust Foundation and its partners, “Heritage for the Future” Cultural Association & Viscri Council, opened the World Heritage Volunteers - Viscri 2022 Action Camp call for volunteers are looking for young professionals and students in the cultural heritage field willing to gain practical knowledge on heritage site management and protection, interested in community engagement and rural heritage. The project is located in Viscri (Romania) a part of the Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania World Heritage Site. For more information and application details click here. “Who’s afraid of decolonisation?” training - a training organised by NEMO and hosted by the UK Museums Association, SS Great Britain and Bristol Museums, it will take place on 16 September in Bristol, the United Kingdom. The training will explore what decolonisation in museums means and also include introductions to the theories and practices behind this work.
Deadline for applications is 15 July, and more information can be found here. Interpret Europe Training days 2022 - this five-day event, scheduled to take place on 7-11 October in Terres de l’Ebre, Catalonia (Spain), will build on Interpret Europe’s training programme and will include workshops, study visits and presentations aimed at empowering heritage practitioners to help people connect with heritage and help them build their acceptance and appreciation of multiple perspectives.
Early bird fees are available until 10 August, and more information to be found here. NEMO opens registration for the European Museum Conference 2022 on 9-11 October in Loulé, Portugal - this year’s event has a double meaning, being both the first chance for the European museum community to come together in two years and a celebration of 30 years of NEMO. Registrations are open until 30 September, and more information is available here. competitionIFLA Europe launches its 2022 Students and Young Professionals’ Competition ‘Boldness & Beauty’!
The competition is thought of as an opportunity for landscape architecture students and young landscape architects professionals to present their work, vision and projects they work on. Deadline to apply: 30 July 2022 More details can be found here. Future for Religious Heritage launches The Religious Heritage Innovator of the Year competition - applications can be submitted until 31 October for projects by organisations, public administrations, universities, cultural heritage professionals, academics and researchers, students as well as representatives of European civil society that relate to sustainability and religious heritage. More details can be found here. calls for projects and papers
European Parliament opens call for proposals for engagement grants - the call strives for an increased engagement of European citizens from as diverse public as possible, with the construction of a vibrant European democracy, thus encouraging their active involvement as change-makers in the European Elections 2024 communication campaign. The call will open on 22 June, and more details are available here.
CULTUROPOLIS - International Days of Cultural Rights - an event organised by Culture Action Europe, scheduled to take place on 16 - 19 November in Barcelona, it features both a call for projects and a call for papers with the deadline of 15 July.
Selected participants will have all their travel costs covered, and all details can be found here. Call for applications - Youth, Mental Health and Culture - the third topic of Voices of Culture 2021–2023 aims at generating project ideas and policy recommendations for the cultural and creative sectors and decision-makers on the topic of the role of the cultural and creative sectors in improving the mental health of young people. The deadline is 13 July, and all details can be found here.
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Call for proposalshistoCON 2022: Shared Past? Divided Memories?
histoCON is finally back to take place in person from 7-10 September 2022 in Berlin! We are inviting you to discuss new perspectives on history with young people from all over the world. Around 250 young people from all over the world are invited to come to Berlin to look at post-1945 history through interactive, creative formats. If you’d like to submit a proposal for one or several parts of the programme, please complete this form by 15 June 2022 at the latest. In case of any questions, contact: histocon@bpb.de. Europeana 2022 Conference
A hybrid event due to take place online and in The Hague between 28-30 September, the conference will focus on exploring the links between cultural heritage and the digital transformation, with a dedicated section for proposals on the European Year of Youth. Deadline for submissions has now been extended to 10 June 2022, and more information can be found here. ENCATC organises 2022 Education and Research Session alongside the 2022 ENCATC Congress - participants are invited to submit abstracts and/or teaching proposals focused on topics such as cultural networks, internationalisation of cultural management and policy or specificities of Cultural Management Processes in Latin America.
Deadline for submissions is 15 June 2022, and further details can be found here. EUNIC launches third Call for Ideas of the Preparatory Action European Spaces of Culture - EUNIC members, EU Delegations, and their local partners, even from countries outside of the EU, are invited to submit project proposals focused on the EU’s strategic approach to international cultural relations and practical ways to implement it.
Project ideas can be submitted until 19 June 2022. More details can be found here. Call for abstracts - Cities’ Identity Through Architecture and Arts (CITAA) conference - the event will take place on 5 - 7 December in Pisa, Italy, and will approach the topics of identifying and shaping cities and formation, heritage arts, contemporary arts and development of cities’ vocabularies.
The deadline for applications is 30 June 2022, and further information can be found here. CULTUROPOLIS - International Days of Cultural Rights - an event organised by Culture Action Europe, scheduled to take place on 16 - 19 November in Barcelona, it features both a call for projects and a call for papers with the deadline of 15 July 2022. Selected participants will have all their travel costs covered, and all details can be found here. Summer schools and participation
“Contested Cultural objects and the Role of Provenance Research” Summer School - due to take place from Monday 29 August to Thursday 1 September 2022 in a hybrid format - Leiden University Campus and online, the event will bring together professionals from law, heritage, law enforcement and the art market. The focus will be on current ethical and legal standards for contested cultural objects, and special interest will be given to provenance research.
Deadline for application has been extended to 15 June 2022. More details are available here. The HECTOR project offers an online course and a summer school on tourism in the industrial heritage sector - the online course is a prerequisite for having the chance of being selected for the summer school, which will take place on 12 - 18 September in Abbadia San Salvatore, an Italian village located in the south of Tuscany.
Deadline for applications is 15 June 2022, and all details can be found here. Call for Participation: Forum at the conference "On Critical Education and Unlearning in Museums“ - the event, scheduled for 7 November online and on-site in Wolfsburg, Germany, will focus on the gender-sensitive and racism-critical work which can be done in museums.
Deadline for applications is 30 June 2022, and all relevant details can be found here. “Culture changes lives! The transformative impacts of culture and creativity for better societies” Summer Academy - organised on 18 - 21 September online and 26 - 28 September on-site in the Italian city of Trento, the event will provide capacity building for policy makers and representatives of cultural and creative sectors (CCS).
The deadline for applications is 3 July 2022, with further information to be available here. “Who’s afraid of decolonisation?” training - a training organised by NEMO and hosted by the UK Museums Association, SS Great Britain and Bristol Museums, it will take place on 16 September in Bristol, the United Kingdom. The training will explore what decolonisation in museums means and also include introductions to the theories and practices behind this work. Deadline for applications is 15 July 2022, and more information can be found here. JOBS openings
Eurocities is having multiple job openings, for positions such as policy advisor on social affairs, event or project officer.
The deadlines for applications range until 13 June, and all details can be found here. Open vacancy at Live DMA for research officer position - Live DMA is a European network for music venues, clubs and festivals based in Nantes, France which gathers 20 members in 16 countries. The main missions of this role include conducting a study on programming practices in the live music scenes and setting up a preliminary report on the importance of live music scenes in artistic development.
Deadline for applications is 20 June, and all necessary details can be found here. The Great Spa Towns of Europe is looking for a Secretary General - if you have at least 10 years’ experience in the cultural heritage field at all levels and consider yourself with proven diplomatic, communication and motivational skills, you are more than warmly invited to apply for this position. The deadline for applications is 1 July, and further information can be found here. FUNDING PROGRAMEuropean Cultural Foundation launches a year-long Europe Challenge to support and fund libraries and communities working together on solutions to Europe’s most pressing issues at the moment, such as the war or the climate crisis. The programme includes the possibility of devising local prototypes for ideas and co-learning with peers across Europe. Libraries are welcome to apply between 9 and 27 May 2022, and more details can be found here. internshipInternship available at the European Institute of Cultural Routes - this internship, focused on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, provides the opportunity of studying the routes more closely and better understanding the certification process, their structure, their missions, as well as the overall work of protecting and promoting the diversity of Europe's cultural heritage. Application Deadline for the second semester (July - December) is 1 June 2022, and more details can be found here. ParticipationENCATC calls for Ambassadors - ENCATC Ambassadors are members appointed by the ENCATC Board to represent a country or a specific field of cultural study, and their responsibilities include promoting the ENCATC image during national and international events or creating new partnerships with national cultural operators. Members can apply until 23 May 2022 and more information can be found here. call for proposalThe Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPI CH GC) launches ”Cultural Heritage, Society and Ethics” call for research projects. The call, aims at exploring the links between cultural heritage and economics and cultural heritage and sustainable development, respectively (ideally both within the same project).
Pre-proposal Application Deadline: 23 May 2022 More details can be found here Call for proposals - Europeana 2022 Conference - a hybrid event due to take place online and in The Hague between 28-30 September, the conference will focus on exploring the links between cultural heritage and the digital transformation, with a dedicated section for proposals on the European Year of Youth.
Submission Deadline: 27 May 2022 More information can be found here. Call for Presenters 15th Conference for Cultural Tourism in Europe - the “Relaunching European Tourism through Cultural Heritage and Digitalisation”, scheduled to take place between 19-22 October in Krk, Croatia, will approach culture, heritage and sustainable tourism from the points of view of the latest developments in the sectors. Presenters who wish to showcase their work are encouraged to apply until 1 June 2022, and more details can be found here. VacanCy
Eurocities is recruiting a project support officer in the field of energy and climate change is looking for candidates with relevant work experience in EU project implementation and good knowledge in the fields of energy and climate change are welcome to submit their applications to the network of major European Cities. The deadline is 10 April, and more information can be found here. SUMMER SCHOOL
Topic - “Contested Cultural objects and the Role of Provenance Research”
The Summer School is due to take place from Monday 29 August to Thursday 1 September 2022 in a hybrid format - Leiden University Campus and online, the event will bring together professionals from law, heritage, law enforcement and the art market. The focus will be on current ethical and legal standards for contested cultural objects, and special interest will be given to provenance research. Deadline for application: 15 May 2022 More details are available here. Topic - ”Let’s build a beautiful city” The Summer School on traditional and classical urban design and architecture - this summer school will take place between 18 July - 4 August in Utrecht, The Netherlands. It aims at providing the students with the skills needed to design quality, sustainable urban environments that would also tackle the housing crisis. Deadline for application: 1 May 2022 and more information is to be found here. CALL for nominationsCall for Applications: 2022 European Museum Academy Awards
Museum practitioners are invited to submit their institutions and projects. The awards have two strands - the Luigi Micheletti Award, focused on contemporary European history and its scientific, industrial and social heritage and the DASA Award, focused on the learning opportunities provided within the museum sector. Application deadline: 15 April 2022 The application form can be found here. 2022 European Citizen’s Prize applications are now open
The European Parliament awards this prize every year, dedicated to projects organised by people or organisations that encourage mutual understanding and closer integration between people in the EU. Individuals and organisations can also nominate a project themselves. Application deadline for proposals: 18 April 2022 More details can be found here. The 2022 edition of the Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2022 is now open for applications, with the theme “Relaunching European Tourism through Cultural Heritage & Digitalisation”. The Awards are organised by the European Cultural Tourism Network in partnership with Europa Nostra, the European Travel Commission and NECSTouR, and supported by the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Interpret Europe and the ReInHerit Horizon2020 CSA. The initiative was launched during the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 and aims at encouraging the development of Europe-wide sustainable tourism destinations. Application deadline: 1 June 2022 More information can be found here. CALL for SUBMISSIONS
Horizon Europe Cluster 2 - 2022 call on cultural heritage and CCIs has opened on 20 January, with a focus on traditional crafts, protection of artefacts and cultural goods from anthropogenic threats, the effects of climate change and natural hazards on cultural heritage and remediation, as well as the New European Bauhaus.
The call is open until 20 April, more details to be found here. As part of the Digital Europe Work Programme 2021-2022, the call for the deployment of the European common data space for cultural heritage is now open until 17 May 2022.
It aims at creating the European common data space for cultural heritage, an initiative that would back the cultural sector in Europe’s digital transformation and encourage content creation and reuse within the sector. More details can be found here. ”CultureForHealth” calls for project submission
This EU-funded project brings researchers, practitioners and policy-makers together to generate knowledge, research and fieldwork in order to trigger cross-sectoral cooperation and policies that enhance well-being through culture. Actors with relevant projects can contribute to this initiative by submitting their work here. The Europeana 2022 call for proposals, will be hybrid this year between 28-30 September 2022. Join us in the Netherlands or attend digitally. The 7 main themes are: Common Data Spaces; Diversity & Inclusion; Participation & collaboration; Climate Action; Storytelling; 3D, multilinguality and AI (3D appears to be an especially important topic with the commission at the moment) and the European Year of Youth. They encourage submissions to reflect one of these themes, as well as anything that can help empower digital change. So if you think there are interesting projects that are happening in your respective networks that aren’t reflected here, please do still submit them. The call is open until 27 May, more details to be found here. “Sharing stories” webinar series on “Adaptive reuse of (industrial) buildings with a history” Europa Nostra, Architects’ Council of Europe and the Cultural Heritage in Action consortium are pleased to host the second episode on “Adaptive reuse of (industrial) buildings with a history” on 4 April from 14.00 to 15.30 CET.
For more information click here. For registration - Teams Call for Participation
Call for actions related to the European Youth Event
The European Parliament is offering grants for two non-profit organisations that would assist throughout 2022 with the handling of two local editions of the EYE. The event is a great occasion for young people to get in touch with their peers and with all kinds of stakeholders. For more details click here. Application Deadline: 2 March Call for proposals
INOVA+ and the European Music Council (EMC) call for proposals under theMusicAIRE (An Innovative Recovery for Europe) project, co-funded by the European Union under the 2020 Annual work programme for the implementation of the “Preparatory Action – Music Moves Europe: Boosting European music diversity and talent. The Preparatory Action’s aim is to test and prepare EU support under the Creative Europe programme (2021-2027) for “sectorial support on music” in addition to existing funding opportunities (e.g.: cooperation projects, networks, platforms). More details can be found here. Application Deadline: 28 March Call for volunteers - restauration camp at Bánffy Castle, Bonțida, Romania Transylvania Trust offers two training modules on the historic building conservation at one of Transylvania’s most iconic castles, which has also seen a yearly revival through the Electric Castle music festival. The two-week programme includes theoretical presentations, practical work and field trips to further explore the region’s heritage. More details are found here. Application Deadline: 31 March Online Trainings
NEMO and MOI! Museums of Impact are organising an online training on assessing and developing the impact of individual museums. The trainings will feature 16 selected professionals who will be introduced to the MOI self-evaluation framework. This impact-focused framework aims to benefit both museums and European citizens. More details can be found here. Application Deadline: 4 March Scholarships for heritage management capacity building
The Heritage Management Organization will continue to provide scholarships in 2022 for heritage experts working with African organisations. The topics for the offered trainings range from communication strategy and marketing to the use of digital use and how to foster community engagement. The next session is titled “Successful Fundraising for Heritage Managers: Strategies and Best Practices” and will take place 11-13 March. The training programmes are organised throughout the year, with more details being available here. summer schoolThe Centre for Global Heritage and Development at the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities are preparing a summer school on contested cultural objects and the role of provenance research (ownership history of artefacts). The school will take place from Monday 29 August to Thursday 1 September 2022 in a hybrid format - Leiden University Campus and online. More details will be published in March here
Call for applications ”Let’s build a beautiful city” Summer School on traditional and classical urban design and architecture - this summer school will take place between July 18th - August 4th in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and aims at providing the students with the skills needed to design quality, sustainable urban environments that would also tackle the housing crisis. You can apply until early June, and more information is to be found here. Call for submission
Call for submissions - New European Bauhaus Festival
The festival will take place from 9 to 12 June, mainly in Brussels (but with complementary events in other locations). The event opens many opportunities for involvement, whether it’s related to a project, an artistic performance or organising an event in the applicant’s own country. More details to be found here. Application Deadline: 7 March Call for papers - Hypercritic magazine
Hypercritic is an online cultural magazine that covers a broad range of topics, from gastronomy and wine to books, heritage and activism, and they have started a recruitment campaign for writers. More information can be found here. Application Deadline: 31 March Call for Applications: 2022 European Museum Academy Awards - museum practitioners are invited to submit their institutions and projects until 15 April. The awards have two strands - the Luigi Micheletti Award, focused on contemporary European history and its scientific, industrial and social heritage and the DASA Award, focused on the learning opportunities provided within the museum sector. The application form can be found here. -SUBMISSION IS NOW OPEN UNTIL 25 FEBRUARY-
Young Designers! We are looking for creative graphic design students or recent graduates, under 30, in the EU and associated countries that have a unique approach to the topic. Their creative proposals should feature a logo for the EOSC Association and a co-branded logo for related EOSC projects that can be used in various media. The young designers will compete for: ● a cash prize of €5.000,- ● the chance to present their logo at the 2022 EOSC Symposium in Prague, November 2022 (accommodation and travel costs will be covered). A jury of established designers and EOSC experts will review and select the shortlisted designs, which will then be put to a vote within the EOSC community. EOSC The development of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) kicked off in 2018. Now, taking stock of the digital transformation of research in Europe and the role EOSC can play, we are looking for a new logo that showcases EOSC’s ambitious vision of cutting-edge, pan-European research through an integrated web of data and related services for researchers. Deadline Design submissions will be accepted until 25 February 2022, 23.59 CET. Submit you Applications for the ICOM - Getty International Programme 2022 for Museum Professionals from countries with emerging economies to attend the 26th Triennial General Conference.
Date: 20-28 August 2022 Place: Prague, Czechia Application Deadline: 15 February 2022 at midnight (GMT+1) The grantees will have the opportunity to make new contacts and develop their capacities and knowledge which they will be able later to share with colleagues in their home countries. ICOM is very grateful that these grants are made possible with support from the Getty Foundation. Find out more details here.  The European Heritage Youth Ambassadors programme calls for young people residing in Europe to share their stories and experiences about heritage on online platforms (e.g. on social media, websites, or blogs), with an aim to engage more people in the field. At the same time, each European Heritage Youth Ambassador will act as a bridge between students and young professionals and European heritage institutions like Europa Nostra, ESACH, and the European Heritage Tribune, for the realisation of many more youth-led initiatives! Are you uncertain whether this role is for you? Hear from the 2021 European Heritage Youth Ambassadors and their experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAm53JrGGM Description of the positionAs part of the European Heritage Youth Ambassadors programme, you will have the opportunity to be a part of a growing heritage youth movement; to represent the voice of young people within Europa Nostra’s activities; to widely share your heritage-related experiences on social media; to participate in conferences and events; to engage in ESACH’s projects and activities, and to be a reporter for the European Heritage Tribune in your own country. This includes sharing relevant news articles about cultural heritage from your base country with the European Heritage Tribune, assisting the EHT editor-in-chief with translating articles and creating open-format blog entries.
The position is voluntary and requires an availability of at least 10 hours per month, including attending an online monthly meeting of 1 hour. The programme will start in February 2022 and will run for 12 months. For the first edition in 2021, 11 European Heritage Youth Ambassadors from different countries were selected. Requirements
What is in it for me? Benefits
ApplicationsSend your application - CV, motivation letter, and proof of writing - to Ms. Manon Richard (mr@europanostra.org) & Ms. Sorina Neacsu (esach.ambassadors@gmail.com). Recommendation letters will be accepted but are not required. Please indicate your current country of residence. Pre-selected applicants will be invited to an online interview. Deadline for application: 16 January 2022 ABoutCovering 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. The European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH) is an international network of European 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. The European Heritage Tribune (EHT) is an independent news platform on cultural heritage in Europe. By sharing the latest heritage news from all European countries, the EHT informs, connects and inspires cultural heritage professionals and lovers. The EHT is a legacy of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The EHT answered the need for an overview of who is doing what, where and how. The ultimate goal of the EHT is to build bridges of understanding and to create new collaborations. Call for Intern & Volunteer at the World Heritage Watch
The World Heritage Watch is searching for new team members to fill two different positions: Intern (to work especially on Social Media and Fundraising) and Volunteer (who will contribute to our Social Media department). The intern position is full-time, based in Berlin, while the volunteer position is home-based and has a ca. 3 hours/week commitment. More information on how to apply here. Call for Papers & PostersNew perspectives in Public Archaeology: defining the present, projecting the future The department of Classics and Archaeology at Sapienza University Rome will host the 4th edition of “IAS - Incontri di Archeologia Sapienza” on 24-26 March 2022. Young researchers are now invited to submit their papers and posters on several related topics. Deadline for submissions: 17 December. More information here. Call
Apply for the ILUCIDARE challenge! Are you a motivated cultural professional with fresh ideas on how to leverage innovation to bring cultural heritage to the next level? Do you have an innovative business idea that can create a lasting impact for regions and communities? The ILUCIDARE challenge is an international competition rewarding creative ideas and changemakers worldwide on the topics of heritage, innovation, and international relations. Learn more. Call for European Heritage Days Stories 2022Do you know a special story about European cultural heritage that you would like to share? Are you doing exciting work with heritage in your community? Then, the European Heritage Days wants to hear from you! The call is a chance to share your heritage treasures with other communities in Europe. Your story will be published on the European Heritage Days website, and eligible organisations will also have the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to 10 000 EUR to fund an activity-focused community project. The Call is a competitive grant award initiative organised through the European Heritage Days joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Union. The initiative aims at identifying and enhancing the European dimension of heritage work undertaken by heritage communities in Europe. Learn more. Deadline: 17 January 2022. |
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