European Heritage Label
EDUC-V/004
European Heritage Label
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
- warmly welcomes the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the Council by which the European Union would establish a European Heritage Label distinct from the UNESCO World Heritage List and the Council of Europe’s European Cultural Routes.
- finds that the European Commission's proposal respects the subsidiarity principle. Stresses, however, the importance of respecting the competences of regional and local authorities when countries are choosing their candidates and when the final selection is being made at European level.
- believes that once an initial appraisal of the scheme has been performed, it should then be opened up to third countries in Europe – for example, as part of enlargement and neighbourhood policies – in order to lay the foundation of values, beyond economic and geostrategic interests, needed for uniting Europe.
- calls for the Committee of the Regions – given the deep involvement of local and regional authorities in the management and enhancement of heritage – to be involved in the final selection process at Union level through the appointment of a European panel member, as in the case of the European Capitals of Culture.
- suggests a maximum of three candidate sites per Member State in order to leave the European panel enough discretion and to encourage countries to compete with one another
- warmly welcomes the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the Council by which the European Union would establish a European Heritage Label distinct from the UNESCO World Heritage List and the Council of Europe’s European Cultural Routes.
- finds that the European Commission's proposal respects the subsidiarity principle. Stresses, however, the importance of respecting the competences of regional and local authorities when countries are choosing their candidates and when the final selection is being made at European level.
- believes that once an initial appraisal of the scheme has been performed, it should then be opened up to third countries in Europe – for example, as part of enlargement and neighbourhood policies – in order to lay the foundation of values, beyond economic and geostrategic interests, needed for uniting Europe.
- calls for the Committee of the Regions – given the deep involvement of local and regional authorities in the management and enhancement of heritage – to be involved in the final selection process at Union level through the appointment of a European panel member, as in the case of the European Capitals of Culture.
- suggests a maximum of three candidate sites per Member State in order to leave the European panel enough discretion and to encourage countries to compete with one another
