Driving digital transformation in Cultural Heritage Institutions

Digital transformation implies several complementary actions that the cultural heritage institutions are demanded to cope with.
Digitisation of cultural heritage is just the beginning of a longer process that is expected to land the cultural heritage sector in a new dimension made of shared data, adoption of new standards, understanding of the technological challenges, awareness of the social implications, engagement of human resources, financial investments and much more.
In this endeavour, understanding the landscape of European policies and strategic visions is crucial for orienting the efforts of the public and private sectors.
The main programmes, recommendations, reports and action plans published by the institutions of the European Union will be illustrated in the keynote speech delivered in the webinar.
The topics of Horizon Europe and Digital Europe programmes will be presented with a focus on cultural contents, namely the pillar 2 of Horizon Europe, the development of the collaborative cultural cloud for cultural heritage (ECCCH) and the common European data space for cultural heritage.
The Recommendation of the European Commission to the Member States of November 2021 will also be considered with regard to the whole dimension of the production and management of 3D cultural contents.
Also the research infrastructures for cultural heritage, specifically DARIAH and ERHIS, will be considered as part of the whole scenario of policies and strategies for the digital transformation of cultural heritage.