Heritage in the Atlantic Area: sustainability of the urban world heritage sites

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2023-03-02

Description

Description (EN):

The urban World Heritage sites (WHS) represent an important cultural value in the context of the Atlantic Area. The AtlaS.WH project intends to create a network of urban WHS, by addressing common challenges related to the protection of their identity, while enhancing their cultural assets, in order to stimulate heritage-led economic and cultural development. AtlaS.WH will be an important step for their preservation, enhancement and sustainability. The main objectives are: i) To address, within a common methodology, the main challenges that each WHS is facing, including tourism, gentrification, risk management, climate change, energy efficiency, among others; ii) To develop strategies and public policies for the sustainability of urban WHS; iii) To create governance models, open to the community, integrated and participative; iv) To develop management tools, recommendation guides, assessment and measurement models; v) To create a long-lasting network of WHS, in order to disseminate best practices and to reinforce cooperation. The main result will be the Sustainability Plans for each WHS, by implementing an integrated and participative management and monitoring model, which arises from the common construction of a methodology and the exchange of know-how and best practices.

Achievements (EN):

The urban World Heritage Sites (WHS) represent an important cultural value in the context of the Atlantic Area. ATLAS.WH project aims to create a network of urban WHS by addressing common challenges related to the protection of their identity, while enhancing their cultural assets, in order to stimulate heritage-led economic and cultural development. Each of these WHS faces challenges related to tourism, population, risk management, climate change, energy efficiency, among others. This long-lasting network facilitates the dissemination of good practices, the development of strategies, public policies, governance models and the strengthening of cooperation with a view to urban sustainability and the social well-being of populations. Throughout ATLAS.WH, several studies were carried out to better understand the reality of each WHS and to develop a common approach to the identified challenges, namely: “Diagnostic Study”; “Thematic Study on Common Challenges”; “Methodology” and “Firenze, Santiago de Compostela, Edinburgh, Porto, Bordeaux: mind the map”. These studies served to inform the Management and Sustainability Plans whose elaboration and implementation is one of the main objectives of this project. Each plan is used to effectively manage the site, taking into account current challenges and to protect, sustain and enhance the Site’s Outstanding Universal Value. The transnational partnership publicised the results for the Atlantic Area cities and beyond, which could be replicated and adapted, spurring heritage-led economic development. "The Atlas World Heritage project has benefited the city of Edinburgh and the Council greatly by sharing the latest best practice and learning across international boundaries in sustainable heritage management research - providing frameworks, principles, methods and forums for discussion on how to shape the next management plan for our World Heritage Site off the back of the expertise afforded by the project.” Christina Sinclair Director, Edinburgh World Heritage.

Website: http://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

An initial diagnosis will cover the state of the art of each World Heritage Site (WHS), regarding buildings, public realm, inhabitants, economic activities, tourism, environment and climate change risks. A Methodology for the Sustainability and Governance of each WHS will be proposed and an additional thematic study on critical challenges will be carried out.

Expected Outputs (EN):

• A common open database will be created and will feed the future monitoring and benchmarking processes; • Management and sustainability plans for each WHS, enabling a powerful instrument for effective management, taking into account today’s challenges and the protection, sustainability and enhancement of their universal heritage value; • Guides for technical recommendations, capacity building training sessions for the managers and staff of each WHS, and the evaluation of all methodology and monitoring process implemented; • Knowledge transfer sessions, as well as local training for professionals and awareness-raising sessions for schools.

Thematic information

Urban development Cultural heritage and arts

Specific Objective: Enhancing natural and cultural assets to stimulate economic development

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06c) Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Municipio do Porto

Address: Porto, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 603 980.00

ERDF budget: EUR 452 985.00

Bordeaux Métropole

Name: Bordeaux Métropole

Address: Bordeaux, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 379 330.00

ERDF budget: EUR 284 497.50

Comune di Frienze

Name: Comune di Frienze

Address: Florence, Italy

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 242 525.00

ERDF budget: EUR 181 893.75

Consorcio de la Ciudad de Santiago de Compostela

Name: Consorcio de la Ciudad de Santiago de Compostela

Address: Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 183 330.00

ERDF budget: EUR 137 497.50

Edinburgh World Heritage

Name: Edinburgh World Heritage

Address: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 413 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 310 125.00

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Summary

Project name (EN): Heritage in the Atlantic Area: sustainability of the urban world heritage sites

Project name (PT): Património no Espaço Atlântico: sustentabilidade dos sítios urbanos património mundial

Project name (FR): Patrimoine dans l'Espace Atlantique: la durabilité des sites urbains patrimoine mondial

Project name (ES): Patrimonio en el Espacio Atlántico: la sostenibilidad de los sitios urbanos patrimonio mundial

Project acronym: AtlaSWH

Project start date: 2017-12-01

Project end date: 2020-11-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 822 665.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 366 998.75

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 366 998.75.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Brochures / magazines / manuals

Methodology for the development of Management Plans for Urban World Heritage Sites

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2020-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Thematic Study on common challenges

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Diagnosis Study of urban WH sites in the AA

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2018-08-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

World Heritage Site experiences in managing Governance, Population and Tourism issues

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

Inception report - an analysis of Interreg projects focused on heritage management, World Heritage and sustainability

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-21

Document date: 2018-07-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2021-08-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

71 / 71 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

718 / 718 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.atlanticarea.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2023-02-02 and 2024 01 30. Fields project name and description (from 23 projects) translated from Spanish into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: @BluePortS, 4H-CREAT, ACCESS2SEA, AGEO, AGRITOX, ALERTOX-NET, AtlanticFoodExport, ATLANTIC-KET-MED, AT-VIRTUAL, AYCH, CABFishMAN, CircularSeas, COCKLES, CONSORTEX, FAN-BEST, iFADO, IN 4.0, JONAS, MONITOOL, NANOCULTURE, PROTOATLANTIC, SIRMA and USER-FACTOR.

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