14:00 | Registration and coffee
14:30 | Welcome
- Brendan Burns, EESC Member, President of the study group
Opening speech
- Luca Jahier, EESC President
Introduction
- Tom Jones, EESC Member, Rapporteur
14:50 | Session 1 : EYCH 2018 - what has been planned and achieved so far
- Guido Castellano, Deputy Head of Unit – Conception and Consistency of Rural Development,DG AGRI, European Commission
- Rodolphe de Looz-Corswarem, Executive President of the European Historic Houses Association, Member of the Board of Europa Nostra, member of the network "European Heritage Alliance 3.3"Europa Nostra
- Brigitte Myle, Coordinator of EYCH 2018 in Flanders (Belgium)
- Anne Grady, National expert – Cultural Heritage/ EYCH 2018, Cultural Policy Unit, DG EAC, European Commission
Q&A
15:50 | Session 2 : Specific aspects of rural cultural heritage
Villages and their cultural heritage
- Alex Meszmer, artist and curator, Co-director of the Transitory Museum at Phyn, Vice President of Culture Action Europe
Economic and social value of cultural heritage
- Lisanne Raderschall, Policy Analyst, Regional and Rural Policy, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities at the OECD
Cultural heritage of landscapes & buildings
- Delphine Dupeux, Senior Policy Officer - European Affairs, European Landowners' Organization / European Historic Houses Association
Crafts and skills
- Lene Noer, Grasslands
Building bridges between rural and urban
- Lone Leth Larsen, International cultural adviser, Central Denmark EU Office
Innovative ways of presenting and transferring cultural heritage
- The Piscu School, Romania (video)
Q&A
17:20 | Conclusions by the rapporteur and next steps
Participants can speak in ES, EN, FR, IT and listen to ES, EN, FR