2015... the European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year.
... An idea  once launched by volunteers and voluntary associations now becomes reality !

INVITATION TO JOIN THE KICK-OFF MEETING IN BRUSSELS: MARCH 6th


In every European country the "European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year" is developing faster and broader than we - and many others - did or even ever could expect. 
Everywhere initiatives are launched bottom-up by volunteers and associations. Activities and events are scheduled by grassroots organizations. 
Many thanks to all those who now are now devoting themselves to turn the "European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year" into a success ! 

* 2015 will be the momentum for and a real celebration of the European industrial heritage in every country. 
* 2015 will show and prove the value and the importance and often uniqueness of this heritage to the general public, politicians and authorities, its power to create identities and the opportunities it holds for the future. 
* 2015 will be a tribute to all those voluntary associations who are at the spearhead of initiatives and developments. Without their devotion and efforts a large part of the heritage would have gone, forever. And without them we would even today loose large parts of our industrial and technical heritage. 
* 2015, the European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year therefore will be and should be an hommage to the non-paid and unselfish dedication of so many, within organizations or individually. 
* 2015 should be a first but important step, a start to continue and build further on for the years to come !

The official kick-off meeting of 2015 European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year will take place on
  Friday March 6th
  at the Committee of the Regions of the European Union
  Belliardstraat / Rue Belliard 99 in Brussels
  ---> You are cordially invited to this meeting. Participation is free, but one has to register in advance and before March 3rd on the website of the European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year: http://industrialheritage2015.eu/Brussels20150306
 
And 
* If your organisation or institution is organising or planning a special event to take part in the 2015 European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year, add the logo of the Year to your webpage and announcements. Inform the secretariat as soon as possible of your initiative: send us a notice in your mother tongue together with (if possible) a short translation in English, French or German. This allows us to include the event in the general calendar of the year. 
* One of the main aims of the 2015 European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year is to promote contacts and co-operation of associations and volunteers across borders, throug for example twinning and setting up joint cross-border projects - so look to what others are doing in other countries and join efforts. . 
* A number of Europe-wide projects will be launched and announced during the kick-off meeting in Brussels on March 6th: on factory chimneys, mills, endangered industrial heritage, a youth programme,... 
* And, last but not least, the general theme of then European Heritage Days will be the industrial and technical heritage - a heritage which, in September, in the majority of the 46 countries participating in the EHDs will be placed prominently in the spotlights and presented to a large public. 

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The news on the 2015 Industrial and Technical Heritage Year 2015 can be found at http://www.industrialheritage2015.eu (under construction) - where one can register for a newsletter and to join the discussion forums
There is also a Twitter account: https://twitter.com/EFAITH2015
A page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/europeanindustrialheritage
A group 'European Industrial Heritage' also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/151455077757/
and a similar group on LinkedIn : : https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1802953
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E-FAITH
the European Federation of Associations of Industrial and Technical Heritage
secretariat @ e-faith.org
http://www.e-faith.org