Objective
HeritageCircle advances constructive and ethical approaches to discussing, interpreting, presenting, and reusing Europe’s dissonant and contentious heritage. It creates a cross-sectoral Community of Practice to connect stakeholders from academia, policy, practice, civil society, cultural and creative industries. Through these communities, HeritageCircle mobilises knowledge from existing research and practice, develops shared methodologies, and co-creates a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda that sets out future directions for heritage-related work in Europe.
The project addresses urgent challenges: the political manipulation of heritage, marginalisation of minority narratives, tensions tied to histories of violence and oppression, silencing of difficult pasts in tourism and education, and the misuse of heritage in the digital sphere. To respond, HeritageCircle establishes the Space for Productive Heritage Engagement (SPHERE), a sustainable digital hub for collaboration, capacity building, and dissemination. SPHERE will curate tools, resources, and outputs, ensuring long-term access and dialogue.
By systematically mapping policies, projects, and practices, HeritageCircle identifies gaps and needs, and tests reflexive and inclusive methodologies in pilots and incubators across Europe. Outputs include the Guide to Dealing with Heritage Dissonance, the Careful Dialogues Training Guide, capacity building, educational, heritage presentation toolkits, and participatory governance models. These will empower municipalities, NGOs, educators, heritage organisations, and CCIs to integrate plural narratives, design sustainable tourism products, and strengthen local ownership.
Policy recommendations and the SRIA will channel insights from local practice to the European level, guiding future research, innovation, and policy frameworks. Together, these efforts ensure heritage dissonance is not a liability but a driver of resilience, intercultural dialogue, social justice, and inclusive democratic values.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- social sciences educational sciences didactics
- social sciences sociology governance
- social sciences political sciences political policies civil society civil society organisations nongovernmental organizations
- humanities history and archaeology history
- social sciences law human rights
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Keywords
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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HORIZON.2.2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society
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HORIZON.2.2.2 - Cultural Heritage
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Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL2-2025-01
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Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.