European Heritage Policy Agora 2025

15 October 2025 | 09.00 – 13.30 CEST | Zweig Visitor Centre, European Parliament

Organised within the framework of the EU-funded Agora project, and co-hosted with the European Parliament, this event will offer a most inspiring platform to (re)discover and celebrate Europe’s shared cultural roots and values. This year’s Policy Agora will bring together historians, policymakers, civil society and cultural leaders to explore how Europe’s rich and diverse heritage can foster unity amid diversity and address contemporary challenges.

Featuring a Europa Nostra Annual Lecture by the renowned British historian Orlando Figes, an expert panel discussion with Members of the European Parliament, and a screening of the documentary “Une saga de l’Europe culturelle, au cœur du XIXe siècle” (ARTE TV, Bel Air Média, Centre Européen de Musique, and Centre d’Études d’Europe Hispanique), the Policy Agora will highlight the vital role of culture and history in shaping European identity and strengthening the European project.

The latest version of the Programme of the Agora can be read here.

Join this flagship event at the Zweig Visitor Centre of the European Parliament and engage in the conversation on how cultural heritage can build much-needed bridges between Europe’s citizens — across borders and generations.

Zweig Visitor Centre, European Parliament © European Union 2022 – Source: EP

The European Heritage Policy Agora is organised in the frame of the European Cultural Heritage Summit 2025, taking place from 12 to 15 October in Brussels, Belgium. For the full programme of the Summit, please visit www.europanostra.org/european-heritage-summit.

Organised by Europa Nostra and co-funded by the European Union, the Brussels Summit will gather high-level representatives from EU Institutions, policymakers, heritage professionals and volunteers, civil society actors and other stakeholders from across Europe and beyond.

Holding this year’s European Cultural Heritage Summit in Brussels has a particular significance at a time when the European Commission is about to publish the EU’s very first “Culture Compass for Europe” and when EU Institutions and Member States have started discussing the EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework Programme. This is why the Summit will be held under the motto “Heritage Matters for Europe”!