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Today, 22 November 2019, Croatia committed to working with 26 other European countries to digitise cultural heritage.

The European Commission will soon launch a call for tenders for a service contract of a maximum value of EUR 143.999.
The purpose of this call for tenders is to commission a study to analyse the application of Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on certain permitted uses of orphan works. The attached Tender Specifications describe the objectives and the tasks of this study (reference: SMART 2019/0042).

This expert group provides a forum for cooperation between Member States' bodies and the European Commission in the area of digitisation, online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation and gives guidance on Europeana’s annual work programmes under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
The Group also provides advice on specific policy issues where such advice is important for the development of Union policies or legislation (Commission Decision of 7/3/2017 setting up the Expert Group on Digital Cultural Heritage and Europeana).

‘A Season of Classic Films’ organised by Creative Europe closed its first edition on 27 October, on the occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, with the screening of ‘Lisbon Story - 25 years’ in the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frankfurt.

The Innovation Actions selected under this call (DT-Transformations-12-2018-2020) addressed the curation and preservation of digital assets. The action called for new technologies and methods that enable, among others, richer experiences, storytelling and the linking of physically separated objects and sites, and tangible and intangible heritage.

Virtual reality glasses and newly developed software help directors, actors, stage designers and other participants to plan the scenes of a theatre or film production realistically in advance. The technology developed under the direction of the University of Bremen in the "first.stage" project is also useful for animation studios.

Our precious cultural heritage can be easily and permanently damaged or even destroyed. Tragedies such as the fire at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris or the devastating earthquake in L’Aquila are vivid reminders that such threats are hard to prevent or predict, and the damage can happen in an instant. As in so many other areas, digital technologies have opened up new and better ways of preserving our cultural treasures.

This summer, European film classics will be screened in some of Europe's most iconic cultural heritage venues. From tomorrow until the end of September, classic films from across the EU will be screened free of charge in a wide variety of venues in 13 EU countries – from small towns to capital cities – highlighting Europe's rich and diverse cultural heritage. As part of the wider restoration and digitisation of heritage films, the event series “A Season of Classic Films” is supported by Creative Europe MEDIA programme.

In the upcoming months, more than 15.000 EU citizens will enjoy free screenings of classic European films in some of Europe’s most iconic cultural heritage venues.

On 19 June, Bulgarian Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Maria Koleva signed three Declarations launched at Digital Day 2019 in the presence of Deputy Director General of DG CNECT, Claire Bury.