What are EU countries expected to do to help Europeana?
Europeana is a project implemented by the EU’s leading cultural institutions, fully engaged with the objective of bringing Europe’s cultural heritage online. The national Ministers responsible for culture and audiovisual affairs have warmly welcomed the creation of Europeana. On 20 November 2008, they adopted Council Conclusions that underline the importance of Europeana for making Europe’s cultural heritage accessible for all on the Internet ( MEMO/08/546 ) . The Commission has asked EU countries to support Europeana in different ways: * by investing in digitisation, so more content will become accessible through Europeana, and by setting up national portals that can serve as aggregators bringing content into Europeana. * by making Europeana known to the public * by making a direct financial contribution to Europeana as a sponsor.
