All over Europe, our shared cultural heritage is faced with increasing threats: natural and human-made disasters, climate-change impacts, conflicts, neglect, unsuitable development or lack of funds.
If you know of important heritage in Europe that is endangered, nominate it for the 7 Most Endangered programme 2024 and join us in our efforts to save our heritage! Both tangible and intangible heritage are eligible for the programme, regardless of whether it is publicly or privately owned.
Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to Europe’s and the world’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The 2024 edition of the 7 Most Endangered Programme especially invites nominations of heritage endangered by current or projected climate change hazards, including compounding and cascading risks. Nominations of heritage endangered by both slow onset events (sea level rise, changing seasonality) and rapid onset events (wildfires, extreme flooding) are welcomed.
Furthermore, in acknowledgment of the significant crises prevailing on our continent, including conflicts, post-conflict environments, and natural disasters, we strongly encourage applications from individuals and organisations who live in these affected areas.
Launched in 2013, the 7 Most Endangered Programme forms part of a civil society campaign to save Europe’s endangered heritage. In most cases, the listing of an endangered site serves as a catalyst and incentive for the mobilisation of necessary public or private support, including funding. The listed sites are also eligible for an EIB Heritage Grant of €10,000 per site to assist in implementing an agreed activity that will contribute to saving the threatened sites. Discover here the 56 threatened monuments and heritage sites from 31 countries across Europe that have been selected since 2013.
The 7 Most Endangered Programme is run by Europa Nostra – the European Voice of Civil Society Committed to Cultural and Natural Heritage – in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute. It also has the support of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union as part of Europa Nostra’s network project European Cultural Heritage Agora.
For more information: Call for Nominations
For online submissions: 7mostendangered.eu/nominate
Deadline for nominations: 15 September 2023
Europa Nostra will host the webinar “Why and how to submit a nomination for the 7 Most Endangered Programme 2024?” on 6 September 2023 from 13:00 to 14:00 CEST. The webinar will outline the background of the 7 Most Endangered Programme and provide practical information and tips on how to best prepare and submit your nominations. The webinar is free of charge but registration is compulsory by 5 September.
