• 22-07-2026
  • Smallepad 5, Amersfoort
Network meeting

On 22 July the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands  (RCE) will host an international networking event at its premises in Amersfoort.

During the event 20 African urban professionals will share their experiences in heritage management with the Dutch heritage field. In a range of parallel workshops topical, global issues will be addressed like climate change and water challenges, urban revitalization and densification, adaptive re-use and sustainable development, governance and stakeholder participation.

This event is for professionals from the Dutch and international fields of heritage and the spatial domain. Participants of the UHS training – 20 professionals from partner countries of the International Cultural Policy – are eager to share their experiences with Dutch colleagues at this event.

The event is organised on the occasion of the summer course Urban Heritage Strategies, organised by the RCE in close collaboration with the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Since this is an international network event, the language used is English.

This event takes place on location, and will not be streamed online.

Programme

TimePart
13.00Registration
13.30Start programme
13.40

Keynote 'A shifting city centre in Zanzibar - international collaboration from A to Z, and back' by Berend van der Lans

14.00

Workshops (three rounds)

  • Static Heritage in an Era of Dynamic Urbanism
  • Hydro-Heritage: Gamifying Water Values in African Cities
  • Heritage as Living Infrastructure: How Impact Hub Grows Communities for Urban Cities
  • Youth and Heritage: from Policy to Practice
  • Urban Densification of Historical Towns in the Netherlands
  • Opwallen: Reimagining Amsterdam's Historic City Centre
  • Applying Knowledge from the Past to Combat Climate Change and Tackle Water Problems
  • Cast in Colonial Bronze: Spatial Justice, Gendered Memory, and the Afterlives of Leopold II
  • Intangible Heritage... Can I touch this
17.00Closing and opportunity to network with drinks

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