Networks of Cultural Heritage of the Community of Madrid
A program to connect people through projects with social and sustainable value
networks is
A space to promote and make visible initiatives that promote the social, participatory and sustainable management of cultural heritage in the territory of the Community of Madrid.
It arises from local environments and from a small scale and its mission is to connect experiences and territorial actors, promote the transfer of knowledge and share projects as cases of good practices.
Networks is:
networks is
For whom it is?
It is a program that puts its protagonists at the center: people, professionals and territorial actors involved in management models that prioritize a sustainable, collaborative vision with social value.
The enabling medium is through networking and connecting nodes.
It is a space to build conversations and share knowledge and experiences.
A place for active listening and interaction, a space to create synergies.
we want to add
We want to add:
- Territorial actors such as associations, professionals, companies, experts or neighbors... who are promoters or collaborators in cultural heritage management projects.
- Facilitating assets such as organizations or institutions that support, promote and make visible sustainable, social and participatory management.
Best Practices
Who is part?
Networks are made up of the people, the connections, the synergies and the conversations that take place.
The Networks unit is the project or initiative as a connecting element. Projects or programs are those that generate debate, knowledge and synergies.
Find out about the projects selected as good practices:
social archeology
At the El Rebollar site in El Boalo
Traditional holidays
A Heritage Community of the Sierra Norte
Local, social and educational development
At the La Cabilda site
Classroom for learning and social inclusion
At the site of the Old Castle in Manzanares El Real
Dry Stone Recovery
In the Sierra del Rincón Biosphere Reserve
Inhabit the Esparto
In Villarejo de Salvanés
Traditional music and instruments
Enhancement of music and instruments of oral tradition in rural areas
My Landscape
Exploring the cultural landscape through photography
Decalogue
Networking has for the purpose of promoting territorial structuring and social cohesion through the value that cultural heritage has for society.
It is aligned with the values of social innovation, open government practices and the principles of sustainable management.
Know the strategy: a living decalogue
Redes wants to support management that:
- Build alliances
- Make visible the social value
- Power the knowledge
- Bet on a integrated approach
- Give value to the process
- Build participatory governance
- Create dialogue and communication
- Promotes shared responsibility
- Encourage good practice
- Sum through digital connectivity
This decalogue has been built through the participation of 23 territorial actors and the analysis of key international and national documents that face the challenges of social and sustainable management. It is a living document that will evolve over time with the development and evolution of networks.
Development
During the definition process, a vision and three key statements have been co-designed that unite the strategy with the operational needs from the territory.
It is a program whose objectives arise from:
add social value to communities through the sense of belonging, cohesion and civic participation...
... starting from the pre-existing in the territory, linking citizens, local development and collaboration.
«Starting from the activities that the neighbors are developing to give them back the leading role. Hear what they are doing and build together»
«Small or ethnographic heritage builds identity and creates emotional links with the territory»
«From the local perspective, it is of great value that cultural heritage projects are linked to local development»
Networks is built through three vectors
Networks is built through three vectors:
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Bet on projects who build alliances, create synergies and encourage diversity...
…with the aim of adding different perspectives en equality of representation. Counting on the territorial actors; from experts to local associations, companies and civil society.
"We must ask ourselves:
Who are the people who will receive our intervention?
Are we favoring their linkage?»
"A single perspective can answer the challenges it is necessary to involve diverse actors"
Aligned with the SDGs:
17. ALLIANCES TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES |
17.11. EFFECTIVE ALLIANCES IN THE SPHERESPUBLIC, PUBLIC-PRIVATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY |
16. PEACE, JUSTICE AND SOLID INSTITUTIONS |
16.7. INCLUSIVE, PARTICIPATORY DECISIONS |
10. REDUCE INEQUALITIES |
10.2. SOCIAL INCLUSION. Cultural diversity to improve mutual understanding |
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Develop training and education to promote the structuring and territorial development...
… generating knowledge at the service of society, relying on people and through educational resources for the community.
"Involving territorial actors in scientific research helps to value heritage and their own identity"
"Citizen mobilization is achieved through training and education"
«It is necessary to add stages for socialization, to communicate
and transmit the Cultural Heritage»
Aligned with the SDGs:
11. CITIES AND
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11.4 PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
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4. QUALITY EDUCATION |
4.7. COMPETENCES FOR SUSTAINABILITY: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE TO PROMOTE (among other things) WORLD CITIZENSHIP, THE VALUE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF CULTURE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT |
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Promotes a sustainable approach and integrated...
… from local and small-scale settings through cross-cutting management with shared powers between culture, environment and local development.
«In rural or small-scale areas, cultural heritage should contribute to generating wealth and enhancing the identity of the peoples»
«From the local scale, the perspectives of development, social function and educational work are valued»
Aligned with the SDGs:
8. WORK
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8.3. ENTREPRENEURSHIP, CREATIVITY, INNOVATION.
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8.2. ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, DIVERSIFICATION,
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12. SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION |
12. b. SUSTAINABLE TOURISM THAT PROMOTES
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15. ECOSYSTEMS
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15. 9. INTEGRATE THE VALUES OF ECOSYSTEMS
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Join Networks
Who is part?
Networks are made up of the people, the connections, the synergies and the conversations that take place.
The Networks unit is the project or initiative as a connecting element. Projects or programs are those that generate debate, knowledge and synergies.
How to participate?
To be part of Networks you can:
Join the community or present a project to incorporate it as a connecting element.
The form of adhesion begins if you share the Redes values, subscribe to our decalogue and want to contribute and share with others.
If you also have a project that stands out for its social, participatory and/or social value, tell us about it by sending the completed form to the email: sgpc@madrid.org
More Resources
- Thematic Indicators for Culture in the 2030 Agenda. Sustainable Development Goals.
- Framework Convention of the Council of Europe on the value of Cultural Heritage for society. 2005
- Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
Budapest Declaration (2002)
Strategic Action Plan (2011-2021) - Institutions that learn. HIP: A model of Public Innovation for the Post-Covid Era
- COMPACT Engaging Local Communities in the Stewardship of World Heritage.
Involve local communities in World Heritage management - Declaration of Buenos Aires on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2018).
- The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance. (Donkey Charter), 1979.
- Quebec Declaration.
- Heritage Education Plan of the Community of Madrid. 2019-2023