Culture Heritage as a
Resource for
Regional Development
Per-Olof Remmare
Sustainable Development Division
Heritage Department
Swedish National Heritage Board
The National Heritage
Board’s vision
Heritage for today’s world – accessible,
useful and vital
Our mission
• The National Heritage Board will play a
proactive, inspirational and coordinating
role in the heritage sector.
• Our knowledge and expertise will be
widely recognised and in great demand.
The National Heritage Board
is a government authority responsible for:
• the preservation, enrichment
and use of the cultural heritage
• enhancing the cultural heritage as a
resource for sustainable development
• the direction of cultural heritage
management in accordance with
environmental quality targets
Focus for 2004–2006
1. Strategic monitoring and evaluation
of development in society
2. Relevant knowledge and competence
within the sector
3. Greater participation and wider
responsibility on the part of the
surrounding society
4. Tools and systems for effective cultural
resource management
Facts about the National
Heritage Board 2005
• Staff: just over 400
• Governmental funding:
MSEK
Operating grant
“
Heritage conservation grant “
Research and development “
• Visitors to the historic sites
and monuments
About 1 million annually
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The Director-General
is called Inger Liliequist and took office in
the spring of 2003.
Contact:
National Heritage Board
Box 5405, 114 84 Stockholm
Tel. +46-8–5191 8000
Fax +46-8–660 72 84
E-mail: [email protected]
www.raa.se
Visitors: Storgatan 41, Stockholm
International co-operation
• With UNESCO on cultural heritage
conventions
• With the Nordic Council of ministers,
the Council of Europe and ICCROM
• With Sida (the Swedish International
Development Co-operation Agency)
and developing countries
• Within the Baltic Sea region
• Information about the EU's five-year
Culture 2000 programme
EU programmes
• Structure Funds
• Research and development programmes
• Culture 2000
• Interreg
• Media Plus
EU-related activities
• To monitor cultural heritage aspects in
relation to the various EU programmes
• To provide information to the Swedish
heritage sector of the possibilities of
assistance and co-operation which
the EU has to offer
• Information about the EU’s five-year
Culture 2000 programme
The UNESCO
World Heritage List
A World Heritage site is a place of
natural or cultural interest which is so
valuable that it is important for the whole
of humanity. It is a place, site,
environment, or object which provides
unique testimony to the history of the
earth and of mankind.
World Heritage sites in
Sweden
• The Laponian Area
• The Church Town
of Gammelstad
• The High Coast
• Falun and Kopparbergslagen
• Engelsberg Ironworks
• Birka/Hovgården
• Drottningholm Palace
• The Skogskyrkogården
Cemetery, Stockholm
• The Tanum Rock
Carvings
• The Hanseatic town
of Visby
• The agricultural
landscape of
Southern Öland
• The Karlskrona Naval
Dockyard
• Varberg Radio
Station
Swedish National Heritage
Board and Regional
Development
• Assignment from the Government
• Culture Heritage and Business
• Culture Heritage and Health
• Structure Funds (EU)
• Rural Development
• Urban Forum/Life in the Urban Landscape
• Co-operation with other countries
• Research & Development programme 20062010
Uppdaterad: 2003-06-13
What is our message?
How do we act?
• Methods
• Perspective
• Analysis and Evaluations
• Indicators
• Co-financing
• Part of a National Dialogue between
Authorities, but on others conditions (NUTEK)
• Conferences and Meetings (own/others)
Uppdaterad: 2003-06-13
Conclusions
During the last ten years Culture and Culture
Heritage have a more advanced position in the
Sustainable Regional Development
Year 2005 – 35% of the errends of Culture
Heritage preservation were co-financed with EU
structure funds. 28 mkr gave >75 mkr in eleven
Counties
Uppdaterad: 2003-06-13
Present situation
Steering national documents
National Policy for Regional sustainable
Development and well-functioning Local labour
market regions 2007-2013
- 1 national program
- 8 transregional programs
National Rural Development program 2007-2013
- 21 regional programs (one for each county)
Analysis of Regional Programs
-Culture and Culture Heritage
8 themes in Regional Development programs:
• Tourism
• Life Environment
• Business
• Image and Marketing
• Culture Competence as Advantage for Company
• Basis for Co-operation
• Promotion for Creativity
• Promotion for Health
Uppdaterad: 2003-06-13
Culture Heritage and Business
– Åsens by, Aneby municipality
• Farm with Cattle, Garden, Guide, Café,
Buildingpreservations, Theme-days, Sale,
Bead & breakfast, Educational activities for
children
• Economic Association Haurida sockenråd, Local
initiative, Economic contribution from Aneby
municipality, anslag 28:26, structure fond (tom
2003)
• 50 000 Visitors each year (27 000 bought
something) Generates 17 full time jobs, 1,8 mkr
in taxes to the Municipality and 0,8 mkr to the
County Council
Uppdaterad: 2003-06-13
Dialogue and Knownledge about the
Actors
Challenges for the Present and
for the Future
• What and how to prioritize?
• Give priority to areas near cities and urban
landscape with more inhabitants?
• How democratic is the Swedish Model?
• How find a Comprehensive view in a Sectorized
division of Authorities?
• Shall National Heritage Boards deal with tasks
like Regional Development?
Uppdaterad: 2003-06-13