Evaluation of Euromed Heritage II Programme

Launched in late 2000 with a budget of 30 million euros, Euromed Heritage II declared the following priorities:

• Promote knowledge
  Development of research, communication and inventories of material and immaterial heritage.
• Human resources
  Development of innovative training systems and exchange of know how.
• Development (in the field of cultural heritage)
  Integrated management of heritage, awareness of heritage in related economic sectors, and public and private investment.

Euromed Heritage II follows on from Euromed Heritage I, with some adjustments in such features as grant size (maximum EUR 3,000,000), percentage of costs covered by the by Community funding (80%), and geographic spread of applications (at least two European Union countries and the largest possible number of Mediterranean partners).

The evaluation is based on an intensive analysis of five sample projects: selected for the review with the intention of learning from their successes. It is expected that the Regional Monitoring and Support Unit will issue a compendium of recommandations to avoid failure in managing projects.

For intangible heritage, the projects are MediMuses and MedVoices; for tangible heritage, Patrimoines Partages and Temper; and for territorial (regional) cultural systems, Delta. In addition, it examined the performance and activities of the Rome based Regional Monitoring Support Unit (RMSU), with attention to their delivery of technical assistance and monitoring of projects.

The RMSU: Delivering Technical Assistance and Monitoring

The RMSU demonstrates highly satisfactory overall performance. It was hampered at the outset by the very late start date, and therefore was in a position of rectifying a serious backlog of problems.

Evaluation of Euromed Heritage II (pdf file)
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by Dr. June Taboroff and Pam van de Bunt, Public Administration International