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Europeana Network Association

Acronym: ENA

General Information

Identification Code: 077220432108-21
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Entity Form: Association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 7/19/2018
Last Update: 9/8/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Europeana empowers the cultural heritage sector in its digital transformation by developing expertise, tools and policies to embrace digital change and encourage partnerships that foster innovation. Europeana is made possible by the collaboration of three interlinked expert organisations who share the vision of a cultural heritage sector transformed by digital, and a Europe transformed by culture. Together, we call this ecosystem the Europeana Initiative. Europeana Network Association (ENA) is one of the three pillars of the Europeana Initiative, beside the Europeana Foundation and the Europeana Aggregators' Forum. It is is a strong and democratic community of experts working in the field of digital cultural heritage, united by a shared mission to expand and improve access to Europe's digital cultural heritage. The goal of the Association is to support the long-term sustainability of Europeana Initiative and collectively influence and shape it.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Communication
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: The Association (ENA) supports the mission and overall advocacy activities of the Europeana Initiative. This includes ENA Chair co-signing various correspondence of the Europeana Initiative towards the European Commission. The ENA was regularly consulted and provided input into development of the Europeana Strategy 2020-2025.
Communication Activities: Between 22 June and 14 September 2020, the European Commission ran an online consultation to investigate the “Opportunities Offered By Digital Technologies For The Cultural Heritage Sector”. On behalf of the Europeana Initiative, together with the Foundation and the EAF, ENA submitted a common position paper that underlines elements critical to executing the Europeana Strategy 2020-2025 and to realising the potential of digital cultural heritage for the recovery of Europe. Reference: https://pro.europeana.eu/page/europeana-initiative-position-consultation-on-opportunities-offered-by-digital-technologies On behalf of the ENA, Sofie Taes was appointed the ENA representative in the Commission Expert Group on the common European Data Space for Cultural Heritage (CEDCHE). Reference:https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/expert-group-common-european-data-space-cultural-heritage - Regular events are organised by the Europeana Initiative with the European Union (Commission, presidencies of the Council).
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Sub-group of the Expert Group on the Common European Data Space for Cultural Heritage#E03800/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103212 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Professionals
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5
Post Code: 2595 BE
City: Den Haag
Country: NETHERLANDS
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EU Office

Address: Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5
Post Code: 2595 BE
City: Den Haag
Country: NETHERLANDS
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: All funding for the Europeana Network Association is provided by the Europeana Foundation from the Europeana Digital Service Infrastructure funding (DSI4) under procurement of the European Commission's funding. In 2022, the overall Association budget amounted to 49,500 Euros. The Association operation budget consisted of three categories of expenses: travel costs related to the Members Council and Management Board, other costs (elections and meeting related costs), and funding for the Association Communities and Task Forces.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 2
Info Members: The Association currently has almost 4000 members. There are 36 elected representatives on the Members Council, and 6 of them on the Management Board, who work on a voluntary but active basis, and have contact with the EU institutions whenever applicable. There are also 2 persons working a 100% of the time to support functioning of the Association (secretariat activities).

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://pro.europeana.eu/network-association/network-members https://pro.europeana.eu/network-association/members-council
Organisation Members: ENA is not officially affiliated with any other organisation.