About the project
Did you know that heritage organisations are key actors in climate dialogue to inspire behavioral changes and action? DACCHE brings together five partners from three countries dedicated to the preservation and renewal of important heritage sites.
Our aim
To empower local communities by building their capacity to understand, respond, communicate, and facilitate mitigation of the impacts of climate change and green transition on cultural landscapes and heritage sites. This involves using a citizen engagement approach, as well as visualising local impacts on sites, landscapes, artifacts, and intangible practices through transmedia storytelling and digital solutions.
Project motivation
The NPA region is particularly vulnerable to climate change due to its heavy reliance on nature, proximity to the Arctic, and fragile local economies and poses a threat to cultural heritage, including landscapes and traditions. The importance of preserving and renewing is a strong motivator for action, and heritage plays a crucial role in encouraging people to engage in action.
Target Group
Our focus at DACCHE is to establish a dialogue and collaborate with people and organisations in the NPA regions, with a special emphasis on youth. We aim to engage with diverse entities, including regional and national public authorities, sectoral agencies, interest groups (including NGOs), higher education and research organizations, education/training centers and schools, SMEs, and business support organizations. If you're part of any of these groups and have questions or ideas, feel free to get in touch!
Contact us nowObjectives
Inspiring local people and authorities to make behavioral changes for societal and environmental benefits.
Engage
Build local capacity to engage in climate action on vulnerable cultural landscapes and heritage.
Visualise
Impacts of climate change on sites, landscapes, artefacts, and intangible practices.
Communicate
Communicate climate stories to change perceptions and encourage shift in behavior.
Restore
Contribute to the restoration of ecosystems for climate mitigation which reconstitutes past cultural landscapes and creates new visitor experiences.
Jamtli Foundation - Lead Partner
Jamtli is the regional museum of Jämtland Härjedalen. Some of its work is concentrated in the combined indoor and outdoor museum in Östersund. The museum also holds a responsibility to work throughout the entire region, for all building activities, renovation projects, etc., in the region that concerns historical buildings or sites, the museum's antiquarians are consulted. Through the years, Jamtli has built a lot of knowledge and know-how regarding dangers and threats that affect the heritage of the region. The museum has collaborated closely with the Swedish National Heritage Board and the South Sámi organization Gaaltije. Issues connected to climate change and cultural heritage have become increasingly urgent to deal with, and there is a need to raise both awareness and engagement to meet these challenges in the best possible way.
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Donegal County Museum - Partner
Donegal County Museum is part of Donegal County Council's Cultural Services Division and has been in operation since 1987. The Museum collects, records, preserves communicates and displays the material heritage of County Donegal to the widest audience possible. The Museum cares for a collection of circa 8000 artefacts and communicates with its communities through an active exhibition and events programme. Their experience working with community groups and local/regional organisations will be key to facilitating the activities and outputs in this project.
More informationThe Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning and Creativity - Partner
NCK is a non-profit private company focused on high quality development and research in the fields of lifelong learning, sustainability and social cohesion through heritage-practice in the Nordic Baltic countries. The centre work together with museums, archives and other heritage actors in order to examine and develop sustainable solutions to societal needs by learning through heritage practice. The theme of using heritage as a resource for discussing and highlighting key societal issues such as climate change is thus at the core of the centre's work. The centre has also been exploring the topic of digital heritage as a learning tool in recent years, through projects focusing on digital time travels and digital heritage in VET education. One of NCK's key areas is capacity building for heritage professionals through courses, seminars, workshops etc. These experiences will be of great use within the project for the development of tool kits and other capacity building initiatives.
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Nord University - Partner
The interdisciplinary Nord Research Group in Visualisation from Nord University specialised in communication through visual and accessible media. Through the creative use of technology such as infographics, interactive media, and 3D printing and projection, communication is made more engaging, effective, and meaningful. The research group is varied and expansive and has worked in the areas of fashion, sports science, history, education/pedagogy, music, cultural heritage, preservation through digitalisation, circular economies, complexity representation, and serious games. It has close collaborations in Norway with a range of businesses (from engineering with Aker to music handicraft with Ringve Musikkmuseum), the public sector (municipalities, regions, national parks), and others (engaging through an innovation lab). International academic collaborations are active with the United Kingdom (Manchester Metropolitan University, Liverpool John Moore University), the Netherlands (Breda University of Applied Sciences), Denmark (VIA University College), and Portugal (University of Minho), with more in discussions. There are also several SMEs and CCIs across Europe that we are actively working with. The university has locations in Bodø, Levanger, Steinkjer, Stjørdal, Mo i Rana, Namsos, Nesna, and Vesterålen.
More informationTindved Kulturhage AS - Partner
Tindved Kulturhage AS is an innovation hub for creative industries in Trøndelag, located in the middle of Norway. Tindved was established in 2004 and provides professional assistance in corporate development, advice on sales, marketing and financing for creative companies in the region. Tindved is a Siva partner and Siva provides basic funding for companies participating in their program for business gardens, which is an innovation programs that contribute to developing startups and co-working spaces and provides access to expertise, networks and an academic and social community. "We create value for the companies, the local community and the regional economy." -Tindved The purpose of Tindved is to co-locate and develop full-time companies within arts, culture, creative tech, local food production and other forms of creative activities. Tindved initiates and facilitates innovation activities that contribute to increased value creation and development in and between companies in the network and in the region.
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Project duration and budget
DACCHE is running from 1st July 2023 to 30th June 2026.
Total budget
1.048.901 EUR