CHARTER European Cultural Heritage Skill Alliance presents its brand-new Literature Collection database and a database on cultural heritage education programmes in Europe, both developed by Work Package 3 (WP3) – Vocational Education and Training and beyond

Cultural Heritage Literature Collection Database

The database contains a collection of sources related to education and training in the cultural heritage sector, with the aims of:

• Providing references to map cultural heritage profiles.
• Understanding the skills needed to meet the demands of the job market.
• Identifying gaps in the training offer in higher education, lifelong learning and VET.

The timeframe of the collection covers documents from the Bologna process (1999) onwards, with a focus on literature having a European Union relevance. It contains articles, official documents, laws and regulations, frameworks, and books on the topic.
The entries are classified through bibliographical references and tags identified to better define and group the reference topic of each piece of literature consistently with the work done in the CHARTER project. These tags are either identifiable with a specific topic or are connected to the 6 functions related to cultural heritage professions as identified by CHARTER.
The Literature Collection is the results of a collaborative process among CHARTER members, using Zotero as the tool to collect the contributions and be later exported in many formats. The database is public and will be constantly updated until the end of the project.

All cultural heritage stakeholders are invited to explore this resource, which contributes not only to the project, but the sector at large.

Access the Cultural Heritage Literature Collection DB: https://charter-alliance.eu/literature-collection-database/
Access the Cultural Heritage Literature Collection Report: https://charter-alliance.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/D3.5-Literature-Collection_final2.pdf

Database on Education and Training Programmes

The European Cultural Heritage Skills Alliance CHARTER, Erasmus+ funded project has published a database on cultural heritage education programmes in Europe, developed by Work Package 3 (WP3) – Vocational Education and Training (VET) and beyond.  In addition to offering a European overview of education opportunities, the database is launched as an open usage platform, and education providers are encouraged to be part of expanding the database by submitting additional programmes.
The CHARTER Database on Education and Training Programmes provides in-depth information for students, educators and the public at large on relevant programmes in higher education, vocational education and training as well as for continuing education and training (lifelong learning, adult education).

Explore and contribute to the Cultural Heritage Education Programmes in Europe Database: https://charter.visuelles.xyz/