6th March 2015
Brussels

In every European country the “European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year” is developing faster and broader than we – and many others – did or even ever could expect.

Everywhere initiatives are launched bottom-up by volunteers and associations. Activities and events are scheduled by grassroots organizations.

• 2015 will be the momentum for and a real celebration of the European industrial heritage in every country.
• 2015 will show and prove the value and the importance and often uniqueness of this heritage to the general public, politicians and authorities, its power to create identities and the opportunities it holds for the future.
• 2015 will be a tribute to all those voluntary associations who are at the spearhead of initiatives and developments. Without their devotion and efforts a large part of the heritage would have gone, forever. And without them we would even today loose large parts of our industrial and technical heritage.
• 2015, the European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year therefore will be and should be an hommage to the non-paid and unselfish dedication of so many, within organizations or individually.
• 2015 should be a first but important step, a start to continue and build further on for the years to come !

further details…. (site under construction)