Selection Committees and the Heritage Awards Jury

The winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards are selected by an impressive group of experts in the field of cultural heritage who share their valuable insight on a voluntary basis.

The members come from all over Europe and together form an extensive pool of knowledge. Among them are archaeologists, architects, conservators, documentation and scanning experts, educators, engineers, intangible heritage experts, linguists, material specialists, museum professionals, to name just a few.

 CONSERVATION & ADAPTIVE REUSE

Antonio Lamas (PT) Chair Yonca Erkan (TR) Vice-Chair Klimis Aslanidis (GR) Elena-Maria Cautiș (RO) European Heritage Youth Ambassador Ana Chiricuță (RO) Piotr Gerber (PL) Jean-Sébastien Misson (BE) Adrian Olivier (UK) Etienne Poncelet (FR) Michiel Purmer (NL) Francesco Trovo’ (IT) Esther Valdés Tejera (ES)

The interdisciplinary and diverse nature of the Committees and the Jury ensures that each entry is evaluated in a balanced way. We sincerely thank all of the experts for their dedication, insight and generosity.

For the 2022 edition, and coinciding with the European Year of Youth, the Selection Committees have for the first time included the European Heritage Youth Ambassadors among their members.

 RESEARCH

Sabine Nemec-Piguet (CH) Chair Dubravka Preradovic (RS) Velika Stojkova Serafimovska (MK) Levent Tökün (TR) European Heritage Youth Ambassador Alex Torpiano (MT) Georgios Toubekis (DE)  EDUCATION, TRAINING & SKILLS

Sara Crofts (UK) Chair Árpád Bőczén (HU) Ivan Bojanic (BA) European Heritage Youth Ambassador Elena Dimitrova (BG) Mariam ‘Maka’ Dvalishvili (GE) Ola Fjeldheim (NO) Hanna Lamsa (FI) Charles Personnaz (FR)

The European Heritage Youth Ambassador Programme, run by the European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH), Europa Nostra and the European Heritage Tribune offers a platform for young people from all over Europe and beyond to share their stories and experiences in the heritage field online (e.g. on social media, websites, or blogs). Each Youth Ambassador also acts as a bridge between students and young professionals and European heritage institutions.

 CITIZENS’ ENGAGEMENT & AWARENESS-RAISING

Pavlos Chatzigrigoriou (GR) Chair Barbara Cordero (ES) Davida de Hond (NL) Jelena Krivokapic (RS) European Heritage Youth Ambassador Natalia Moussienko (UA) Baiba Murniece (LV)  HERITAGE CHAMPIONS

Eugen Vaida (RO) Chair Claus-Peter Echter (DE) Adriaan Linters (BE) Antigoni Michael (CY) European Heritage Youth Ambassador Sadi Petrela (AL) Marianne Ytterdal (NO)

 HERITAGE AWARDS JURY

Bertrand de Feydeau (FR) Chair Koen van Balen (BE) Rossana Bettinelli (IT) Pavlos Chatzigrigoriou (GR) Sara Crofts (UK) Maciej Hofman (PL) Antonio Lamas (PT) Johanna Leissner (DE) Sabine Nemec-Piguet (CH) Andrew Potts (USA) Jermina Stanojev (RS) Eugen Vaida (RO) Androulla Vassiliou (CY) Ana Isabel Velasco Rebollo (ES) Harry Verwayen (NL)