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THE NORWEGI AN DIREC TOR ATE FOR CULT UR AL HERITAGE
Follow-up and recommendations
THE DIRECTORATE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage advises the Ministry of Climate and Environment and implements the Government’s cultural environment policy. The Directorate is responsible for securing an integrated cultural environment management and develops guidelines and digital services. The Directorate is in charge of protection orders, objections and the consideration of appeals, and is responsible for the management of selected cultural environments of national value and for protected and listed church buildings. The Directorate is also responsible for the national distribution of grant funds to the county authorities. Knowledge, expertise and management practice The Directorate for Cultural Heritage will take the lead regarding knowledge and expertise within the climate field that is of importance to cultural environment management. The Directorate will actively contribute to national and international forums on the development and exchange of knowledge. The Directorate will collaborate with research and educational institutions, be involved in research projects to ensure management relevance and contribute to educational content. Dissemination The Directorate will establish and run an online knowledge bank that will gather and make available research, reports, guides, best practice and other relevant knowledge within the climate field that is of importance to cultural environment management. The knowledge bank will be available to everyone. The Directorate
will develop its catalogue of examples with examples of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and climate change adaptation for cultural environments. Collaboration The Directorate for Cultural Heritage will facilitate greater collaboration across sectors and between actors on issues related to the climate field that is of importance to cultural environment management. The Directorate will establish and run a network on cultural environments and climate change. The Directorate will facilitate knowledge exchange, skills improvement and innovation with the participation of the cultural environment management, research and educational institutions, and other relevant actors.
Furthermore, the Directorate will follow-up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by: • being a driving force together with other actors for the development and dissemination of knowledge, instruments and regulations that promote continued use and reuse of buildings and building components • being a link between cultural environment management and relevant state actors, research and development work and industry organisations, and highlight the challenges, obstacles and benefits of continued use and reuse of buildings • contributing to the development and use of comprehensive and comparable greenhouse gas calculations when decisions are being made between reuse, demolition and new construction
