European Heads of Heritage Forum (EHHF) 10th Annual Meeting Dublin Castle, 20-22nd May 2015 Shaping the Future - Heritage Led Regeneration and Consolidation Shared Priorities and Collaborative Strategies Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland in collaboration with EHHF and Troika partners 1 St. Patricks Hall, Dublin Castle, 20-22nd May 2015 2 BIGGER PICTURE CONTEXT 3 The Urban Age project – the Endless City • Population of the Irish State 1996 – 2006; • 3.6m to 4.3m, 17% increase; • Unevenly throughout the Gateway Urban Areas, Cities and Counties; • Largest growth in Fingal County, Galway City, South Dublin with Cork City reduction; • Addressing rural population decline and related heritage assets; 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES 11 Irelands Built Heritage Policy objectives in 2014 included: • Developing Fiscal Strategies/ Incentives for Built Heritage with Department of Finance/DPER (Capital Stimulus, continued tax incentives and heritage led regeneration or reuse) incl. ERDF Funding/Horizon 2020; • Monitor and profile all expenditure relating to the Built Heritage Capital/Current Programme of DAHG to invest in heritage renewal (Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme, Historic Towns Initiative, Living City Initiative and Home Improvement Scheme 2013); • Use and co-ordinate funding available (Rural Development programme/EU Structural Funding to invest in heritage conservation and tourism renewal; 12 Related Initiatives 2010-2014 13 OBJECTIVES VISION 14 EHHF 2015 – Dublin Forum - Addressing objectives of Re-use and Redundancy – Urban and rural; - A dialogue on existing fiscal and financial incentives currently being deployed across Europe and a review of their effectiveness or lessons learned; - Range of other mechanisms required to aid heritage led regeneration such as EU/national policies, guidance and regulatory standards; - Financial models to sustain both public and private heritage assets into the future; - Determining core heritage objectives when managing our cultural assets effectively; End BIGGER PICTURE Thank you The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, together with the EHHF and Troika Partners, looks forward to seeing you in Dublin in 2015