This report documents the results of the 2023 Selection Process for the European Heritage Label (EHL) and contains the Expert Panel’s considerations and suggestions for the development of this important cultural tool in the forthcoming years.
The reader will find reports on the sixteen applications, seven of which were recommended by the Panel to receive the EHL. The new site reports are followed by the Panel’s analysis of current significant issues before the historic year of 2024, when full-scale monitoring and a realisable revision of the legal basis of the EHL Action will take place. This is followed by data providing an overview of the chronological and geographical development of the EHL. As a result of this year’s selection, the EHL title will now be proudly held by sixty-seven sites across the European Union.
Drawing on its experience from this and past selection rounds, the Panel has also included an updated version of its recommendations on how to prepare a robust European Heritage Label application.
