FINCH

What is FINCH?

FINCH brings together 7 partners from 6 regions across Europe who share the same commitment to the protection of cultural heritage, based on its potential impact on growth and jobs, which could lead to long-term social and economic benefits.  Cultural heritage is a common resource and a common good, but also a shared responsibility. EU cohesion policies can be essential in promoting the valorisation of cultural heritage. Therefore, six European regions have decided to join their efforts to cope with the conservation, restoration, exploitation and management of cultural heritage, with the involvement of private actors. Financing the investments in heritage will ensure its preservation in a dynamic and productive perspective, attracting and incubating new activities, revitalizing the existing ones, improving the general welfare of the people and ensuring the sustainability of the environment. The FINCH project will help partner regions improve their policies in this area. It will support the implementation of light financial instruments for private actors and public-private partnerships and will allow local and regional policies to move towards more sustainable models of capitalization of cultural heritage. Expected outputs and results :

• 6 stakeholder groups created in each region

• 98 people with increased professional capacity due to participation in interregional cooperation activities

• 12 good practices identified

• 1 living document on financial instruments and regulatory frameworks for introducing the partnership with the private sector

• 6 interregional workshops with field visits

• 6 regional action plans developed;

Estimated impact:

• 5 policy instruments addressed with structural funds connect measures inspired by the project

• 1 other policy tools targeted by the project in which measures inspired by the project will be implemented

• 2.700.000 EUR Structural funds (from Growth & Jobs and / or ETC) influenced by the project

• 100,000 EUR other funds influenced by the project