DAY 1
21 Apr 2026DAY 2
22 Apr 2026DAY 3
23 Apr 2026DAY 4
24 Apr 2026Participants’ arrival in Bilbao
Welcome to the 2025 ENCATC Academy and introduction to the Academy
Venue: Town Hall, Arab room
GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC, Belgium
The Cultural and Green Policy of the City of Bilbao: challenges and opportunities
Venue: Town Hall, Arab room
This session brings together representatives from Bilbao, Euskadi, and EU bodies to explore the city’s cultural and green policies, discussing challenges, opportunities, and how local initiatives connect with broader regional and European Union strategies.
Open discussion
Networking Cocktail in the Arab room of the Town Hall
Registration
SESSION 1: Sustainable Cultural Management: Frameworks for Organisational Change
Venue: Historical Archive
This lecture will include methodologies and examples for
embedding sustainability in the management and organisational policies of
cultural institutions.
Iphigenia Taxopoulou, Founding Member and General Secretary, Mitos21, Greece
Coffee Break
SESSION 2: Workshop: Designing Sustainable Cultural Projects
Venue: Historical Archive
Participants will work in groups to develop cultural projects considering environmental impact.
Lunch Break
SESSION 3: Conclusions of the day
Venue: Historical Archive
SESSION 4: Agenda 2030: From Sustainability Reporting to Impact Assessment
Venue: Historical Archive
This lecture will provide theoretical and practical insights into frameworks, indicators, and methodologies for cultural organisations to measure, communicate, and enhance their sustainability. Through a practical workshop, you will learn about sustainability reporting, SDGs, and ESG models.
Coffee Break
SESSION 5: Workshop: From Reporting to Impact
Venue: Historical Archive
Participants will work on group to learn about sustainability reporting, SDGs, and ESG models.
Lunch Break
SESSION 6: Localizing the SDGs – Dialogues and tensions between the local and the global
Venue: Historical Archive
Local2030 Coalition Secretariat in Bilbao
STUDY VISIT
Study Visit 3: Guggenheim Museum
Free Time
Networking dinner
SESSION 7: Embarking on digital transformation
Venue: Historical Archive
What do CHIs need to know to embark on a digital transformation process? How can they assess their digital maturity?
Coffee Break
Guardians of Digital Memory: AI, Cybersecurity, and the Future of Cultural Heritage
Venue: Historical Archive
Considerations on cultural heritage and AI
Lunch Break
Cybersecurity in the cultural sphere and the role of the Cyber Humanist
Venue: Historical Archive
Cyberattacks, such as those against the British Library, the Natural History Museum in Berlin, and the Internet Archive, have highlighted an increased risk to digital cultural heritage. These attacks reveal the cultural world's substantial unpreparedness to address these threats. Cyber Humanities represents an emerging discipline that, through a transdisciplinary approach, can address the issue of protecting cultural heritage, including digital heritage, with theoretical and technological tools.
Presentation of the NEMO working group on Digital Transformation
STUDY VISITS
Study Visit 4: Azkuna Zentroa
Study Visit 5: LA PERRERA