Handbook of Cultural and Heritage Management
5. Chapter 4 - CULTURAL POLICIES AND PLANNING FOR REGIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES
Drafting
cultural policies is an important issue, not always easy as funds are not
always guaranteed for long-term projects; however, a general consensus and
specific feasibility studies and management plans can be drafted for a period
of at least five years. Cultural policies involve a series of plans and actions
aiming at shaping/branding local identities, valorizing cultural resources and
linking culture and heritage to economic development of a region. In order for
these policies to be feasible (let alone successful) a
solid substratum of knowledge of all the
above is required at municipal/regional
level. Ideally, this knowledge should be disseminated to all
stakeholders involved in cultural and heritage management in order to achieve
consensus and guarantee implementation in the future.