ACTA VISTA: combining professional inclusion to the restoration of endangered historical heritage
ACTA VISTA: combining professional inclusion to the restoration of endangered historical heritage
Founded in 2002 in the French city of Marseille, ACTA VISTA is a non-profit organisation specialised in professional inclusion through the preservation of endangered historical heritage sites. ACTA VISTA supports people who have difficulty entering the labour market, by training them in the preservation and restoration of historical monuments.
HERO – Heritage Ecological Renovation for inclusion Opportunities – is a three-year Erasmus+ project led by ACTA VISTA in partnership with five organizations from four EU Member States: Pour la Solidarité (Belgium), Dragodid (Croatia), Boulouki (Greece), BAO Formation (France).
Ensuring the future by taking care of the past: environmental preservation at the heart of the HERO project
The Erasmus+ HERO project combines heritage preservation and the safeguarding of the environment by training unemployed people to perform renovation in a responsible manner (energy saving renovation, waste management, reuse of rubble, etc.). By doing so, HERO contributes to the emergence of a generation of construction workers who have embedded the safeguard of the environment within their renovation practices.
Project’s deliverables
This cooperation has led to the creation of a number of deliverables:
- a booklet analysing existing training practices in Europe, combining training and heritage renovation;
- a pedagogical toolbox on the adaptation of trainers’ pedagogy to vulnerable unemployed people; based on learning by doing, considering the restoration of endangered historical heritage as a lever for professional inclusion;
- a pedagogical toolkit on environmentally friendly renovation practices, emphasizing the link between culture and nature;
- a white paper shared with policy makers at local, regional and European level to raise awareness on the topic of professional inclusion through the renovation of historical heritage.
