The CRAFTOUR Initiative promotes European crafts and intangible heritage by exploring 5 key pillars and 6 projects. At the Salon du Patrimoine conference in Paris on October 25th at 10:30h, key topics will include innovation, authenticity, education, business models, and documentation. Discover strategies for revitalizing European crafts and influencing future policies.

We are happy to invite you to the leading European trade fair for preservation, restoration, and old building renovation – Denkmal 2024! This premier event will take place from November 7-9, 2024 in Leipzig, Germany. Join the 12,800+ visitors attending this event alongside the MUTEC exhibition, or exhibit alongside over 351 exhibitors from 12 countries, featuring top manufacturers, craft businesses, and restorers. Don’t miss your chance to network, connect, exhibit, and explore!

On the 20th of June 2024, the WCCE organised its annual conference in Disseny Hub in Barcelona under the title ‘State of Crafts: Key Pillars in the Contemporary Craft Sector’. The conversation sparked numerous inspirations and topics about crafts. If you were unable to attend, follow the link below to stay updated with the ideas, news, and discussions shared at this incredible conference!

To mark the European Year Of Skills, Mad’in Europe has just launched a survey with Future for Religious Heritage to assess the heritage crafts scene in Europe. The results will serve as a basis for our future policy recommendations.☝️🌍 If you are a #craftsperson, a curator, a cultural heritage building owner, a heritage architect or a school teaching crafts, do not hesitate to answer our survey . ✨

Parliament will vote on new measures to protect geographical indications of EU crafts and industrial products. The new scheme agreed by the Parliament and the Council in May 2023 will ensure that locally renowned crafts and industrial products such as glass, lace or natural stones will be protected within the EU and globally. The law unifies diverging national rules on registering, checking and enforcing the protection of geographical indications (GIs).