Cooperative Cultural Heritage
Preserving cooperative cultural wisdom across generations
Celebrating Sites, Traditions and Practices of cooperation that connect communities around the world.
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Discover the inaugural list of Cooperative Cultural Heritage sites across the world and be inspired to nominate your sites and practices of cooperative cultural significance.
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What is the Cooperative Cultural Heritage Programme?
The ICA Cooperative Cultural Heritage Programme celebrates the world's cooperative story from historic buildings and monuments to traditions and practices that bring people together. These are the places and ideas that have stood the test of time, inspiring solidarity, trust, and shared purpose across generations.
Why a Cooperative Cultural Heritage List?
The Cooperative Cultural Heritage List seeks to recognize and preserve the most significant elements of cooperative heritage, ensuring that future generations can learn from and build upon them.
November 3, 1913. Inauguration of the Fontanone Hydroelectric Plant, the development engine of the Alto But in Friuli, Italy
Tangible Heritage of Cooperation
Physical sites, Landscapes, Buildings, Archives, and infrastructure directly associated with cooperative heritage.
Examples – Buildings, Sites, Museums, Workplaces, Assembly Halls, Villages & Cities
Intangible Heritage of Cooperation
Knowledge, practices, and traditions that sustain cooperative values and principles across generations.
Examples – Customs, Oral and Artistic traditions, Shared use of natural resources
Principles for Identifying Cooperative Cultural Heritage
These principles guide the identification and recognition of cooperative cultural heritage elements.
International Statement Cooperative Identity
Cultural Significance and Legacy
Intergenerational Transmission
Innovative and Inclusive continuity
Cooperative echo