Milena Popova

Programme and Business Development

Former Programme & Business Development Manager Europeana Foundation Netherlands, NL Cultural Heritage

Member of EuropeanaTech Community | Member of Research Community

Milena worked at Europeana for nearly 16 years, starting in 2009. She held roles in marketing, programme management and business development, leading diverse and high-performing teams for the last ten years. Milena steered the organisation’s initiatives to increase reuse of cultural heritage data on three markets - education, research and the creative industries - (till 2019). She also made significant contributions to the organisation’s sustainable growth by building up and overseeing a wide portfolio of projects under all key EU-funding programmes. Follow Milena on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/milenapopova/

News posts

Title:

Antinous

Creator:

fitzwilliammuseum

Institution:

Fitzwilliam Museum

Country:

Europe

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 6 October 2023 Milena Popova Christine Hveding Ramirez-Corzo

Apply now for a new call for proposals to enhance 3D and XR heritage in the common European data space for cultural heritage

Projects 3d Data-space

A new call from the European Commission's Digital Europe Programme for data space supporting projects has been launched! Explore guidance for proposals, advice on topics of interest and information on how to apply.

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Title:

Cloud Study

Creator:

Järnefelt, Eero

Date:

1893

Institution:

Finnish National Gallery

Country:

Finland

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 14 June 2023 Milena Popova Lorena Aldana

Europeana Initiative responds to call for a European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage

Data-space ECHOES

Together with other partners, we are excited to respond to a European Commission call to establish a European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage. Our joint proposal is called European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science (ECHOES). Read on to discover what ECHOES intends to do and how you can express your interest in its services if our proposal is selected for funding.

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Title:

Detail from Under The Blue, In The Silence

Creator:

Galina Abadjimarinova

Date:

2021

Institution:

InterAlia

Country:

Greece

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 11 April 2023 Milena Popova

EIT Culture & Creativity launches its first funding round

Projects

Discover the areas in focus and how to respond to the calls for proposals.

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Title:

Seestück mit Scirocco

Creator:

Lorenzo Butti

Date:

1846

Institution:

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

Country:

Austria

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 12 December 2022 Milena Popova Michelle Lewis

Over €4.4 million granted to four new projects to enhance the common European data space for cultural heritage

Projects Data-space

Europeana is at the heart of the common European data space for cultural heritage, a flagship initiative of the European Union to support the digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector. Discover the projects funded under the initiative.

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Title:

''Picture this'' exhibition cover

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 19 September 2022 Milena Popova

Opening up new collaborations between cultural heritage and tourism

Projects Tourism

Incorporating cultural heritage content into tourism activities offers fantastic opportunities to bring it to new audiences. Read on to find out more about an exciting collaboration between Europeana and the Cultural Routes of Europe.

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Title:

Csendélet

Creator:

Hincz Gyula

Institution:

Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár

Country:

Hungary

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 30 March 2022 Milena Popova Alex Romaniuc

Apply now for EU grants for Data Space for Cultural Heritage projects

Projects

Applications for projects are now being accepted under the call for the second work strand of the Data Space for Cultural Heritage. Explore guidance for proposals, advice on topics of interest, and information on how to apply.

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Title:

St Nicholas' and St Martin's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford, Surrey: children playing on a rocking horse with a nurse attending. Photograph, c. 1935.

Date:

1935

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 25 October 2021 Milena Popova Michelle Lewis

Generic Services projects 2021 event highlights an impressive portfolio for innovation

Projects Event Generic-services

The 2021 virtual edition of the Europeana Generic Services projects event brought together over 60 representatives from the projects, Europeana and the European Commission. Find out what was discussed and learn more about the projects!

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Title:

Ilustrasjon av ESAs nye Aurora program som har som mål å lage strategi for Auropas solsystemforskning de neste 30 årene

Institution:

Norsk Teknisk Museum

Country:

Norway

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 28 January 2021 Milena Popova

Europeana Common Culture: successes towards a harmonised and coordinated aggregation ecosystem

Collections Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions Aggregators-forum Aggregation Generic-services

The Europeana Common Culture project has contributed significantly to the development of a well-functioning and sustainable aggregation infrastructure in Europe. We take a look back at what the project has achieved.

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Title:

Панагюрско съкровище

Institution:

Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология

Country:

Bulgaria

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 8 December 2020 Milena Popova Michelle Lewis

Looking back in 2020: how Europeana Generic Services bring value for the cultural heritage sector

Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions Generic-services Build-digital-capacity Tool

With 11 Generic Services projects completed this year, we take a look at how they supported cultural heritage institutions in their digital transformation.

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Title:

Sarcophagus Artistic Artifact 203 - 3D

Date:

2014-12-11

Institution:

Politecnico di Milano - Computer Vision & Reverse Engineering Lab

Country:

Italy

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 31 March 2020 Milena Popova

New Europeana Generic Services call now open

Funding Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions Multilinguality Aggregators-forum Aggregation Generic-services 3d Projects

Applications are now being accepted for Europeana Generic Services projects! Explore guidance for proposals, advice on topics of interest and information on how to apply.

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Title:

Cykel

Creator:

The Royal Machine Mfg Co Ltd

Date:

1884-01-01 - 1886-01-01

Institution:

Tekniska museet

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 25 March 2019 Milena Popova Michelle Lewis

€20,000 available for STEM videos with cultural content

Funding Creative industries Education Challenge Stem

How do you bring cultural heritage to life - in classrooms and beyond? That is the questions we are posing to the 2019 Challenge candidates. Read about this online creative competition that connects creatives and educators. Share with your network or if you see if you can take on the project below. Submit your video project for a chance to share in the €20,000 funding reward.

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Title:

Portrait Group with the Artist’s Father Amilcare Anguissola, Brother Astrubale and Sister Minerva

Creator:

Sofonisba Anguissola

Date:

Ca. 1559

Institution:

Nivaagaards Malerisamling

Country:

Denmark

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 5 February 2019 Milena Popova Isabel Crespo

We asked educators how they want to use digital cultural data and this is what they told us

Education Teachers Metadata content_preferences growth-mindset

We believe that a stronger link between the cultural and education sectors is both vital and mutually beneficial. That’s why, over the last year or so, we (the Europeana Foundation’s Reuse team) have been asking questions to our educational audiences and listening carefully to their answers.

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Title:

EdTechxEurope summit, published on twitter, CC0.

Date:

2018

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 27 June 2018 Milena Popova

The future of education is digital: insights from EdTechXEurope 2018

Content promotion Education R-d Conference Digital

Europeana joined the EdTechXEurope Summit in London for the first time in June 2018. The event is Europe's largest summit that spotlights what they call the ’global learning ecosystem’, connecting startup founders, investors, innovators and industry influencers from European and international education companies.

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Title:

konst, Photograph

Creator:

Kaneberg, Ove; Roberts, David

Date:

1838

Institution:

Medelhavsmuseet

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 28 March 2018 Milena Popova

Europeana #edTech Challenge: winners announced

Funding Creative industries Challenges EdTech
The latest Europeana #edTech Challenge invited entrepreneurs, developers, designers and creative thinkers to submit their best ideas for using cultural heritage and digital technologies to foster innovative learning and teaching. We had allocated a prize fund of 30,000 EUR to support the further development of the projects with highest potential.
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Title:

Vanitas Still Life

Creator:

Edwaert Collier

Date:

1662

Institution:

Rijksmuseum

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 15 January 2018 Milena Popova

Europeana #edTech Challenge

Creative industries Europeana-challenge

Win up to €30,000 for the best ideas reusing Europeana's openly licensed content for innovative learning.

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Image by @eTwinningUK

News Created: 31 October 2017 Milena Popova

Culture for inclusive education at the eTwinning conference

Education elearning

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News Created: 3 July 2017 Milena Popova

What happens when #HeritageMeetsMakers: Stories from Mallorca

Creative industries Workshop Co-creation Makers

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News Created: 29 June 2017 Milena Popova

Celebrate the two successful projects in Europeana’s first match funding call

Content promotion Creative industries Education Challenge Creative-industries Crowdfunding

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Blog Created: 1 February 2017 Milena Popova

Europeana launches its first match funding call for innovative digital education projects

Funding Creative industries Education goteo matchfunding

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Blog Created: 8 December 2016 Milena Popova

Strike a match for education: help us find projects that reuse cultural heritage for learning

Funding Cultural Heritage Institutions Europeana Goteo

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