Robert Davies

Chair - Management Board

MC Term: January 2019 - December 2024

Head, International Projects Heritage Management Organisation Cultural Heritage

Member of Education Community

Currently Chair of ENA Management Board. Over 35 years experience in the culture sector. Involved with Europeana since its early days. Leader /participant in over 40 EU projects. Until 1990 worked for the British Council, living in Indonesia, Singapore and Egypt. Post-1990, Chief Executive of an SME - carried out international consultancy for major agencies.

News posts

Title:

SHIFT

Creator:

SHIFT Consortium

News Created: 30 September 2024 Robert Davies Maria Kagkelidou

SHIFT project uses tech to create accessible, inclusive and appealing cultural heritage

Europeanatech Diversity-and-inclusion

Failures to address the needs of people with varied accessibility requirements and disabilities have long stood in the way of ensuring that everyone can enjoy cultural heritage in person and online. 13 European organisations have teamed up through the SHIFT project to take on this challenge - and make heritage more engaging in the process.

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Title:

Turnerinnen am Reck auf dem Heiligengeistfeld

Creator:

Hamann, Heinrich

Date:

1905-1909

Institution:

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Country:

Germany

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 29 January 2024 Robert Davies

Europeana Network Association Management Board welcomes new members

Network Elections

Following the election of nine new Members Councillors in late 2023, we are pleased to announce the members of our new Management Board! Read on to meet them and discover what we will be doing for you in 2024.

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Title:

AGM 2018 Vienna

Date:

2018

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

The Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 20 November 2023 Robert Davies Marie-Véronique Leroi Harry Verwayen

Europeana Initiative marks 15 years of empowering digital cultural heritage

Network Europeana-foundation Aggregators-forum

The first Europeana website launched 15 years ago today, a milestone that has led to many more in the Europeana Initiative’s work to empower the digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector. To mark the occasion, the heads of the Europeana Initiative reflect on its last 15 years - and look to its future at the heart of the common European data space for cultural heritage.

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Title:

Campioni români la canotaj

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 6 September 2023 Robert Davies Marie-Véronique Leroi Harry Verwayen

The data space and the Collaborative Cloud: cooperation for mutual and collective benefit

Projects Data-space Collaborative-cloud

In a digital environment for cultural heritage that is getting more complex, rich and diverse, only by joining forces can we achieve our common goal: a digital heritage environment that is more inclusive, unified and jointly owned. Read on to discover how cooperation between the data space and the future European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage will benefit our sector.

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Title:

Ukrainian flag

News Created: 28 April 2022 Robert Davies Marie-Véronique Leroi Harry Verwayen

Join our Working Group to support the digital cultural heritage of Ukraine

Network Working-group Aggregators-forum

The Europeana Initiative is launching a new Working Group which will support existing initiatives and develop new, concerted actions that respond to the current needs of the Ukrainian digital heritage sector. Find out how you can join it.

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Title:

Dancing

Creator:

Chwistek, Leon

Institution:

Museum of Art in Lodz

Country:

Poland

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 16 December 2021 Robert Davies Susan Hazan Zuzana Malicherova

Looking back at the Europeana Network Association in 2021

Network

In 2021, the Europeana Network Association (ENA) held its General Assembly meeting as well as three Members Council meetings. Take a look at what our Councillors and members have worked on this year as part of their strategic priorities.

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Title:

Respublikinės sporto organizacijos ,,Sporūta" dalyviai

Institution:

Zarasų krašto muziejus / Zarasai Area Museum

Country:

Lithuania

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 15 November 2021 Robert Davies Zuzana Malicherova

Europeana Network Association welcomes its 27 new Members Councillors

Network Members-council Elections

We are happy to announce the results of the 2021 Europeana Network Association (ENA) Members Council elections. Of the 73 candidates who came forward in this year’s elections, our Network Members chose 27 of them to fill the open seats in the Members Council. Read on to meet the Councillors!

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Title:

Sportolók

Creator:

Bauer Sándor, fényképész

Date:

1956

Institution:

Fortepan

Country:

Hungary

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 15 October 2021 Robert Davies

2021 Members Council elections: presenting the candidates

Network Elections Member-council

In this year’s Europeana Network Association Members Council elections, 73 candidates came forward to compete for 27 available seats. Take a look at their profiles and vote for your favorites between 3 and 10 November 2021.

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Title:

Ship's Company

Creator:

John Drysdale

Date:

1960/1969

Institution:

Victoria and Albert Museum

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 13 September 2021 Robert Davies

Come forward in the Europeana Network Association Members Council elections

Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Members-council Elections

In this year’s Europeana Network Association (ENA) elections, we are looking to fill 27 open seats on the Members Council. We invite our members from all backgrounds to stand for election!

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Title:

Robert Davies

News Created: 9 December 2020 Robert Davies Georgia Evans

Professionals in Focus: Robert Davies

Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Members-council Digital-transformation 3d Crowdsourcing

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Robert Davies speaks about involvement in projects with Europeana and the importance of capacity building.

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