Lorena Aldana

Head of External Relations and Advocacy Europeana Foundation Netherlands, NL

Member of EuropeanaTech Community | Member of Education Community | Member of Climate Action Community

Lorena is Europeana’s Head of External Relations and Advocacy. She works on building meaningful relations with EU policymakers, ensuring Europeana’s lead and influence on key policy issues and strengthening awareness of Europeana’s added value in the cultural and political landscape.

Before joining Europeana, Lorena worked in EU cultural affairs at non-governmental, international and intergovernmental organisations.
She has a BA degree in International Affairs and an MS in Cultural Economics and Arts Management.
Lorena is passionate about cooking, world music and languages.

News posts

Title:

Bucharest Royal Palace

Institution:

Girona City Council

Country:

Spain

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 28 October 2024 Lorena Aldana

Hub hosts second Forum on responsible digital transition in cultural heritage, powered by Europeana

Projects Digital-transformation

The European Heritage Hub Forum 'Championing a responsible digital transition for and with cultural heritage' highlighted the impact of Artificial Intelligence and climate change on the heritage ecosystem, saw the launch of the European Heritage Hub Call to Action, and explored the challenges and opportunities of the digital transition. Find out more!

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Title:

Minerva

Creator:

Johan Sylvius

Institution:

Nationalmusem

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 28 August 2024 Lorena Aldana

Share your support for culture under the Digital Europe Programme!

Data-space Advocacy

The European Commission is currently evaluating the Digital Europe Programme, four years after the start of its implementation. The Europeana Initiative is advocating for support and funding for the common European data space for cultural heritage and Europe’s culture - find out how to add your voice!

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Title:

Landscape, Italy

Creator:

FONTANA Franco

Date:

1978

Institution:

Turin Gallery for Modern and Contemporary Art

Country:

Italy

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 23 July 2024 Lorena Aldana Georgia Evans

Discover the European digital policy landscape with the European Heritage Hub

Projects Digital-transformation

As part of the European Heritage Hub project, the Europeana Foundation has curated a review of the digital policy landscape across Europe, based on the policies available on the Hub’s Policy Monitor. Discover the findings and why they matter!

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Title:

Wolkenstudie

Creator:

Johann Nepomuk Höchle (Künstler_in)

Institution:

Albertina

Country:

Austria

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 25 June 2024 Lorena Aldana Milena Popova

ECHOES consortium selected to create the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage

Projects Data-space Collaborative-cloud

The Europeana Initiative is delighted to be represented in the consortium creating the Collaborative European Cloud for Cultural Heritage, with the Europeana Foundation as full partner and the Europeana Network Association as affiliated partner, together with 49 other European partners.

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Title:

Screenshot of the common European data space for cultural heritage

Creator:

Ana Moreno

Date:

2024

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

The Netherlands

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 30 April 2024 Lorena Aldana Georgia Evans

Europeana and partners launch new webpage for the common European data space for cultural heritage

Data-space

The common European data space for cultural heritage comprises cutting-edge infrastructure, a vibrant community and a suite of products, frameworks and tools which facilitate the open and trustworthy sharing of heritage data across Europe. Discover what the data space has to offer through its new webpage.

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Title:

Twin it! logo. A composition of Windmolen van Elene by FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0 and Elene windmill by visualdimension, CC BY-NC-ND

Creator:

Ana Moreno

Date:

2023

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 11 March 2024 Lorena Aldana

Discover the heritage gems submitted to the Twin it! 3D for Europe's culture campaign

3d Data-space Twin-it

Under Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture, Ministries of Culture of EU Member States are invited to submit at least one 3D digitised heritage asset to the common European data space for cultural heritage. Discover the inspiring monuments and artefacts that have been submitted so far!

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Title:

Twin it! logo. A composition of Windmolen van Elene by FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0 and Elene windmill by visualdimension, CC BY-NC-ND

Date:

2023

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

The Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 27 February 2024 Lorena Aldana

Access the Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture webinar series by 4CH

3d Data-space Twin-it

Discover how you can access the Twin it! webinar series organised by the Europeana Foundation, European Commission and 4CH Competence Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage.

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Title:

Twin it! Supporter imagery

Date:

2023

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-NC-SA

News Created: 9 November 2023 Lorena Aldana

Apply for the Twin it! label and show your support to 3D for Europe’s culture

3d Data-space Twin-it

With the Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture campaign in full swing, and marking two years of the adoption of the European Commission Recommendation on a common European data space for cultural heritage, we are excited to launch the Twin it! label.

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Title:

Hacking Culture Bootcamp 2015

Creator:

Sebastiaan ter Burg

Date:

2015

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

The Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 23 June 2023 Lorena Aldana

Share your reuse project to shape better reuse policies in Europe!

Reuse

Do you use the collections made available through the Europeana website or any other digital cultural heritage material in an innovative way? Then this is your chance to share and showcase it! The European Commission Expert Group on the common European data space for cultural Heritage (CEDCHE) is gathering examples of reuse scenarios of cultural data - take the survey now.

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Title:

Detail from Minerva

Creator:

Rembrandt van Rijn

Date:

1630

Institution:

Mauritshuis

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 23 May 2023 Lorena Aldana Ariadna Matas

Europeana Foundation, Creative Commons and IFLA join forces to defend Net Neutrality in the EU

Advocacy Legal standards

Discover our joint submission to the European Commission’s consultation on the future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure, and how it reflects on the views of knowledge and cultural institutions.

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Title:

Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek’s 10th anniversary ceremony,

Creator:

Hans Georg Schöner

Date:

8 May 2023

Institution:

Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek

Country:

Germany

News Created: 15 May 2023 Lorena Aldana

Happy 10th anniversary to the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek!

Aggregators-forum Germany

The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and the launch of its new user-oriented portal. The Europeana Initiative was there to commemorate the occasion. Read on to discover the event, find out about a decade of partnership between the two institutions and explore what’s planned for the years to come.

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Title:

Gerums kyrka

Creator:

Fant, Erik

Date:

1927-01-01 - 1927-12-31

Institution:

Swedish National Heritage Board

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 30 March 2023 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Initiative partners with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU to advance 3D digitisation

Europeanatech 3d Presidency

Europeana and the Swedish National Heritage Board are proud to co-host the upcoming Conference 'Accelerating 3D in the common European data space for cultural heritage: Why 3D matters' under the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU. Find out more about the topic in focus - 3D - and how you can join!

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Title:

Study of Clouds over the Sound

Creator:

Eckersberg, C.W.

Date:

1826

Institution:

Statens Museum for Kunst

Country:

Denmark

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 27 March 2023 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Foundation contributes to reflection on the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage

Data-space

Discover the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage - an initiative by the European Commission - find out how it relates to and complements the common European data space for cultural heritage, and join an upcoming event which further explores this initiative.

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Title:

The snow-covered Berlaymont building. European Union, 2023 Scopes : Information and education only, Non-commercial use

Creator:

Photographer: Christophe Licoppe Architect: André Polak, Lucien De Vestel, Jean Gilson, Jean Polak

Date:

08/03/2023

Institution:

European Commission

Country:

Brussels, Belgium

News Created: 10 March 2023 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Foundation meets key EU decision-makers to shape a common vision for the data space

Strategy Europeana-foundation Data-space

Find out about recent meetings which the Europeana Foundation organised in Brussels and how the discussions around the data space and Europe’s digital future affect you!

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Title:

Collage of photos of European cities connected with the European Heritage Hub project: Lisbon, Freiburg im Breisgau, Leuven, Madrid, The Hague, Brussels, Venice, Krakow, Athens.

Creator:

Giuseppe Simone / Europa Nostra

Date:

2023

Institution:

Europa Nostra

Country:

Belgium

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 17 February 2023 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Foundation and partners to implement EU-funded European Heritage Hub led by Europa Nostra

Strategy Advocacy Projects

We are delighted to announce that the Europeana Foundation and a group of partners led by Europa Nostra have been selected for EU funding for the implementation of a pilot project establishing a European Heritage Hub! Read on to find out more.

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Title:

Human stem cell embedded in a 3D matrix, Cryo SEM

Creator:

Eileen Gentleman

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 30 November 2022 Lorena Aldana

Europeana Initiative begins building the common European data space for cultural heritage

Projects Data-space

The Europeana Initiative is at the heart of the common European data space for cultural heritage. As of September 2022, together with our partners we have started turning the data space into a reality and we are excited to share what’s in store for the next year.

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