Shadi Ardalan

Head of Member State Relations and Governance Europeana Foundation Netherlands, NL Cultural Heritage

Member of EuropeanaTech Community | Member of Research Community | Member of Impact Community | Member of Copyright Community

Shadi.ardalan@europeana.eu

News posts

Title:

Instrumenttavla

Institution:

Naval Museum

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 16 October 2025 Shadi Ardalan

Track national digitisation efforts with the Metis Statistics dashboard Country Pages

Metadata Member-states

Do you work in cultural heritage policy? Are you interested in the progress of digitisation efforts in your country? Then be sure to explore the powerful Country Pages in the Metis Statistics Dashboard to unlock deeper insights.

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Cathedral, Pamplona.

Creator:

N.N.

Date:

Museum of Architecture at Berlin Institute of Technology

Country:

Germany

Copyright:

CC0

Publication Created: 2 April 2024 Shadi Ardalan

Report on the Spanish Presidency Europeana conference

Member-states 3d Data-space Twin-it

Read the executive summary of the Spanish Presidency Europeana conference, ‘Accelerating 3D in the common European data space for cultural heritage: Building capacity for 3D' and download the full report.

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Title:

Gerums kyrka

Creator:

Fant, Erik

Date:

1927-01-01

Institution:

Riksantikvarieämbetet

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

Public Domain

Publication Created: 25 September 2023 Shadi Ardalan

Report from the Swedish Presidency Europeana Conference

3d Data-space Sweden Twin-it

Read the report ‘Accelerating 3D in the common European data space for cultural heritage: Why 3D matters’.

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Title:

Sonnenblume

Creator:

Herold, Johanna Helena

Date:

1698

Institution:

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

Country:

Germany

Copyright:

CC BY-NC-SA

News Created: 21 April 2023 Shadi Ardalan Killian Downing

Europeana Climate Action Community tells us about Earth Day 2023

Network Climate-change climate-community Climate-action

With 22 April marking Earth Day, Europeana Climate Action Community Steering Group members Killian Downing and Shadi Ardalan tell us about the history of the day, its relevance for digital cultural heritage, and how you can get involved.

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Summer Day on Rocky Forest Clearing

Creator:

Palugyay, Zolo

Institution:

Slovak national gallery

Country:

Slovakia

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 9 May 2022 Shadi Ardalan Patrick Ehlert

Researching our carbon footprint - findings and tips from Europeana Foundation

Climate-change Climate-action

Developing solutions to the climate emergency and environmental challenges is not an easy journey, but it starts with understanding our impact and our footprint. The Europeana Foundation's Green Team shares results and learnings their 2020 carbon footprint investigation.

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Paris, Ancien Hôtel Mazarin, Bibliothèque Nationale

Creator:

Atget, Eugène

Date:

19th century

Institution:

National Institute for Art History Library

Country:

France

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 22 February 2022 Shadi Ardalan

The common European data space for cultural heritage - Europeana presidency conference

Conference Data-space France Presidency

On 1 March, Europeana will host an online event in association with France’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union on ‘Building the common European data space for cultural heritage together’. Find out what it’s all about and how you can participate.

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Lisbon avec le Castel St. George prise de la Chapelle de Nossa Senhora da Monte

Creator:

Hammer, Christian Gottlob

Institution:

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library

Country:

Austria

Copyright:

Public Domain

Publication Created: 27 September 2021 Shadi Ardalan

Report from the Portuguese Presidency Europeana Conference

Cultural Heritage Institutions Build-digital-capacity Presidency Capacity-building Portugal

During the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Europeana held a conference to explore digital capacity building in the cultural heritage sector. Read the Executive Summary and download the whole report.

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Title:

Vista da cidade do Porto, desde a Torre de Marca athe as Fontainhas

Creator:

Aguilar, Manuel Marques de

Date:

1767-1816

Institution:

Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

Country:

Portugal

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 14 June 2021 Shadi Ardalan

Digital capacity building in the cultural heritage sector: the Portuguese Presidency Europeana conference

Strategy Cultural Heritage Institutions Member-states Digital-transformation Presidency Capacity-building Recovery Portugal

On 3-4 June, Europeana and the National Library of Portugal hosted an online conference in partnership with Portugal’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union on building capacity for the digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector. In this post, we tell you all about the event and our next steps.

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Title:

Der Gensdarmen-Markt in Berlin.

Date:

1860

Institution:

Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin

Country:

Germany

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 21 September 2020 Shadi Ardalan

Digital conference for Germany EU Presidency to explore copyright and capacity building

Strategy Legal standards Copyright Conference Germany Presidency

Two complementary digital conferences organised by Europeana and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek are supporting cultural heritage institutions in their digital transformations, by focussing on the importance of building capacity and skills to do with copyright.

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Europeana meeting under Finland’s Presidency of EU Council - Espoo, Finland

Creator:

Sebastiaan Ter Burg

Date:

24-25 October 2019

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY

Publication Created: 18 February 2020 Shadi Ardalan

Benefits, challenges and solutions for multilingual digital cultural heritage

Advocacy Data standards Cultural Heritage Institutions Europeanatech Multilinguality Finland Presidency

During the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Europeana held a meeting with high-level policymakers and experts in multilingualism to discuss the challenges and opportunities of multilingualism in digital cultural heritage. This report summarises the key outcomes of the meeting including the benefits, challenges and solutions identified.

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Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 6 June 2017 Shadi Ardalan

Migration and Culture: how can our past educate our present?

Advocacy Education Conference Migration malta

The annual presidency event was held in May 2017 at the Ħaġiar Qim, Conference centre while Malta is hosting the EU presidency. A high-level strategy meeting, it was primarily targeted at policymakers of EU member states as a means to raise awareness about what Europeana does in culture and education, and how it can help them in their own work.

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