Circular models Leveraging Investments in Cultural heritage adaptive reuse (CLIC)

CLIC develops, tests and validates innovative circular business, financing and governance models to place cultural heritage adaptive reuse as at the forefront for the implementation of a European circular city/region centered on the regeneration of the cultural capital.

Context

Cultural heritage and landscape pose significant governance challenges. Despite their public interest, many buildings and landscape structures are privately owned. The large economic resources needed for recovery and maintenance are rarely available to private owners. And EU regulatory and planning tools tend to preserve cultural heritage by preventing transformation of buildings or areas having historic-cultural significance.

The investment gap in cultural heritage and landscape regeneration can be addressed through careful evaluation of costs, complex values and impacts of adaptive reuse, providing critical evidence of the wealth of jobs, social, cultural, environmental and economic returns on the investment in cultural heritage.

Needs addressed

Tools to to leverage the potential of cultural heritage for Europe, fostering circular adaptive reuse of cultural heritage / landscape.

Expected results

1-Integrated approaches and strategies for cultural heritage adaptive reuse, comprising innovative finance with high leverage capacity, business models and institutional and governance arrangements that foster multi-stakeholder involvement, citizens and communities’ engagement and empowerment;
2-New investments and market opportunities in adaptive reuse of cultural heritage, also stimulating the creation of start-ups;
3-An enabling context for the development and wide deployment of new technologies.
4-Innovative adaptive reuse models that are culturally, socially and economically inclusive

Financing

European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

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