Vote for Europa Nostra Public Choice Award 2024

In May 2024, the European Commission and Europa Nostra announced the winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024 which are co-funded by Creative Europe. Europe’s most prestigious awards for heritage go to 26 outstanding winners from 18 countries across the continent. Explore the winners here.

An Irish project is included in the list of winners under the Education, Training and Skills category. Entitled Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme, Kilkenny, Ireland, the main objective of this nationwide scheme is to help farmers recognise the cultural value of traditional farm buildings. Participants are supported in acquiring skills to enable them to carry out repairs to return the buildings to functional use on the farm. Over 1,000 buildings have been repaired since the creation of the scheme in 2008.

The Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme was established in 2008 by The Heritage Council in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine of the Government of Ireland. It was conceived in response to the rapid changes in agricultural practice and growing concern about the subsequent loss of traditional farm buildings, the associated traditional skills and the impact this would have on the character of the Irish rural landscape. The project is included in the 2024 Public Choice Award which is open for public voting until 22nd September, 2024.

The winner will be announced at the European Heritage Awards Ceremony on 7th October 2024 at Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. You can follow the livestream here.

The winner will receive a monetary prize of €10,000 and a trophy. The Public Choice Award is only eligible to winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards that come from countries that are signatories of the Creative Europe programme.

Public Choice Award Voting Procedure

• Cast your vote here. You must vote for 3 projects.
• Your first vote counts for 3 points, your second vote for 2 and the third vote for 1. The winner of the Public Choice Award will be determined by the total number of points.
• You cannot vote for the same country more than once, unless the project includes several countries.
• You can leave a comment for your favourite project(s) to be potentially featured Europa Nostra’s communication about the winners.
• You need to confirm your vote by clicking on the email that you will receive. Please check your spam folder as well.
  Please note that once you have confirmed your vote, your vote cannot be changed.
• You can only vote once. Your e-mail address is acknowledged as your personal ID, thus you can not vote for a third person using a previously used email address.
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• Deadline for voting is 22 September 2024.