The programme 

 The A three-day workshop of the Young Professionals Forum was held at the JRC in Venaria Reale. Italy, from 24 to 27 September 2024. The workshop was designed to provide participants with a basic knowledge of universal accessibility tools for cultural sites through interactive activities, site visits to the main cultural organizations involved in accessibility projects in Turin. The workshop ended with the development of a International Thesaurus of Cultural Heritage with Universal Accessibility. This process started by addressing the complex conservation terminology. Learning to effectively communicate conservation interventions in an accessible way enabled participants to broaden their impact across various sectors of the cultural heritage sector. In addition, it provided them with new skills to address issues of cultural and cognitive inclusion.

Lo Young Professionals Forum took place on 27 September 2024, 14:00 – 16:00 CET, both in person at the JRC in Venaria Reale and online on the Zoom platform, open to all.

Partner organisations, major international and Italian cultural institutions, such as libraries, archives, archaeological sites and museums, addressed the issue from a political perspective, described the state of the art, and showed concrete applications of the principles of universal accessibility.

Afterwards, the workshop participants presented the results of the activities carried out on the International Thesaurus of Cultural Heritage with Universal Accessibility.

 Expert Meetings: Workshop and/or forum participants were able to book interviews with high-level professionals, including national and international experts participating in the forum. Participants were able to present their perspectives on the topics and ask for advice.

These meetings took place in person on 27 September at the end of the Forum and online, starting on 29 September 2024.

The activity was aimed at scholarship winners, those who purchased the Forum programme and all those who attended the final event on 27 September in person or online.