On 8 June 2012, the Government of Hungary signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (Faro, 2005). Thus, Hungary has taken a significant step in favour of the complex protection, management and preservation of cultural heritage.

According to the document, everyone has the responsibility for European cultural heritage which constitutes a shared source of remembrance, understanding, identity, cohesion and creativity. The pledge of preservation is the exchange of knowledge, high level trainings, as well as the use of techniques and skills based on tradition.

The Parties of the Faro Convention undertake to take into account the specific character and interests of the cultural heritage when devising economic policies, to raise social awareness, to utilise the economic potential of the cultural heritage, to promote respect for the integrity of the cultural heritage, to define principles for sustainable management and to encourage maintenance, to develop knowledge of cultural heritage, and to integrate these approaches into all aspects of lifelong education and training.

The purpose of the international co-operation is to integrate the protection of cultural heritage into policies of public authorities in all sectors and at all levels, and to influence everyday life of people through education and economy, raising awareness that the sustainment and transmission of Hungarian and common European material and intellectual values is essential for future generations to become acquainted with cultural roots, and to preserve diversity.

(State Secretariat for Culture)