Components: [K] Knowledge and Education Targeted audience: Schools, kindergartners, educational institutions Aims / Content: Encourage children, young people and teachers to explore, research and experience their cultural heritage Year / Duration: 2010 - Ongoing Online material: www.lernortdenkmal.at Austria Lernort Denkmal ernont Denkmal Educational and Cultural Learning Programme was launched by the Fed- eral Monuments Authority Austria in 2010. This initiative is addressed to all Austrian schools, kinder- gartens and educational institutions and provides suggestions and ideas on how project work can be done in the field of cultural heritage and in the area of preservation and conservation. — Till June 2015 approximately 10.600 pupils, 650 teachers, 450 classes and 200 schools in Austri- an took part in this initiative. — Children and young people get the opportu- nity to explore and research their cultural heritage through projects, workshops or tours. Furthermore they are given the possibility to be creative and learn through practice with a more “hands-on“ approach. — The Federal Monuments Authority Austria for example, invites school-groups to visit its Depart- ment of Conservation and Restoration in Vienna or other important historic sites and museums to bring them closer to the protection and care of monu- ments. This form of cooperation between pupils and monument experts allows young people to learn about their own history in an exciting way and at the Sources: www.herein-system.eu/strategy-xxi www.lernortdenkmal.at L same time develop a sense of responsibility for their cultural heritage. — Raise awareness of how to deal with the cul- tural heritage, get to know, understand and pay attention to culture, history and environment and feel responsible for it in order to work actively are some of the benefits of this initiative. — The main objective of this Programme is the creation of a network of schools that integrate cul- tural heritage as a main topic in their classrooms. Image from: www.bda.at/documents/179787321.pdf European Cultural Heritage Strategy for the 21 st century „ Page 82