49 Cultivate your local talents Cultural Heritage is an opportunity for makers Test your ideas; fail fast to learn fast Let citizens be experts Seek and share Create an environment of inclusion Cultural Heritage is an opportunity for makers Leverage the power of cultural heritage to open opportunities for local cultural and creative industries, be it in terms of supplying content to heritage institutions, or simply for local craftsmen to sustain their know-how. Let citizens be experts Reinforce/create ideal conditions for citizens’ engagement and empowerment in collectively contributing to safeguarding common heritage. Local people become experts in heritage and become more conscious of its value. Test your ideas; fail fast to learn fast Develop tools for evaluation, monitoring and measuring impacts. Cultural heritage makes an invaluable contribution to local and regional development, yet it is often still underestimated and undervalued. Cultural heritage policies and projects must be subject to research work (including strong statistics) and evaluation to monitor the impact of policy actions and how those contribute to social inclusion. Create an environment of inclusion Promoting intercultural activities among different groups harnesses social cohesion. Volunteers play an invaluable role in making local projects inclusive and relevant to the different communities. Seek and share Develop the right tools and technological solutions to enable collaboration among all citizens