Welcome to the En-compass project!

En-compass is a European Commission-funded project involving communities from four regions across four continents, including China, England, Guyana and Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa, working together to identify and safeguard threatened heritage resources. Despite its global dimensions, the project is very much a 'grassroots’ initiative which aims ultimately to improve “access to local culture and to protect and promote cultural diversity, especially cultural heritage in imminent danger”.

The project aims to develop a series of international ‘building-block’ exchange and training opportunities that will benefit organisations and people from the participating countries and beyond. Furthermore, the action will have two added values by supporting the development of sustainable heritage tourism and encouraging the fight against climate change.

The En-compass action of exchanges and training will run over a three-year period. These exchanges will start in 2010, with a weeklong workshop in Newcastle upon Tyne. This will be followed by a series of activities split over the three-year period. These are detailed, by year, in the Project section of the website.

We hope you enjoy using this website as a practical resource for the En-compass project. Regular news updates and a comprehensive discussion forum can be found within the Members area of the website.

For help with the website and for enquiries regarding the En-compass project, please read our frequently asked questions in the 'Help' area of our website; alternatively, please contact us via the options on the opposite side of the page.