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This joint meeting was the second online workshop and third cross-organisation meeting between PASCAL International Observatory (Learning City Network on Cultural Heritage Education), the European Museums Academy (EMA), and SoPHIA – a project aiming to further promote collective reflection with the cultural and political sectors in Europe on the impact and quality of interventions in the European historical environment and cultural heritage at an urban level to promote a holistic impact assessment model, indicators, and standards.

From our discussions in December, I was inspired to think further about the challenges in learning through digital means. I attach a recent publication from the University of Padua and the European Museum Academy where the participants tried to observe and isolate trends in how museums around the world have used digital tools and developed new digital products during the pandemic.

Together with a colleague, Elia Vlachou also from the European Museum Academy (EMA), Henrik Zipsane, produced the attached literary review summary for cultural heritage policies on an international level.  It is produced within the EU Horizon 2020 project Sophia (Social Platform for Holistic Impact Assessment). It provides an overview of what’s in the relevant policies here and now.