Presentation of the Framework Convention on the Value of
Cultural Heritage for Society (Faro, 2005) Heritage in the broad
sense Cultural heritage is constantly being redefined by human
activity and so cannot remain static. The defining goal of the
Framework Convention is to broaden and decompartmentalise the
concept of heritage. Cultural heritage is a group of resources
inherited from the past which people regard, irrespective of who
owns them, as a reflection and expression of their own
constantly evolving values, beliefs, knowledge and traditions.
It includes all aspects of the environment resulting from the
interaction between people and places through time. "Europe's
common heritage" and "heritage communities" The Framework
Convention requires the parties to recognise Europe’s common
heritage - the cultural heritage, which is both an asset and a
source of collective memory, and a shared intellectual heritage
based on universally accepted values deriving from Europe’s
often troubled past and proposing a ki