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Every three months we publish a briefing on relevant European developments in the field of cultural heritage. The European Affairs Update brings you up to speed with the latest news, funding opportunities, events and other updates. It is a joint initiative of the European Archaeological Council and the European Association of Archaeologists. Please feel free to share it among your network. In this edition, find links to two open EAC surveys. The first is a survey about our gu

In March 2026, the EAC held its 27th Annual Meeting at the Altamira Museum and National Research Centre, Santillana del Mar, Spain. Our thanks to the Ministry of Culture of Spain and its partners for generously hosting the event. The symposium topic was 'Bridging Borders in Heritage Protection: best practice against archaeological crime' and the event provided two days of thought-provoking talks and discussions on this complex and important topic. We welcomed two new members

In March 2025, the EAC held workshops in Gdańsk, and invited members and colleagues to share their priorities in the context of the Valletta and Faro Conventions, to guide the activities of the EAC in the coming years. The workshops were based on four topics identified as priorities in a survey conducted the previous year, namely: heritage crime; citizen science and public benefit; landscape management and archaeology; and climate change and sustainability. The technical repo