Future Priorities for EAC: member survey results

At the General Assembly in Brussels on 21 March 2024, the EAC celebrated its 25th anniversary by looking forward. The EAC Board invited members to share their priorities in the context of the Valletta and Faro Conventions, to guide future EAC activities.

The results of the survey created a clear list of the priorities and challenges that EAC members would like the EAC to help them address in the coming years. The EAC will use the survey when planning future initiatives and events, so these priorities can be explored and addressed to assist members. Download the survey results here.

The European Archaeological Council was formed in 1999 to support the management of Archaeological Heritage throughout Europe. In 2015, the EAC published the Amersfoort Agenda, its response to addressing the challenges laid out in the Valletta Convention. The first major theme was embedding archaeology in society, encouraging public participation and integrating archaeology into education. The second theme was the importance of conscious, explicit and transparent choices in archaeological heritage management. The third theme was archaeological data management in the digital age.

To build on this, the Making Choices initiative invited EAC members to consider their priorities, and identify areas where EAC guidance and support was most needed. In 2024, we launched a range of new EAC guidelines resulting from the Making Choices initiative.