ANCHISE Policy Recommendations

The fight against trafficking and looting of cultural goods requires also responses at political level. 

In order to enhance the actions and the capacity of the involved professionals and to counter these crimes at structural level, policies and legislation at national and European level should be steered accordingly to experience and research on the field.

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A strong policy context already exists: the EU Action Plan against Trafficking in Cultural Goods (2022) sets clear objectives, the Nicosia Convention criminalises trafficking offences at international level, and EU directives provide a normative framework for legitimate import and export of cultural goods. The recent Culture Compass by the European Commission reiterates the importance of interdisciplinary response against trafficking and looting of cultural heritage.

 

But without coordination, shared tools, and sustained political will, the response remains fragmented in the face of a deeply transnational threat.

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ANCHISE was built on the conviction that change requires bottom-up solutions: both technological and political.  Part of ANCHISE objectives is to identify the structural gaps that undermine current European efforts and to propose concrete, workable solutions. The result is a shared vision: a European Interdisciplinary Competence Centre capable of turning existing interdisciplinary expertise into coordinated, lasting action.

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The policy work was developed in 3 steps: first, a Policy Brief to understand the context and the pain points, secondly, a Policy Research to identify the gaps and the prefigurate the possible solution of the Competence Centre, finally common Policy Recommendations with Sister projects (AURORA & ENIGMA) to embed our results into a vision for the future.

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