There Faro Convention states the right to cultural heritage on the part of citizens, as well as a individual and collective responsibility towards him.
The concept of Cultural Heritage is replaced by that of Cultural Heritage, defined as “a complex of resources inherited from the past that people identify, regardless of ownership, as a reflection and expression of their continually evolving values, beliefs, knowledge, and traditions“.
In this sense, the role of the " becomes fundamental“heritage community“, or rather of “a group of people who value specific aspects of cultural heritage and wish to sustain and pass them on to future generations“.
With the adoption of the Faro Convention This completes the process of considering cultural heritage as a product and expression of local communities, and the local communities directly involved in their protection.
There Faro Convention It was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 2005 in Faro, Portugal. It entered into force on 1 June 2011. It was ratified by the Italian Parliament in September 2020.