2026 European Young Heritage Entrepreneur of the Year Award

25. 04. 2026

Registration for the 2026 European Young Heritage Entrepreneur of the Year Award is now open!

The awards ceremony will take place at the 10th Annual NextGen Conference Ball.

This EHH NextGen Prize rewards the spirit of sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship amongst young owners or future owners of historic houses! Read the full application below.

Submission Deadline: March 13th.

Full Application Details

Apply for the Award

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26. 02. 2026

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Verona
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10th Annual NextGen Conference

24. – 26. 04. 2026

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26. 05. 2026

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General Assembly 2026

02. – 03. 06. 2026

Belgium, Brussels
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02. – 05. 06. 2026

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01. 09. 2026

Online
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10th Cultural Weekend: Trondheim

04. – 06. 09. 2026

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4th Owners' Circle Congress

02. – 04. 10. 2026

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Webinar Inside NextGen: Music Events in Historic Houses

02. 12. 2025, Online
Energy Manager for Historic House Owners: Online Training

25. – 27. 11. 2025, Online
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06. 11. 2025, Online
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14. 10. 2025, Brussels
MERITAcubed Kick-off meeting

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MetaHeritage In-person meeting in the Azores

02. – 03. 10. 2025, the Azores
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26. – 28. 09. 2025, Utrecht
3rd Owners’ Circle congress

18. – 21. 09. 2025, Barcelona
Energy Expert in Historic Houses training in The Netherlands

02. – 04. 09. 2025, Amersfoort
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02. 09. 2025, Online
General Assembly 2025

24. – 25. 06. 2025, Brussels
CliP-ComE training The Netherlands

10. – 12. 06. 2025, Amsterdam
9th Annual NextGen Conference

25. – 27. 04. 2025, France, Villefranche-Sur-Saône
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22. – 24. 04. 2025, Mauerbach
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MERITA transnational Lisbon meeting

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1st Owners’ Circle congress

20. – 23. 09. 2023, Prague
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HERIT Final Conference 2023

23. 05. 2023, Brussels
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22. 05. 2023, Brussels
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9th Cultural Weekend: Verona

Webinar Inside NextGen: Gardens

10th Annual NextGen Conference

2026 European Young Heritage Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Webinar Inside NextGen: Holiday Accommodations

General Assembly 2026

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Webinar Inside NextGen: Archives

10th Cultural Weekend: Trondheim

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Past Events

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Webinar Inside NextGen: Music Events in Historic Houses

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MERITAcubed Kick-off meeting

MetaHeritage In-person meeting in the Azores

8th Cultural Weekend: Utrecht

3rd Owners’ Circle congress

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Webinar Inside NextGen: Foraging

General Assembly 2025

CliP-ComE training The Netherlands

9th Annual NextGen Conference

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7th Cultural Weekend: Mallorca

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NextGen Cultural Weekend Zurich

MERITA online networking event

2nd Owners’ Circle congress

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CliP-ComE kick–off meeting

NextGen Cultural Weekend Warsaw

European Sustainable Heritage Award

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CHARTER Alliance General Meeting Dublin 2023

NextGen Cultural Weekend Naples

MERITA transnational Lisbon meeting

1st Owners’ Circle congress

General Assembly 2023

HERIT Final Conference 2023

HERIT Transnational meeting Brussels

Young Heritage Entrepreneur Award 2023

NextGen conference 2023

How tourism can be a lever to heritage promotion and preservation

NextGen Cultural Weekend Brussels

HERIT Transnational meeting Prague

NextGen Cultural Weekend Lisbon

MERITA kick off meeting

General Assembly 2022

HERIT Transnational meeting A Coruña

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