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184 TEHIC Towards a European Heritage Interpretation Curriculum 7.4.4. Caicena River Ecomuseum, Córdoba municipality and its narrative is divided between cultural spaces and territorial actions, following a scheme of balanced local development in accordance with the town`s histor- ical and natural heritage, but in constant dialectical and critical debate. It uses the tools of heritage interpretation for the programming and implementation of the activities. The Ecomuseum includes the Historical-Archaeological Museum, the Peasant Classroom and the visitor and temporary exhibitions centre, as well as accommodation facilities for researchers. All these are complemented by a regular programme of activities focused on heritage: conferences, workshops, training courses, guided tours, educational activities, and so on. The project’s main goal is to raise awareness and promote active participation among local population, and then diversify into inland tourism as a rural development strategy. Criteria it meets and justification 1. Time and Sustainability Time path of the project Although the initiative was born in 1994, in 1997 it was materialised in a series of museum nuclei. Since 1999, the management of the Ecomuseum has been consolidated for the organization and planning of a wide range of activities. Sustainability The Ecomuseum provides educational, so- cial, and cultural services for the local community as well as for visitors: interpret - ed visits, schoolchildren workshops, open visits during archaeological excavations, educational activities, a Roman festival ( Festum ), historical recreation, dramatiza- tion, interpretation and cultural use of public space (Roman meals, “The pleasures of the Roman table”, since 2006; Ibero-Roman Meeting Festum , since 2007). Festum , Almedinilla. Picture by Caicena River Ecomuseum.