Economic Value of Ireland's Historic Environment - The Heritage ...

while also providing the opportunity to revive traditional skills. As an educational trust, the ILT seeks
to maintain the highest standards of practice among builders and craftsmen throughout the country;
contribution to sustainable resource management, e.g. where restored buildings are used to house
museum collections or for other activities;
the cross-border nature of the activity, which can have positive spill-over implications for the heritage,
education and tourism sectors at a national and international level;
as noted earlier, provision of broader educational activities such as providing crafts courses in local
areas where properties are located, the organisation of seminars and presentations, facilitating school
tours and participation in major heritage events (e.g. Heritage Week);
providing advice and the knowledge of experience to either private individuals or other organisations,
which are seeking to find solutions that would promote the conservation and restoration of heritage
buildings;
providing a “demonstration effect” to stimulate other small developments in local areas, through its
rehabilitation of landmark buildings.
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