The Regional Council's Savoir-Faire category concerns the application of a craft skill, technique or body of knowledge that ensures the continuity of fine craftsmanship. It is primarily aimed at craftsmen and companies perpetuating traditional know-how. Communication about crafts, even old ones, is not eligible for this award.

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Who is Patrimoine Aurhalpin?

Patrimoine Aurhalpin, the regional association for the promotion of heritage in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, brings together all those involved in heritage. The association was created in 1983 in Lyon, on the initiative of Régis Neyret: a grouping of some fifty associations from the eight Rhône-Alpes départements, which is still today the only regional federating association in France dedicated to heritage. Active in the Rhône-Alpes region since 1983, since 2016 it has been active throughout the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region: in Ain, Allier, Ardèche, Cantal, Drôme, Isère, Loire, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme, Métropole de Lyon, Rhône, Savoie and Haute-Savoie.  Patrimoine Aurhalpin coordinates the regional network, organizes information days, study days and thematic commissions (industrial heritage, funerary heritage, military heritage, local museums and collections, thermal heritage); publishes the Vademecum and the Courrier du patrimoine; puts heritage resources online; gives its members access to the regional agenda.