Meo, BeatriceFalivena, CamillaGiosi, AlessandroMondello, VirginiaCampana, StefanoFerdani, DanieleGraf, HolgerGuidi, GabrieleHegarty, ZackaryPescarin, SofiaRemondino, Fabio2025-09-052025-09-052025978-3-03868-277-6https://doi.org/10.2312/dh.20253171https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/dh20253171Co-production has become crucial for Digital Cultural Heritage (Whitehead et al., 2021), based on stakeholder participation and redesign of traditional approaches (Cooper et al., 2021). The study aims to understand the use of digital strategies to foster co-production in the management of cultural heritage. Furthermore, it explores the consistency of such a management of cultural heritage with sustainability standards and the associated impact from citizens' and public decision-makers' perspectives. To that end, a multiple case study analysis on three Italian case studies was conducted: Via Francigena, Via degli Dei, and ''I Borghi più Belli d'Italia''. Findings highlight a strong alignment between co-production and public value theories. The cases show how collaboration is not incidental but rather the foundation of these projects' success: citizens and local stakeholders perceive themselves as partners in the heritage initiatives. All cases also developed governance arrangements that facilitate collaboration across organizational and jurisdictional boundaries, enabling the co-production.Attribution 4.0 International License10.2312/dh.2025317110 pages