The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the Spanish State Research Agency (FECYT – AEI) will organise on October 23 a workshop called “European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage: New Opportunities for International Cooperation”, within the framework of the Horizon Europe-funded ARCHE project (Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe). The event will be organised in an online format by the Spanish State Research Agency and will engage with countries from North America, South America and Africa.
This workshop is the first in a series of six events dedicated to the Member States and Associated Countries, which aim at building a network of worldwide partners willing to engage with the future European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage (RCH) based on the Horizon Europe Framework Programme strategy to encourage international cooperation.
The Madrid event will present RCH, discuss its priorities and alignment with existing national and regional cultural heritage research & innovation policies and agendas, and explore new opportunities for international cooperation with countries in South America, North America and Africa. The workshop will bring together public authorities, policymakers, funding agencies, researchers and heritage professionals to address the needs and challenges for resilient cultural heritage through collaborative international action.
The event will take place in the middle of a two-month long extensive consultation with the broad heritage research & innovation community on the ARCHE Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). The SRIA is a roadmap with research priorities that will form the basis for joint transnational activities expected to start in 2026, within the RCH Partnership. Stakeholders will be able to give their direct input via a survey on the European Commission portal and engage in more in-depth discussions via the online Heritage Research Forum. The Heritage Research Forum is an interactive platform that is acting as a matchmaking and co-design space throughout ARCHE’s and RCH’s lifespan in which users will be able to directly consult these intermediary outputs of the SRIA drafting process and provide their insights. The access to the platform is free and all interested users need to do is register on the Heritage Research Hub website.
Please note that the event will take place in an online format.
For further inquiries, please contact:
Jessica Illera Clavijo, workshop organiser (Jessica.Illera@fecyt.es)
Alexandre Caussé, ARCHE Coordinator (alexandre.causse@sciences-patrimoine.org)
What is the Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe?
The Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe (ARCHE) is a three-year EU-funded Horizon project that started in September 2022 to develop a pan-European framework for a holistic approach to Research and Innovation in Cultural Heritage. The project consortium consists of 24 partners from 18 countries and is coordinated by the Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine (France). Through a series of workshops, ARCHE will develop a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for Cultural Heritage and demonstrate the added value of a European Partnership to address Cultural Heritage.
What is the European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage?
The European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage (RCH) is a European Commission proposal for a European Partnership under the Research and Innovation Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society. A European Partnership is primarily funded through Member States contributions, with supplementary funding from the European Commission. The aim of the RCH is twofold: to strengthen the means of preserving Europe’s cultural heritage and to contribute to climate neutrality in other sectors by bringing forward traditional and innovative practices, techniques and materials resulting from cultural heritage research. It will address two main challenges: 1) the limited research and evidence regarding adaptation strategies and the impact of climate and environmental change on cultural heritage; and 2) the need for enhanced understanding, use and recognition of how cultural heritage can inform policies and guide implementation measures, including the role of traditional and local knowledge. RCH is first Partnership addressing social sciences and humanities to be approved under Cluster 2. The full draft Partnership proposal has been officially published on the European Commission website.
What is the relationship between ARCHE and RCH?
ARCHE, along with other multi-partner projects such as the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change and through the preparation of a SRIA, aims to pave the way for the future European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage.