The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the Spanish State Research Agency (FECYT – AEI) will organise on October 23 and 24 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 hosted 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. In addition to the thematic roundtables, the event will also introduce the draft ARCHE policy recommendations.
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 hybrid format. To secure your on-site participation in the event, please register until 4 October 2024. Please note that, due to the limited capacity of the venue, we highly encourage early registration for on-site attendance.
For further inquiries, please contact:
Jessica Illera Clavijo, workshop organiser (Jessica.Illera@fecyt.es)
Alexandre Caussé, ARCHE Coordinator (alexandre.causse@sciences-patrimoine.org)