The European Commission

Research DG – INCO-MED

Concerted Action  ERB-IC18-CT98-0384

Kick-off meeting

Tunis, 17-20 September 1998

 

Basic idea:

·        To present the state-or-art of technologies and/or methodologies for preservation of monuments an important part of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean area;

·        To identify and to promote collaboration among various groups of experts dealing with the same subject in the Mediterranean area and to establish future needs and justification for cooperation;

·        To discuss and justify the reasons for including such regional RTD cooperation into the Euro-Mediterranean scientific and technological activities of the EU

Objectives:

·        To demonstrate that Cultural Heritage is a subject with enormous potential within EU and Non-member Mediterranean countries

·        To  introduce the Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean area as a sector  into the V. FW programme of RTD

Results:

·        Presentation of 9 Concerted Actions focused on Materials and the Cultural heritage within the 3rd Call for Proposals of IV FW Programme INCO-DC (approved 3 concerted actions)

·        Cultural Heritage was included as topic into the working plan of V. FW Programme of RTD (1999-2002) within the Euromediterranean cooperation (working program established in Naples 1998)

Agenda

      Friday, September 18, 1998 (Hotel L’Africa Meridien)

                    9:30       Opening session and acceptance of agenda

                                            Mr. Boubaker Ben Fraj Directeur Général, Institut National du Patrimoine

                                            Mr. José Luis Briansó (UAB, Spain)              (a)  Concerted actions (INCO-MED)
                                                                                                                            (b) V Framework Programme

                                            Mr. Bogomil Obelic (UAB, Spain)                   CA on Cultural Heritage

                                            Mr. José Luis Briansó (UAB, Spain)              Administrative management of CA

                        10:30       Discussion about the organization of the 2nd meeting (Sept. 1999) 

                                 and about the first thematic Workshop

                  11:30       Coffee break

                  12:00       General discussion on 3 proposed Prospective Studies (PS)

                                            Mr. Slim Khosrof (INP, Tunis) / Mr. Aureli Alvarez (UAB, Spain)

                                            Mr. M. Bouabdelli (Marrakech, Morrocco) / Mr. Ernesto Borrelli (ICCROM, Italy)

                                            Mr. Taha Abdallah (Cairo, Egypt) / Mr. Bernd Fitzner (RWTH Aachen, Germany)

                  12:30       Lunch

                        14:30       Resumption of the session on proposed PS (informal discussion in groups)

                                            Selection of a monument for each prospective study

                                            Consortium  of each study

                                            Identification of problematic for each study

                                            Timetable for each study (12 to 20 months)

                                            Deadline for shipment of definitive proposals to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

                                            Financing of each prospective study

                                            Coordination and management of each prospective study

                        17:30       Closing

      Saturday, September 19, 1998 (Hotel L’Africa Meridien)

                    9:30       Presentation of definitive plans for each prospective study

                                            Mr. Slim Khosrof (INP, Tunis) / Mr. Aureli Alvarez (UAB, Spain)

                                            Mr. M. Bouabdelli (Marrakech, Morrocco) / Mr. Ernesto Borrelli (ICCROM, Italy)

                                            Mr. Taha Abdallah (Cairo, Egypt) / Mr. Bernd Fitzner (RWTH Aachen, Germany)

                        10:30       Redaction of conclusions of the 1st meeting

                  12:30       Presentation of conclusions

                                            Mr. Bogomil Obelic (UAB, Spain)

                                            Mr. Slim Khosrof (INP, Tunis)

                        13:00       Closing session 

                                            Mr. Refaât Chaabouni Directeur, 

                                            Secrétariat d’Êtat à la Recherche Scientifique et à la Technologie

                                            Mr. José Luis Briansó (UAB, Spain)

                        13:30       Lunch

                  15:00       Visit to the Roman Aqueduct (Jebel Zaghouan-Carthage, 65 km)