Concerted Action ERB-IC18-CT98-0384
MAIN OBJECTIVES
The co-ordination of various R.T.D. groups of the European Union (EU), and Third Countries (TC) in the Mediterranean Area, on preservation and restoration of Cultural Heritage;
To allow synergy among the groups dealing with degradation and alteration of geologic materials (traditional or improved by technical process) used in construction and rehabilitation of the Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Area;
Strengthening the partnership by promoting mobility and exchange of scientific and technical staff of the programs and teams.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Organisation of three Prospective Studies, based on different types of geologic materials, carried out in parallel in Third Countries of the Mediterranean Area;
Organisation of two thematic Workshops focused on techniques and methodologies applied on sedimentary rocks, igneous and metamorphic rocks, and clay materials;
Organisation of two Training Courses addressed to specialist of preservation of Monuments (both scientists and technicians).
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Prospective studies of materials and their alterations used in several monuments from the TC of the Mediterranean Area, as well as studies of socio-economic and environmental factors in the surrounding of these monuments;
Proposition of guidelines and models for rehabilitation of these monuments;
Joining of several groups from non-member states in order to use advanced technologies considered by CA and giving the opportunity to the EU partners to study determined monuments in TC;
Enabling the N-S, N-N and S-S mobility of the researchers within laboratories, as well as enabling the interchange of samples to be analysed in other laboratories;
Organisation of Training Courses under the auspices of the UNESCO Cairo Office;
Creation of a permanent network on the materials considered by this CA and used in Cultural Heritage;
Identification of Joint Research requirements as the basis for JRP-s proposed to EC within the V Framework Programme of INCO-MED.