ARCHE – Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage

Coordinator:

Fondation des sciences du patrimoine

Type of funding received:

EU funding
Grant Agreement: 101060054
Duration: 2022 – 2025
EU contribution: 2.913.136,25€

a short summary of the project

Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe is an EU-funded project with the aim of building a solid foundation for a European partnership in cultural heritage research and innovation landscape based on a holistic framework.

Political, technical, socioeconomic, and environmental changes have an impact on cultural heritage research and innovation (R&I). These new challenges require urgent solutions in terms of efficient protection, conservation and restoration, adoption of green technologies, advances in digitalisation and creation of growth and new jobs in the cultural heritage field.

The EU-funded ARCHE aims to build a strong alliance to face these challenges.

project objectives

The Cultural Heritage Research and Innovation landscape has changed significantly over the past few years. New political, technological and socio-economic parameters put emphasis on improving the protection, conservation and restoration efficiency of European cultural heritage with green technologies, as well as developing and further exploiting high-quality digitisation, open access and curation of digital assets. The need also exists to enhance the innovation potential and competitive edge of the Cultural and Creative Sector (CCS) to drive sustainable growth and job creation against global competition.

Responding to these challenges, the project will develop a pan-European framework for a holistic approach to cultural heritage research and innovation, by creating the Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe (ARCHE), a spearheading coordination network of researchers, innovators, heritage professionals, institutional bodies and citizens. The objective is to engage all cultural heritage actors in Member States / Associated Countries in the co-design of research and innovation strategies and roadmaps that lead to research and innovation initiatives requiring multidisciplinary approaches and skills.

A detailed assessment of research and innovation gaps and needs for the next decade will be the basis for designing a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for joint programming to increase awareness of heritage and the European sense of belonging. A new purpose-built governance structure will be proposed to effectively involve existing networks and new partners from relevant scientific disciplines and industries. It will also promote intensive and wide-ranging collaboration between cultural heritage, the arts, and the CCS. The SRIA and governance structure will be tested in a pilot operation in the third and final year.

 

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Additional resources

The ARCHE project has launched a public consultation for the development of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for Cultural Heritage. This consultation is open until 15 November 2024 and invites stakeholders from the cultural heritage research and innovation communities to participate.

To contribute, please complete the questionnaire available on the EUsurvey platform. Additionally, participants are encouraged to join discussions on the Heritage Research Forum for further exchanges and networking opportunities.

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