ARCHE Consortium meets in Paris

The ARCHE (Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe) project consortium met in Paris from October 16 to 18 to take stock of the first year of implementation and prepare the next steps. The meetings involved the General Assembly and the Executive Board and coincided with the meetings of the Coordination Committee and the Governing Board of the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPI CH).

These meetings addressed the deliverables already submitted and the preparation of the next ones, as well as the tasks completed and in progress. The first year of the ARCHE project focused on mapping and assessing the research and innovation landscape of cultural heritage in Europe, as well as organizing four virtual workshops involving stakeholders.

Throughout 2024, the ARCHE alliance will organize four in-person workshops across Europe to discuss a first draft of the new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for cultural heritage. This document is intended to serve as a roadmap for harmonizing cultural heritage research policies in Europe in the coming years.

In addition to discussing the project's main achievements over the past year, the exchanges in Paris also addressed the future European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage 2025-2027, for which the ARCHE project aims to pave the way.

FCT participates in the ARCHE project, contributing to the mapping, evaluation, promotion, and dissemination activities of the project, as well as to the implementation and support of its structure.

In Paris, through representation in the project's governing bodies, FCT participated in plenary discussions, in a debate with representatives of JPI CH and the European Commission on the future European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage, and in thematic sessions on the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and stakeholder engagement.

About the ARCHE project

The ARCHE project, a coordination and support action funded by the Horizon Europe program, began in September 2022 and will continue until August 2025. It aims to develop a pan-European framework for a holistic approach to cultural heritage research and innovation through the creation of the Alliance for Cultural Heritage Research in Europe, a coordination network of researchers, innovators, heritage professionals, institutional bodies, and citizens. It also aims to involve a wide range of cultural heritage actors in Member States/Associated Countries in the joint establishment of research and innovation strategies and roadmaps leading to research and innovation initiatives that require multidisciplinary approaches and skills.