The project aims to set up the methodological, procedural, and organizational framework of a Competence Centre being a major point of European reference for transnational and interdisciplinary networking in the preservation of Cultural Heritage and providing national and regional Cultural Institutions with advice, support and services focused on the preservation and conservation of historical monuments and sites using state-of-the-art ICT technologies.
The key objectives of 4CH are to:
• Establish the methodological framework for the Competence Centre focusing on advanced digitization concepts and tools for preservation and conservation of Monuments and Sites;
• To design and implement a Platform that will enable the Competence Centre to support the interaction and interdisciplinary collaboration among European CH Institutions;
• Increase and enhance the digitization of Cultural Heritage to support conservation;
• Develop best practices to make full use of CH data for the benefit of the Cultural Heritage sector and in other domains;
• Define the operational, financial and legal conditions for the creation of the Competence Centre and furthermore for its sustainability in the long term.
4CH
Competence Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage

Category: European
Funding Agency: H2020-EU.3.6.2.2, H2020-EU.3.6.3.1
Programme: H2020-EU.3.6.2.2, H2020-EU.3.6.3.1
Coordinator: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Start Date: 01.01.2021
Expiration Date: 31.12.2023
Duration: 36 months
Total Budget: 2998208,75€
FORTH ICS Budget: 58437,50€
Related URL: https://www.4ch-project.eu/
Partners: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), INCEPTION SRL, SERVIZI DIDATTICI E SCIENTIFICI PER L’UNIVERSITÀ DI FIRENZE (PIN), FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (TECNALIA), Visual Dimension ΒΩΒΑ, RDF Ltd., Iron Will, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), The University of Bologna (UNIBO), Athena Research Centre (ARC), The Cyprus Institute (CYI), Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), ISTITUTO CENTRALE PER IL CATALOGO UNICO DELLE BIBLIOTECHE ITALIANE E PER LE INFORMAZIONI BIBLIOGRAFICHE (ICCU), CONNECTING ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE (CARARE), Michael Culture Association, The National Heritage Institute of Romania (INP), The University of Tours (UNI-TOURS), LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG (LEICA)
Funding Agency: H2020-EU.3.6.2.2, H2020-EU.3.6.3.1
Programme: H2020-EU.3.6.2.2, H2020-EU.3.6.3.1
Coordinator: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Start Date: 01.01.2021
Expiration Date: 31.12.2023
Duration: 36 months
Total Budget: 2998208,75€
FORTH ICS Budget: 58437,50€
Related URL: https://www.4ch-project.eu/
Partners: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), INCEPTION SRL, SERVIZI DIDATTICI E SCIENTIFICI PER L’UNIVERSITÀ DI FIRENZE (PIN), FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (TECNALIA), Visual Dimension ΒΩΒΑ, RDF Ltd., Iron Will, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), The University of Bologna (UNIBO), Athena Research Centre (ARC), The Cyprus Institute (CYI), Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), ISTITUTO CENTRALE PER IL CATALOGO UNICO DELLE BIBLIOTECHE ITALIANE E PER LE INFORMAZIONI BIBLIOGRAFICHE (ICCU), CONNECTING ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE (CARARE), Michael Culture Association, The National Heritage Institute of Romania (INP), The University of Tours (UNI-TOURS), LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG (LEICA)
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