Report

Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - JHEP2 (Support to the implementation of the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) of the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPI CH))

Teaser

The world will continue to change rapidly due to a number of systemic causes, due to globalization, the inversion of private/public life driven by technology and man-made environmental change. European living is urban living, but even this is not immune to change. The rise of...

Summary

The world will continue to change rapidly due to a number of systemic causes, due to globalization, the inversion of private/public life driven by technology and man-made environmental change. European living is urban living, but even this is not immune to change. The rise of populism is a clear indicator that European citizens are bewildered by the pace of change. Cultural heritage is a rock in a storm; it is a touchstone, a reference point for many - though not for everyone. Europe with its wealth of cultural heritage assets and its advanced institutional, organizational and technological systems is capable of demonstrating global leadership in cultural heritage protection and innovation.
Because of the subsidiarity principle of the Treaty of the EU MS, Cultural Heritage is an area of research in which the launch and implementation of the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage: a challenge for Europe (JPICH) has the maximum impact in terms of common governance, adoption of a common SRA, management of joint transnational calls, set up of the Heritage Portal and discussion of the Action Programme.
Before the JPICH no previous cooperation of this size has ever existed in cultural heritage, in terms of Countries, the number of public organizations involved and response from researchers. The role played by research in this specific sector is specific because of the interdisciplinary nature of cultural heritage research.
JPICH has the track record and ambition to fill the gap between cultural heritage research in future EU framework programme (FP9) and national research programmes. JPI CH will demonstrate that the heritage economy (consisting of research, development, and services) is underpinned by a heritage industry (consisting of physical, digital and intangible assets) that together add to Europe’s future worth.
As JHEP2 project supports the implementation of the JPICH Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) research will be able to reinforce such a unique and fundamental role and create a pan-European cultural heritage research sector from this fragmented field.
In particular, the main specific objectives for this project after the experience of the JHEP and HERITAGE PLUS projects are to:
- Develop effective and efficient governance of the alignment of the national research and innovation programmes;
- Reinforce common activities on cultural heritage;
- Apply quantitative and qualitative KPIs for monitoring and assessing the JPICH alignment process.

Work performed

\"For this, the main activities to be implemented with JHEP2 project are 4 corresponding to the different Work Packages:
1. Alignment of national research programmes and activities with JPI cultural heritage
2. Implementation of joint activities including joint calls
3. Monitoring and evaluation (KPI)
4. Coordination and management

The work performed during the first 36 months of the project concerned all the WPs and most of the project Deliverables and Milestones due for the period were produced.
In particular, a mapping activity through a questionnaire on the state-of-the-art of regional and national research strategies, programmes and projects applied to Cultural Heritage was delivered.
The Deliverable D1.1 “Updated mapping on national research programmes” and the Deliverable 1.2 \"\"Report on the best practices in alignment\"\" and the Deliverable 1.3 “Report on JPI CH alignment workshop - PI Cultural Heritage Alignment Strategy 2019-2020” were produced and are available on the JPICH web site (www.jpi-culturalheritage.eu).
For the second Work Package related to the implementation of joint activities including joint call, a roadmap for consecutive and focused research calls has been developed according to the principle of variable geometries. Heritage Practice activities have been identified and diverse activities to undertake have been selected. Follow-up actions of high potential have been pinpointed and the International Conference on heritage governance has organized. A survey of (the impact and potential of) cultural heritage case studies have been developed and potential strategies to transform the Heritage Portal into a Knowledge Hub have been explored. Two transnational calls were launched: the first on \"\"Digital Heritage \"\" and the second one on \"\"Heritage in Changing Environments \"\". The other two calls \"\"Conservation & Protection\"\" and \"\"Identity & Perception\"\" will be launched respectively in 2019 and in 2020.
For the Work Package 3 to accomplish the objectives defined, an already existing set of indicators identified by the first JPICH CSA (JHEP) has been upgraded and adapted to this project JHEP2 goals and foreseen activities. Additional Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have been identified to monitor the alignment of national research programmes and research activities and added to this initial set. This set is currently being applied to JPICH research activities performed within the alignment process (i.e. networking, calls for proposals, mobility...).
Between July 2017 and December 2018, one document was issued according to the project: the Deliverable D3.2, “First interim evaluation of JPICH alignment process” presents the results of the first monitoring and evaluation exercise performed within the context of JHEP2, using the 34 indicators and the methodology defined in D3.1
At the same, the activities foresee for the Work Package 4 Coordination and Management were carried out and a specific deliverable on ‘Communication and Dissemination activities’ Deliverable 4.1 was produced with the specific aim to improve the JPICH visibility. A lot of dissemination actions with the aim to diffuse the results and the activities of the JPI CH was performed by the Coordinator.
The second 18 months of these activities were summarized in the Deliverable 4.4 Second JPICH Report on management activities which include the agendas, minutes and participants list of the project meetings organized.
A strong and intensive activity on internationalization and other JPIs cooperation were performed during these months. In particular, the JPICH Coordinator pursued all the opportunities to illustrate the JPICH activities towards the countries not yet involved and in particular towards non-EU Countries. Many new countries expressed their interest to be part of the JPI CH consortium (Serbia, Malta, Egypt, Slovenia) and one country as Kosovo requested with a formal letter.
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Final results

\"The main results of this JHEP2 project for this reporting period are:

• The definition of \"\"PI Cultural Heritage Alignment Strategy 2019-2020 \"\" that engage the countries involved in the JPICH to implement new actions for the alignment process in the next year
• The management of the Digital Heritage call (with a new JPICH country participant) that have funded 8 projects for 4 million of Euro;
• The management of the Heritage in Changing Environment call (with two new JPICH country participants) that have funded 5 projects for 3 million of Eur
• The implementation of training/workshops/schools and a major conference to strengthen cooperation and knowledge transfer.
• Three International Conferences were organized by the JPI CH participants during the period under the umbrella of European Year of Cultural Heritage and as a part of the official programme
• The reinforcement of the cooperation with other JPIs and other EU initiatives such as E-RHIS infrastructure.
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Website & more info

More info: http://www.jpi-culturalheritage.eu.