European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science Implementation Phase

E-RIHS IP

Funded by: European Commission  
Calls: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-02
Start date: 2022-10-01  End date: 2024-09-30
Total Budget: EUR 1.353.600,00  INO share of the total budget: EUR 115.090,23
Scientific manager: CNR   and for INO is: Striova Jana

Organization/Institution/Company main assignee: CNR

other Organization/Institution/Company involved:
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
ATOMMAGKUTATO INTEZET
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
FONDATION DES SCIENCES DU PATRIMOINE
IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS
INOE 2000
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY
JAVNI ZAVOD REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE ZA VARSTVO KULTURNE DEDISCINE
Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium
Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium
MINISTERE DE LA CULTURE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION
MINISTERIE VAN ONDERWIJS, CULTUUR EN WETENSCHAP
The Cyprus Institute
The National Gallery
UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA
UNIVERSITA TA MALTA
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI
UNIWERSYTET MIKOLAJA KOPERNIKA W TORUNIU

other INO’s people involved:
Benassi Laura


Abstract: The European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) was designed as a pan-European distributed infrastructure with the vision of replacing the traditional science-for-art approach to conservation through the new widely
interdisciplinary sector of Heritage Science (HS) to improve the understanding and sustainable preservation of cultural heritage. E-RIHS was admitted in the 2016 ESFRI Roadmap and is now preparing its step 2 application to take the
legal form of an ERIC. The E-RIHS Implementation Phase (E-RIHS IP) consortium brings together representatives of the national nodes of the countries that expressed their willingness to support the establishment of the ERIC and one
permanent observer. It aims at enabling the E-RIHS implementation phase and preparing the operation of E-RIHS ERIC, also in support of its positioning as the reference RI for the HS domain at the EU and global level. The objectives
and methodology underpinning the E-RIHS IP work plan target and intend to overcome the bottlenecks highlighted in the recommendations of the 2020 ESFRI monitoring report, the EC High Level Expert Group report (2020) and the
ERIC step 1 assessment (2021). Coordinated actions are dedicated to: (i) implement the E-RIHS governance structure and finalise its distributed architecture; (ii) support the E-RIHS management with strategies and related implementation
plans regarding HR, procurement, risk management and quality system; (iii) maintain and build upon the established ERIHS excellence in user access and foster FAIR open access with the design of the DIGILAB platform; (iv) strengthen
international cooperation, cultivate synergies and consolidate the HS community around E-RIHS, while establishing ERIHS in the landscape of EU RIs and global initiatives; (v) secure the ERIC sustainability and unlock its socioeconomic
impact potential by providing E-RIHS with an updated business plan and a marketing strategy tailored for its new lifecycle phase.