Re: Future Conservation Research in Europe

["Anke Weidner" <textasia@xxxxxxx>]

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From: Kerstin Petersson <texkons.kp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:28 PM
Subject: Future Conservation Research in Europe


> To all conservators from EU countries:
>
> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> > Fra: Roxana Radvan [SMTP:radvan@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > <mailto:[SMTP:radvan@xxxxxxxxxxxx]>
> > Sendt: 04. april 2001 14:21
> > Til: astrid.brandt@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:astrid.brandt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Kopi: c.sabbioni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; <mailto:c.sabbioni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;>
> > terje.nypan@xxxxx <mailto:terje.nypan@xxxxx>
> > Emne: URGENT!!!!
>
> Dear colleagues this message concerns all of us, please read the following
> letter and add your name, profession and Nationality at the signatures to
> support a pan European action against the decision of the European
> Parliament to vote for the 6th framework program without including the
> specific program of Cultural Heritage. Every 50 signatures remember to
> send this mail back to vivitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vivitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The European parliament is going to vote for the 6th framework program
> beginning of May. The proposal of the European community for the 6th
> framework plans
> for research, technological development and demonstration activities
> concerning the multi annual framework programme 2002-2006 omits completely
> the research towards protection, conservation and enhancement of Cultural
> Heritage.
> A proposal written from the member states of European Union promulgating
> the future directions of research for the member states excluding the
> research
> towards protection, conservation and enhancement of Cultural Heritage is a
> proposal that could be written by any other Union in the world but the
> European.
> European cultural heritage and all actions for its protection is for
> European citizens as important -if not more - as the development of
> nanotechnology, bioengineering, informatics and aeronautics, that are the
> main programs proposed for funding from the common shareable European
> capitals in the 6th framework program, and it deserves proportional
> importance and funding.
> All the European people involved in Cultural Heritage aspects should
> remind to our elected representatives in European Parliament the meaning
of
> European Culture and Cultural heritage to the definition and generation of
> the European identity and the principal role that plays in tightening the
> otherwise diverse European countries. We should remind them the leading
> part of our commonly founded European Culture that consolidates
diversities
> into a collective cultural wealth against borders, racism and xenophobia.
We
> should remind them that the research already undertaken by all European
> countries involves many hundreds of people educated, trained, expertized
> throughout all those years of the previous framework programs thereafter
> professionally devoted in this field which are now going to be
> deliberately excluded from the European research area. We should remind
them
> that the
> research in Cultural Heritage problems requires resources and
> infrastructures not readily available in National level. We should remind
> them that efficient research in protection and preservation is the only
> way to keep the European Cultural treasures within Europe.
> We therefore require from the representatives of the European parliament
> to reform the proposal for the 6th framework program involving an
additional
> specific program for research on protection, conservation and enhancement
> of Cultural Heritage.
> > Signatures
> > 1. Vivi Tornari, Optical Physics-Laser applications laboratory
FORTH-IESL,
> > Greece
> > 2. Vassilis Zafiropulos, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser,
FORTH,
> > Greece
> > 3. Roxana Radvan, National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics,
INOE2000,
> > Romania
> > 4. Terje Nypan, Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Norway.
> > 5. Axel Mykleby, ICOMOS Norway, Oslo, NORWAY
> > 6. Tone Olstad, conservator , Norway
> > 7. Jon Brænne, Conservator, Norway.
> > 8. Margareta Ekroth Edebo, Institute of Conservation, Sweden
> > 9.Gunilla Lagnesjö, Head of conservation, Studio of the western Sweden
> conservators trust,  Sweden
> >10.Inger Nyström, Conservator, Studio of the western Sweden conservators
> trust,  Sweden
> >11. Monica Gustafsson, Conservator, Studio of the western Sweden
> conservators trust,  Sweden
> >12. Richard Francén, Conservator, Studio of the western Sweden
conservators
> trust,  Sweden
> >13. Martin Erikson, Conservator, Studio of the western Sweden
conservators
> trust,  Sweden
> >14. Lotti Bejaminsson, Conservator, Studio of the western Sweden
> conservators trust,  Sweden
> >15. Ingalill Nyström, Conservator, Studio of the western Sweden
> conservators trust,  Sweden
> 16. Anna Javér, Conservator, The World Culture Museum, Sweden
> 17. Kerstin Petersson, Conservator, National Museum of Ethnography, Sweden
> 18. Anke Grit Weidner, Conservator, Ethnological Museum Dresden, Germany