ERAMCA project introduces in the Partner Countries an interdisciplinary approach to the complex problem of environmental risk assessment and reduction on Cultural Heritage assets in Central Asia. The project starts with an investigation of the local needs in Partner Countries and transforms those requests into a curriculum of a Master (120 ECTS), a digital library where all the teaching materials (e.g. books, hypertexts, video, best practices) related to the courses planned for the Master are stored and freely accessible by everyone. The project foresees the realization of 4 specialized laboratories for the activation, in each of the Universities of the Partner Countries, of a Pilot Course to test the effectiveness of the didactic project with the users and eventually apply the appropriate corrections that will allow to draw up the didactic plan definitive. The laboratories will remain available to the Universities participating in the project for the systemization of the educational project in the institutional training activities.The UNESCO Office of Tashkent and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan participate as associated partners to drive the project towards an internationally accepted standard and a real understanding of local needs. They will test if the achieved results will fit the real needs of the involved Partner Countries.The main envisaged impacts are the introduction into the Partner Countries HEIs of an interdisciplinary approach to solve complex problems that are of prominent local interest, the introduction of internationally accepted concepts on Conservation of Cultural Heritage assets, the correct comprehension of the environment actions on the Conservation of Cultural Heritage assets, and the growing up of the skills of a significant group of local teachers.
The ERAMCA project aims to train specialists able to assess environmental risks on built cultural heritage and propose mitigation actions. These objectives require engineers and architects to know how to work as a team to harmonize interventions that require very different skills. It is therefore necessary to create a common language between the various specialists and equip them with HW/SW skills that allow them to harmonize the different points of view in coherent analyses and projects.
The ERAMCA project was born from the awareness that climate change and environmental risks dramatically threaten the conservation of the built cultural heritage in Central Asia. Risks linked to very significant seismic activities in this geographical area, risks of hydrogeological instability so widespread in pre-mountain and mountain areas, represent risks that have always been present in this region. Climate change constitutes a new risk that can compromise the conservation of this heritage.
<< Background >> The ERAMCA project was born from the awareness that climate change and environmental risks dramatically threaten the conservation of the built cultural heritage in Central Asia. Risks linked to very significant seismic activities in this geographical area, risks of hydrogeological instability so widespread in pre-mountain and mountain areas, represent risks that have always been present in this region. Climate change constitutes a new risk that can compromise the conservation of this heritage. << Objectives >> The ERAMCA project aims to train specialists able to assess environmental risks on built cultural heritage and propose mitigation actions. These objectives require engineers and architects to know how to work as a team to harmonize interventions that require very different skills. It is therefore necessary to create a common language between the various specialists and equip them with HW/SW skills that allow them to harmonize the different points of view in coherent analyses and projects. << Implementation >> Teachers from the 3 European and 4 Central Asian universities involved in the ERAMCA project planned a Master's Degree course, prepared the teaching material (slides, notes, references) and created 4 laboratories to support the teaching activities. The Course has been authorized by the local authorities and has therefore been activated in all 4 universities of Central Asia, albeit with different methods, and the learning results obtained will allow the course to be perfected in the coming years. << Results >> Teachers from the 3 European and 4 Central Asian universities involved in the project planned a Master's Degree course, prepared the teaching material (slides, notes, reference texts) and created 4 laboratories to support the teaching activities. The Master's Degree Course has been authorized by the Authorities and has been activated in all universities of Central Asia, albeit with different methods, and the learning results obtained will allow the course to be perfected in the coming years.