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Members of the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change met in Lisbon

The Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change ( JPI CH) met in Lisbon on November 18-19. The meeting aimed to share the results of the work developed throughout 2021 and discuss future actions to support research in the area of cultural heritage, including the implementation of the next Calls for joint transnational projects, one of which in partnership with JPI Climate, as well as dissemination activities under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

JPI CH, created in 2010 based on an instrument launched by the European Commission, is a Member State-driven Initiative bringing together national research funding organizations, ministries and research councils in Europe to address the societal challenges of the European Research Area.

The meeting took place in a hybrid format, with the face-to-face part taking place at the premises of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Tile Museum. It counted with the presence participation of 18 representatives of JPI, among which its President, Pascal Liévaux, and one of its Vice-Presidents, Charles Giry-Deloison.

Portugal is part of JPI CH since 2014. The national representation has been ensured by FCT, which now has the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage as a partner, an organization that participated for the first time in the work of the organization.

This meeting in Lisbon had the support of the National Museum of the Tile, that received the participants in the two afternoons of work, for the presentation of projects of scientific and technological inquiry in the tile area, as well as for the presentation of the collections of the proper Museum. The conservation and divulgation of the cultural heritage in Portugal were two of the important aspects focused. The participants were still surprised for a challenge launched for the Museum of the Azulejo to collaborate in an activity of cultural and ludic character. The activity, accepted by all with great enthusiasm, consisted of painting a tile and the piece created was taken with them to their countries.