Jordan Conservation of Cultural Heritage in ERA

Abstract

The Jordan Conservation of Cultural Heritage in ERA - JOCHERA project is aiming at overall reinforcement of University of Jordan (UJ), Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (HMCSR) in Jordan cooperation capacities for cultural heritage protection research in the context of the European Research Area and development to the Conservation centre of excellence to respond to Jordan's socio-economic needs. The JOCHERA impact will be increased capacities of the UJ in terms of (i) better research and innovation management, (ii) improved international Science & Technology cooperation and participation in FP7, (iii) enhanced cultural heritage protection research capacities, and (v) defined strategic development framework in order to increase UJ visibility and scope. Likewise, JOCHERA will increase research and innovation linkages within Jordan in particular with SMEs, enable better opportunities to young researchers and enhance EU-JO RTD cooperation landscape. The project duration is 24 months, started in 1st December 2011 and will end in 31 November 2013.