Work plan 
WORK PACKAGES
- WP1 Project Management
- WP2 Best practices and protocols toward common standards
- WP3 Scientific excellence
- WP4 Coordination of dissemination and communication effort
- WP5 ARCHLAB the archives of European Museums and Cultural Heritage Institutions
- WP6 MOLAB the mobile facilities for in situ non-invasive measurements
- WP7 FIXLAB the platforms of European large and medium scale facilities
- WP8 A portal to cultural heritage knowledge
- WP9 New portable instrumentation and methodologies for in-situ diagnostics and conservation
- WP10 Innovative methodologies and instrumentation for laboratory research
Work Package Leaders
See the Contacts section.
WP1 Project Management
Objectives
Ensure and monitor that the overall consortium objective
is met smoothly, with high quality, on schedule and within
budget.
Set up and run the project decision-making bodies.
Lead the project to technical, organizational and financial
achievement,
Define tasks along with responsibilities and a work distribution
between the participants and the related resource
requirements.
Provide Reports and other Grant Agreement requirements.
Description of work
T1.1 Governance : Project Bodies functioning
T1.2 Quality assurance
T1.3 Financial issues, budget assessment, handling and distribution
of funds
T1.4 Reporting
WP2 Best practices and protocols toward common standards
Objectives
Adopt a progressive harmonization/compatibility of,
– best protocols for multi-technique analysis of samples, following
the type of object and material (stone, metal, paint, paper,
polymers, …) or degradation issue (alterations, depositions,
…)
– approaches in diagnosis and conservation methodology for
monuments, historical buildings and sites,
– a uniform protocol for sharing analytical data of individual
archives and registers (distributed data sets or database systems
or different digital formats).
Description of work
T2.1 Best practices, principles, protocols
T2.2 Integration and exchange of technical data
WP3 Scientific excellence
Objectives
Turn the assembled scientific excellence to the advantage
of the cultural heritage community;
Oanize training events, seminars, “hands on” workshops to diffuse
deep knowledge – expertise – and well established methodologies to
the users / professionals and to the general public;
Share and compare the results obtained by European scientific
community on focused priority areas verify the impact of
project work and grades through technical meetings;
Ensure the highest efficiency of the developed activities and
verify that they correspond to the real users needs.
Description of work
T3.1 Sharing of resources and oriented-training on
advanced instrumentation (Mobile NMR techniques; Laser-based
techniques; OCT applications)
T3.2 Sharing of knowledge and oriented-training on advanced
methodologies (Spectroscopic techniques; Dyeing technology; Stone
conservation)
T3.3 Oriented-topics events (Workshops on painting techniques
and influences of ancient masters; Conferences on new techniques
for the non-invasive investigation of the surface and sub-surface
structure of heritage objects; Foresight events)
WP4 Coordination of dissemination and communication effort
Objectives
Disseminate information about the project, its objectives,
the approaches and results spreading internal and external
communication.
Implement the CHARISMA web site with a relevant dedicated Welcome
access section, to apply for access, define and implement, in a
coherent way, unified modality of access, the outreach of new users
and the site review procedure.
Establish target audiences, creating two-way communication channels
with stakeholders carrying national responsibilities, academic,
research and conservators communities and users benefiting from
project activities.
Monitor the success and impact of the project activities through
the Extra-Mural
Advisory Committee, having external feedbacks regarding the
project objectives, its technical goals, milestones and
deliverables.
Description of work
T4.1 The public web site
T4.2 Powerful communication (Dissemination and use strategy and
plan; Periodic news and leaflet)
T4.3 External evaluation and feedbacks
WP5 ARCHLAB the archives of European Museums and Cultural Heritage Institutions
Objectives
Offer Users the opportunity to exploit structured
scientific information, available in the archives and documentation
departments of the most prestigious European museums and
institution developing safeguard and conservation of cultural
heritage.
Tender the access of stored analytical and technical data on
paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, metals, etc., devoted to
artworks of the most famous masters, from ancient to contemporary
art.
Optimize research and exploitation of knowledge in Europe. Create a
European network of scientific archives devoted to cultural
heritage. Promote exchanges between specialists.
Description of work
T5.1 Call for proposals, ARCHLAB Welcome Desk, and access
activity including Users’ meetings
WP6 MOLAB the mobile facilities for in situ non-invasive measurements
Objectives
Offer applicants a set of advanced portable
instrumentation indispensable for the study, conservation, and
safeguard of cultural heritage, for in-situ non-invasive
measurements in the same site where the artworks are located or
exhibited. For immovable objects (monuments, sculptures, buildings,
etc.) or movable artworks (including precious paintings, ceramics,
gems, manuscripts, etc.) with transportation’s high risk for the
artwork integrity.
Consent possible several types of study (clarification of
art-historical issues as dating, provenance, execution techniques,
etc.; assessing the state of preservation/conservation of the
object; establishing the best conditions and possible risks to
avoid or slow alterations as preventive conservation; monitoring
the artwork materials during and after treatment).
Description of work
T6.1 Call for proposals, MOLAB Welcome Desk, and access
activity including Users’ meetings
WP7 FIXLAB the platforms of European large and medium scale facilities
Objectives
Offer Users the most advanced European high-performance
instruments within two platforms, one in France and one in Hungary,
where large scale facilities are coupled to a set of medium scale
instrumentations, for highly developed studies on artwork materials
and their alterations.
Provide a FIXLAB Access Chart will clarify the process, including
decision-making organization, internal access, and IPR rules.
Description of work
T7.1 Call for proposals, FIXLAB Welcome Desk, and access
activity including Users’ meetings
WP8 A portal to cultural heritage knowledge
Objectives
Complement and enlarge the physical access to ARCHLAB with
transnational virtual access to data by a large research community
of professional users.
Management of the information and meta-information which will be
published.
Extraction of information from the multiple data produced through
the application of different scientific methods and techniques.
Description of work
T8.1 Integration of technical metadata
T8.2 Processing of the acquired information by ND techniques
WP9 New portable instrumentation and methodologies for in-situ diagnostics and conservation
Objectives
Develop six different compact and manageable
instruments/methodologies, using innovative scientific
technologies, for the in-situ non-invasive examination of
materials in artworks at the surface (fluorescence) and below it
(depth profiling and tomography).
Establishment of innovative methodologies for laser cleaning.
Description of work
T9.1 Near-IR confocal laser scanning microscopy – CLSM
(Design; Prototype assembling; Performance; Lab and in-situ test
and applications)
T9.2 Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging (Set-up of device;
Optimization; Performances on different materials; Tests and
applications)
T9.3 Optical Coherence Tomography (Design Prototype assembling;
Performance; Tests and applications of technique)
T9.4 Mobile, single-sided NMR tomography (New prototype of
depth-profiling device; Applications of technique; Prototype of
27Al sensor; Applications of 27 Al
sensor technique; Comparative evaluation)
T9.5 METROTECH optical interferometry monitoring (Assembling
instrumentation; Lab and in-situ study of environmental effects;
Experimentation on real cases)
T9.6 Combined time-resolved and steady-state fluorimetry (Set-up of
the system; Limits and advantages; Application to colorants;
Application to other organics)
T9.7 New methodologies in laser cleaning (Open cleaning problems;
Laser interaction optimization; Applications)
WP10 Innovative methodologies and instrumentation for laboratory research
Objectives
Develop new methodologies for the characterization and
study of organic materials, via non-invasive and micro-destructive
approaches.
Develop new research strategies improving basic understanding of
properties and applications of dyes and colorants.
Description of work
T10.1 Innovative methods for organic material
identification in micro-stratigraphies
T10.2 Organic colorants in ancient and contemporary art
T10.3 Multispectral imaging and spectroscopy in diffuse reflectance
mode and fluorescence
