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JOCHERA website launch

JOCHERA – Jordan Conservation of Cultural Heritage in ERA project website launch

16 February 2012
Spain
JOCHERA – Jordan Conservation of Cultural Heritage in ERA project website has been launched today 16 February 2012.

JOCHERA is a FP7 project funded under the Capcity programme – Activities for International Cooperation. It is aiming at overall reinforcement of University of Jordan, 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.

Its main objectives are:
• Reinforcement of UJ’s cooperation capacities through targeted trainings for research management, IPR issues and FP7 projects writing and management;
• Involvement of cultural heritage stakeholders in the future strategy formulation;
• Strengthening UJ for internationalization and improved coordination between research and business stakeholders;
• Enhancement of EU-JO S&T partnerships in cultural heritage protection research and related research results dissemination to Jordanian and European audiences;
• Supporting Jordan young researchers in fields of cultural heritage protection research.

JOCHERA consortium brings together 5 organisations: 1 from Jordan, 3 from EU Member States (Italy and Spain) and 1 from a candidate country (Turkey). The project duration is 24 months.
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