In order to complete its mission, ANCHISE focuses on four (4) achievements which correspond to four work packages (WP):
Objective 1 (WP2) – Technology watch, evaluation and adoption: the Evaluation of technologies on – or close to – the market with user-centric methods in order to help bridge the gap between technologies and the market (looting detection, detection of neglected or abandoned heritage, object identification and traceability, object marking The main objective of the WP2 is to identify a broad range of technologies, tools and methods (TTM) that can be implemented in the illicit trafficking combat (ITC). We will look at already existing ones, employed in Europe and beyond, as well as others that may be potentially adopted and up taken by the law enforcement community and cultural heritage professionals involved in illicit trafficking of cultural goods.
Objective 2 (WP3) - The development of the 6 following object recognition technologies in order to improve the monitoring of cultural site, as well as the documentation, recording and provenance of cultural goods.
1. A tool for multimodal Geographic Information System (GIS) for site protection: satellite and drone photogrammetry (TRL5) ICONEM
2. A tool for object authentication service for heritage collection protection relying on image matching (TRL6) Fraunhofer SIT.
3. A tool for object typology matching service for object identification support at borders (TRL6) PARCS
4. A Shared design for databases of objects (TRL5) The Cyprus Institute,
5. A tool for Semantic analysis, heterogeneous processing and interoperable data (TRL5), ICCS
6. A tool for object authentication service for heritage collection protection relying on spectral fluorescence signature (SFS) INOV (TRL4)
Objective 3 (WP4) – Pilot Experimentation Areas and demonstration : this objectives encompasses our goal to study the sociological and economical contexts of the phenomenon. The objective is set to achieve research work and studies on sociological & economic contexts of looting. This will be done operationally through experimentations of the tools developed within the project through. In order to achieve this result, demonstrations will be organized with local, regional and national stakeholders from different horizons (Museums, Archaeological sites, Frontiers/Borders). The analysis of feedback from stakeholders and refining tools will allow us to overview the impact assessment as well as replicability level of the Anchise toolbox.
Objective 4 (WP5) – Communication, dissemination and community engagement. ANCHISE will provide the professionals with a set of competences and skills to respond to all the different challenges requested by the fight to illicit trafficking of cultural goods. The project will also create a training scheme, addressing all the key stakeholders, to guarantee the rapid implementation of the models and tools developed by ANCHISE.
In order to achieve its goals, a strong coordination needs to be operated in connection with thorough ethical overview of the project (WP1 and WP6)
