ICOMOS’ ECHOES Project: European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science

July 2, 2025 Published by Alex McCoskrie

ECHOES (European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science) is a five-year project dedicated to developing the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH)—a shared online platform designed to provide heritage professionals and researchers with access to data, scientific resources, training, and advanced digital tools. ECHOES fosters a digital environment for knowledge digitisation and collaborative cultural heritage analysis, enabling the co-creation of new insights within the framework of the Digital Commons.

A key component of the project is the ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme, which supports the testing and integration of external tools and applications into the ECCCH, expanding its capabilities and fostering innovation.

Funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Programme and the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the project brings together 51 implementing partners under the coordination of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France. As one of the partners, ICOMOS mobilises five experts from the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA) for this ambitious initiative.

For more information, please see the project site here: ECHOES: European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science – ICOMOS

ECHOES survey open: the ECHOES Consultation aims to map diverse cultural heritage communities and understand their needs and expectations for the Cultural Heritage Cloud. With their contribution, ECCCH will be able to set up the Cultural Heritage Cloud with and for the communities.

More information about the survey and a link can be found here: ECHOES Consultation – Echoes – Eccch