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Strategic Objective 3

Organizing an emergency treatment centre for damaged cultural goods

Responsible bodies

French National Committee of the Blue Shield

Objective

In case of a major disaster, cultural institutions (archives, libraries, museums) and in particular those holding archives have to handle a large number of documents/objects that have been damaged. There is a need to implement a structure for mass treatment of cultural goods in order to protect them, and as regards archives, to facilitate the recovery.

Products

- Development of a case study in Haïti

- Development of guidelines to set up an emergency treatment centre.

Completion date

End of 2010