News 2003
| Date | News Item |
|---|---|
| 30th November | Meeting of the experts (discussions) to determine the challenges encountered with the system RMSU, in Project Management, held in Alexandria, Egypt. Ikonos attendees Ms. V. Camilleri & Ms. J. Mallia (Malta) |
| 28th October | 4th Steering committee meeting held via videoconferencing and hosted by the Malta Centre for Restoration, Malta. Partners present included Greece, Morocco and Jordan." |
| October | New Tunisian partners join consortium. Malta coordinator Dr. J. Cannataci visits Tunisia for the signing of the contract |
| October | Participation in international workshops to introduce the Ikonos Introductory course to Mediterranean Cultural Heritage in Antalya, delivered by Dr. J. Cannataci |
| 1st October | 1st Student from Greece arrives to Malta to study for the four-year Bachelor degree course in Conservation and Restoration, following an award for scholarship following the participation in the Ikonos course transmitted via videoconferencing |
| 23rd August | A satellite bandwidth pool has been identified for the installation of the system in all the countries |
| August | National Seminar to introduce the Ikonos Introductory course to Mediterranean Cultural Heritage in Albania, delivered by Dr. J. Cannataci |
| 22nd July | 3rd Steering committee meeting held via videoconferencing and hosted by the Malta Centre for Restoration, Malta. Partners present included Greece, Morocco and Jordan. |
| March-July | Two Introductory Courses for Mediterranean Cultural Heritage transmitted via SEVC to Morocco, Greece, Jordan and Algeria |
| July | Delegation from the Institut National du Patrimoine (INP) Tunisia, visit Malta to discuss their participation in the project |
| June | Seminar delivered by Ms. Z. Baurova, Prague on "The Philosophy of Conservation", open to the general public and transmitted via SEVC to Greece and Morocco. |
| June | Participation in international workshops to introduce the Ikonos Introductory course to Mediterranean Cultural Heritage in Prague, delivered by Dr. J. Cannataci |
| May | An earthquake hits Algeria, killing thousands of people. The university of Boumerdes, partners in the Ikonos project, has to be closed off temporarily due to the extensive damages. |
| 30th April | Workshops for the compilation of a digital report on the didactic value assessment criteria for the catalogued artefacts. Draft report is published |
| 30th April | Workshops for the compilation of a digital report, with the aim of quantifying the risk factor of a heritage artefact |
| 19th March | First publication of the Handbook in videoconferencing for trainers, to be utilised for the Introductory Course to Mediterranean Cultural Heritage |
| 17th March | Ikonos website is online accessible for use by students, trainers and coordinators, as well as the general public |
| February | National Seminar to introduce the Ikonos Introductory course to Mediterranean Cultural Heritage in Algiers, delivered by Dr. J. Cannataci |
| February | National Seminar to introduce the Ikonos Introductory course to Mediterranean Cultural Heritage in the Netherlands, delivered by Dr. J. Cannataci |