*** CALL for PARTNERS in the RAPHAEL programme ACTIONS M, A, and T ***
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From: the European Archaeological Heritage Web team

Recently, the European Community called for proposals within the RAPHAEL
Community action programme for the preservation and enhancement of the
European cultural heritage, including the archaeological heritage. We believe
that the RAPHAEL programme aims in this area would be best served by
including resources to develop the use of the Internet, and have developed
a set of proposals accordingly.

What do we want:
We aim to provide a support mechanism for all existing and new networks
dealing with any aspect of the archaeological heritage within the Raphael
Community action programme, by establishing and co-ordinating a common
communication and information infrastructure that uses the power of the
Internet and the WWW architecture. Services offered by this infrastructure
could include resource guides such as ARGE (http://www.bham.ac.uk/ARGE/),
moderated professional discussion lists, on-line and downloadable teaching
modules for primary, secondary, higher and further education, and centres of
expertise for areas such as heritage management and conservation studies.
We envisage running pilot services in the three areas for which calls for
tenders are currently available - a hypermail forum for
professional cooperation in the
Heritage Management field, a  Virtual Museum for European Archaeology ,
and a remote learning centre for Conservation Studies.

We are looking for:
a) European partners who are already active in using the Internet and WWW in
these areas, and who would like to host and/or pilot one or more of the
proposed services;
b) Existing networks within the areas specified by the EC call for tenders, that
wish to enhance their internal and external communication and information via
the Internet.

Prospective partners need to contribute 75% of the estimated cost of the
service, as the EC will only fund 25%.  However, existing hardware, staff time,
operating expenses, overheads etc can be costed in as part of the bid. As the
RAPHAEL actions have a closing date of 15 June, we urge you to reply
quickly and contact us by phone on +44 121 414 7343 or e-mail at p.m.van-
[log in to unmask] (Martijn van Leusen). An extended version of our
proposal can be found at
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href= http://www.bham.ac.uk/BUFAU/Projects/ARGE/Docs/raphael2.htm >

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Martijn van Leusen
Sara Champion
The EAHW Project