PROCULTHER-NET 2 Newsletter issue #1

The September newsletter is a summary of achievements, useful tools for experts involved in the management of cultural heritage at risk, updates on specialised training and much more. PROCULTHER-NET 2 is co-funded by the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations - DG-ECHO under the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism - UCPM, and implemented by a Consortium led by the Italian Civil Protection Department (Italy) in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior-Disaster and Emergency Management Authority - AFAD (Türkiye), the German Archaeological Institute - DAI (Germany), the Ministère de l'Intérieur - Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile et de la Gestion des Crises (France), the Fondazione Hallgarten - Franchetti Centro Studi Villa Montesca, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Region Government of Castilla y León (Spain), the Federal Agency for Technical Relief - THW (Germany), the University of Porto - UPORTO (Portugal) and the Suor Orsola Benincasa University - UNISOB (Italy).

Building on the experience and lessons learnt by the previous PROCULTHER EU-funded initiatives implemented under the framework of the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network-UCPKN, PROCULTHER-NET 2 , running from January 2024 to December 2025aims at implementing the pathway mapped out by the PROCULTHER-NET project to consolidate the inclusion of the protection of cultural heritage at risk in the UCPM processes and structures, so as to increase disaster preparedness capacities and knowledge at European and national levels.