Short communication

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There was established on 23 May 1998, by the founding members, an international non-profit network association called European Network of Conservation/Restoration Education ENCoRE. The establishment of the Network fulfills the decission, as it is declared in the " ENCoRE - Document of Constitution", made at the meeting of the academic founding member institutions in Dresden on 8-9 November 1998.

This first General Assembly of ENCoRE was held with financial support from The European Commission, General-Directorate XII for Science, Research and Development and The Danish Ministry of Culture.

The objectives of ENCoRE are to promote research and education in the field of conservation/restoration of cultural heritage, based on the directions and recommendations given in the E.C.C.O. Professional Guidelines and the Document of Pavia.

The aims of ENCoRE will be pursued without political, linguistic or ethnic bias, and the Network will not be party to any dispute involving its members.

ENCoRE has four categories of Membership and one of Partnership:

Full Membership:

any academic institution within the European Union and EFTA countries which provides education and research in conservation/restoration as the core subject leading to a university degree or a recognised equivalent, and which recognises the purposes of ENCoRE.

Associate Membership:

any institution within the European Union which provides education and research and on the basis of academic qualifications provide a full study programme in conservation/restoration, and which recognises the purposes of ENCoRE; or academic institutions outside the European Union which provides education and research in conservation/restoration as the core subject leading to a university degree or a recognised equivalent, and which recognises the purposes of ENCoRE.

Honorary Member:

any individual having served to an extraordinarily high extent the purposes and aims of ENCoRE

Supporting Member:

any individual or institution who by financial or other means supports ENCoRE to fulfill its purposes and reach its aims

Partnership:

is open to European or other institutions providing a high quality of conservation/restoration activities and/or research and which are willing to cooperate with ENCoRE or want to further the purposes of ENCoRE.

Institutions interesting in applying for membership or partnership of ENCoRE under any of the above categories are invited to write at the registered address to Chairman René Larsen, who will forward membership application forms and copies of the ENCoRE statutes

The registered address of the ENCoRE is

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
School of Conservation
Esplanaden 34
1263 Copenhagen K
Denmark