From October 8 to 11, 2019, a meeting of the Time Machine consortium (https://www.timemachine.eu/) was held in Dresden, Germany. It involves about 300 organizations and scientific projects from almost all European countries. The main goal of the project is to create a unified platform for the digital preservation of cultural heritage in Europe.
ОThe main goal of the participants in Time Machine is the digitization, virtualization, and socialization of cultural heritage.
The consortium has already won one million euros to prepare a project that will seek one billion euros in funding in the next EU programming period. This is actually the largest project in the field of humanities, which aims to coordinate the efforts of European countries in this area, to turn the study and use of cultural and historical heritage into a profitable activity, and to bring closer and, if possible, harmonize the legislation of European countries on these issues. The main goal is to put Europe at the forefront of global scientific efforts to use big data in studying the past.
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After six months of correspondence with the consortium's management, the Heritage BG Association was accepted as a full member of the organization with voting rights in determining policy and electing governing bodies, and is the only full member from Bulgaria. The manager of the Heritage BG Association, Prof. Ivan Ilchev, informed the participants at the meeting in Dresden about the achievements and difficulties in establishing a Center of Excellence in Bulgaria to work in this field. *)
The Heritage BG Association was established in implementation of project BG05M20P001-1.001-0001 "Establishment and Development of a Center of Excellence in Bulgaria." The Heritage BG Association was established in implementation of project BG05M20P001-1.001-0001 "Establishment and Development of the Heritage BG Center of Excellence," funded under the Operational Program "Science and Education for Smart Growth."
