FARO joins DigCurV network

FARO is the interface centre for the sector of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Flanders and is subsidized by the Flemish government

FARO’s aim is to strengthen and support the cultural heritage field in Flanders, within the framework of the Cultural Heritage Decree and with the intention to realise the main objectives of the decree:

to develop an integrated cultural heritage policy, namely to stimulate qualitative management, long term sustainability and the unlocking of the cultural heritage;
to start up a network of cultural heritage organizations to cultivate, to represent, to acknowledge and to valorise the different ways the public participates in and experiences cultural heritage;
to stimulate a further development of the different cultural heritage practices, museum, archival and library sciences, and ethnology;
to create awareness with regard to cultural diversity within the cultural heritage policy.

In the field of digital heritage FARO organizes training sessions, workshops, develop manuals, etc. about digitization , digital archiving, digital preservation, etc.

For more information see: http://www.faronet.be/