The Archeosafe project aims to safeguard archaeological and cultural heritage sites threatened by natural hazards, particularly coastal erosion and phenomena relate to climate change. By developing an ICT System for Emergency Response for Cultural Sites and an Joint Emergency Response Plan, the project will enable heritage managers and local authorities to better monitor, predict, and respond to environmental threats, ensuring long-term preservation, in five pilots sites along the SA coasts.

CMCC role
CMCC leads the activities related to ocean and coastal risk modelling, supporting the development of a Digital Twin Ocean (DTO) to simulate metocean conditions and coastal erosion around cultural heritage sites. CMCC also provides operational metocean forecasts and organizes a cross-border conference on climate-related risks to cultural heritage.

Activities
1 Risk Assessment and State-of-the-Art Study
2 Emergency Response for Cultural Sites’ Safeguarding ICT System Design and Development
3 Joint Emergency Response Plan for Cultural Heritage Sites at Risk of Environmental Degradation

Expected results
The project will produce a “Emergency Response ITC System for Cultural Sites’ Safeguarding” (ER4CSS System) that integrates BIM-GIS technologies, risk assessment models, and an early warning system. The ER4CSS System is intended to be a key solution to support and develop a “Joint Emergency Response Plan for Cultural Heritage Sites at Risk of Environmental Degradation” (JER-CS Plan).

Partners
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
INSTITUTE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES MONTENEGRO
Municipality of Kotor
Archeological Institute of Tirana
Foundation for Tourism and Culture of Molise