IPERION CH (http://www.iperionch.eu/) is a program with participation of 11 countries of the European Union, among them Spain through CSIC, and USA. The main objective of IPERION CH is to provide to researchers in Heritage Science a network of installations and laboratories in Europe that supports the advance of knowledge and innovation in the preservation of Cultural Heritage. This objective encompasses the offer of transnational access to first order instruments and diagnostic methods, in an integrated platform that includes large installation and mobile laboratories, and to important data archives.

Researchers of the LANAMAP Group at IQFR participate in joint research activities of IPERION CH aiming at 1) advancing new techniques and instruments, mainly based in laser methods, for non-invasive stratigraphic analysis, 2) integration of analytical techniques in portable instruments, and 3) development of diagnostic techniques for monitoring deterioration and conservation treatments.

IPERION CH pursues the integration of European world-class facilities to create a cohesive entity playing a leading role in the global community of Heritage Science. For this reason, IPERION CH has applied for inclusion in the ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) roadmap trough the E-RIHS PP (European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science Preparatory Phase) proposal, approved in March of this year (http://www.e-rihs.eu/). In the near future, IPERION CH will work towards fulfilling all conditions necessary to establish a European Research Infrastructure that will give continuity to IPERION CH.

Finally, PARTHENOS (http://www.parthenos-project.eu/) is a program integrated by with 15 partners and designed to strengthening the cohesion of research in the broad sector of Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Archaeology and related fields through a thematic cluster of European research infrastructures, integrating initiatives, e-infrastructures and other world-class infrastructures. Strong links between the activity of PARTHENOS and IPERION CH are been established in the parallel running of these two projects.

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