ECCCH (Cultural Heritage Cloud / ECHOES)
Published May 29, 2026 | Version v1
Project deliverable Open

ECHOES Strategy for Community Building (D4.2)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Cyprus Institute
  • 2. Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine
  • 3. ARIADNE RI
  • 4. CLARIN ERIC
  • 5. CNR National Research Council
  • 6. ROR icon National Research Council
  • 7. ROR icon Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • 8. ROR icon CY Cergy Paris Université
  • 9. ROR icon Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities
  • 10. E.C.C.O. European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organisations
  • 11. Deda Next
  • 12. Network of European Museum Organisations
  • 13. ROR icon Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Contributors

  • 1. Archives Portal Europe Foundation
  • 2. ROR icon National Research Council
  • 3. CNRS Délégation Paris B
  • 4. CYU
  • 5. DARIAH ERIC
  • 6. Deda Next
  • 7. Europeana Network Association
  • 8. ROR icon Europeana Foundation
  • 9. FOURTH
  • 10. ICOM Europe
  • 11. ICOM Portugal
  • 12. ICOMOS
  • 13. INP
  • 14. NG
  • 15. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
  • 16. Poznan supercomputing and networking center
  • 17. ROR icon Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center

Description

This deliverable presents the ECHOES strategy for community building in support of the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH). Building on the 
consultation and mapping activities carried out in D4.1, this strategy document defines the ECCCH community as a federated, practice-based, and non-exclusive ecosystem 
composed of existing cultural heritage communities, networks, institutions, and emerging communities of practice around shared Cloud tools, services, data, and workflows. 

The strategy is organised around four Strategic Areas:  
1. activating human-to-human connections through the Cultural Heritage Cloud;  
2. establishing a network of trust: towards a federation of Cultural heritage actors;  
3. integrating diverse community feedback into the Cultural Heritage Cloud development and operation;  
4. towards a common language: sharing languages and concepts through the Cultural Heritage Cloud.  

Across these four areas, the deliverable emphasises inclusivity, Open Science, interoperability, capacity-building, participatory feedback, and long-term sustainability. 
By linking community building with ECHOES activities in training, integration, governance, assessment, and semantic interoperability, this deliverable provides the strategic basis for the next phase of WP4, which includes the implementation of community building actions, the preparation of the ECCCH Charter, and the future strategy for community growth.

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ECHOES Strategy for Community Building (D4.2) V1.1.pdf

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Additional details

Funding

European Commission
ECHOES - European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science 101157364

Dates

Submitted
2026-05

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