The Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), which is based in the southern coastal town of Limassol, has announced that it has been awarded UNESCO’s only Digital Heritage / Cultural Informatics Chair.
CUT and the National UNESCO Committee of Cyprus at the Ministry of Education and Culture have been informed by UNESCO on the successful outcome of the process and the UNESCO contract was signed today by CUT Rector Andreas Anayiotos, a CUT press release issued here today says.
Cyprus, it notes, becomes will now play a significant role in the international scene on preserving, digitising and showcasing our global cultural heritage as well as scientific developments in this area.
The UNESCO Chair has been awarded to CUT “in recognition of its important work on an international level in research, study, education, science, development, innovation, new technologies, digitisation, preservation and promotion of cultural heritage,” it continues.
The university’s Digital Heritage Research Lab has been named from today onward as UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, the press release announces.
The lab was established in 2013 and managed in just four years to take part in 12 European competitive programmes, using €4 million of EU funds and has produced significant scientific work and offered opportunities to tens of researchers from around the world.