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Review by Rui Bordalo
Barcelona, Spain
April 45, 2011
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A view from the conference hall.
THE 20th ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF E.C.C.O.
Organiser:
E.C.C.O., The European Confederation of ConservatorRestorers' Organisations
http://www.eccoeu.org/
E.C.C.O., the European Confederation of Conser
vatorRestorers' Organisations, is commemorat
ing its 20th anniversary. Since its foundation in
1991, E.C.C.O. has had a strong impact on European
policies for the protection and preservation of
cultural heritage, working to achieve legal recog
nition of conservatorrestorers and promoting a
high level of training in this discipline. The con
federation is seen by other international partnersas a role model to be followed. At the moment, it
unites 22 associations from 20 European countries,
representing more than 5000 professional con
servatorrestorers.
The commemoration of its 20th anniversary took
place in Barcelona, Spain, in the last 4th and 5th
of April, on the occasion of the Presidents Meet
ing and General Assembly. The Presidents meeting is a biannual meeting where all the Presidents
of the member associations of E.C.C.O. get together
and meet with the E.C.C.O. committee to discuss
about aims and objectives to be achieved by the
organisation. However, this time all the founding
members were invited to attend the anniversary
and to commemorate the founding of the organ
isation.
The meeting took place in the XVIII century Pati
Manning building, just next to the Centre of Con
temporary Culture of Barcelona. The impeccable
local organisation was merit of Agns GallOrlik
from Grup Tcnic, a Catalonian association of con
servatorrestorers. As an aside note, it should be
mentioned that Barcelona is part of the Environ
ment Committee of Eurocities, which gathers a
group of 34 cities that promote environmentalawareness. This meant, for example, that every
plastic item normally used in conferences was
replaced by wood or paperbased alternatives,
more environmentally friendly. It would be great
if we would see this more often in conferences.
The day started with a welcoming message from
Mr. Joan Pluma, General Director of Cultural Her
itage, representing the Catalan Ministry of Cul
ture. Next, Monica MartelliCastaldi, President of
E.C.C.O., welcomed the participants and presented
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the founding members and the previous E.C.C.O.
Presidents. Only a few could not be present and
those who are no longer with us were fondly re
called.
After the opening, a session on the history of the
confederation started with short presentations
by Nathalie Ravanel, from the Associazione Res
tauratori d'Italia (ARI) and former VicePresidentof E.C.C.O., and Pierre Masson, from the Belgium
A ssociation Professionelle des Conservateurs
Restaurateurs d'Oeuvres d'Art(APROABRK) and
former President of E.C.C.O.. These short presen
tations were followed by interventions by Carole
Milner, from Association des Restaurateurs d'Art
et d'Archquologie de Formation Universitaire
(AARAFU) and former Deputy Secretary, Gerlinde
Tautschnig, also from the Italian ARI and formerPresident of E.C.C.O., and other founding members
and former Presidents who recalled the early years
of E.C.C.O. Stphane Pennec, founding member
from France, presented ConservationRestora
tion of Cultural Heritage: Dont worry, its get
ting worse! which came as a refreshing frontal
view about the regression that the field is having
in some countries. Ylva Dahnsj, from the National
Heritage (UK), closed the session speaking about
The changed context for conservation and in
formation about UK PACR accreditation system.
After the coffeebreak, a session focused on the
Competences of the profession took place. The
first lecturer was Susan Corr, General Secretary
of E.C.C.O. and delegate from the Institute for
the Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works in
Ireland(ICHAWI), who presented the most recent
publication of E.C.C.O.: Competences for the
Profession and Practice of ConservationRestor
ation. This document was developed by E.C.C.O.
in connection with the European Qualifications
Framework (EQF) foreseen in the Recommenda
tion of the European Parliament and of the Coun
cil of April 23, 2008 on the establishment of theEuropean Qualifications Framework for lifelong
learning. This document defines the competences
required to enter the profession of Conservator
restorer. Next was Jeremy Hutchings, Deputy Sec
retary of E.C.C.O. and delegate from the Nordic
Association of Conservators Norwegian Branch
(Nordisk Konservatorforbund, den Norske Seks
jonen, NKFN) to present the implementation of
these competences in the conservation programmeat the University of Oslo. The structure of the
course (postBologna process) of this university
is quite original, allowing the students to choose
different career paths, not strictly in conservation
but also conservationrelated ones, according to
the several competences they acquire. The follow
ing presentation was done by Barbara Davidson,
E.C.C.O. Committee member and delegate from
the Chamber of Restorers in Slovakia (KomoraRetaurtorov, KR). Slovakia is from the very few
countries, if not the only one, that has a Cham
ber of Restorers, recognized by the government,
allowing a better regulation of the profession. In
her presentation, Barbara gave an example of the
EQF implementation at the national level and
about the specific legislative framework of the
country. Wolfgang Baatz, new President of the
European Network for ConservationRestoration
Education (ENCoRE), presented Conservation
restoration education: EQF and the Universities,
A short meeting of the E.C.C.O. Committee members.
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focused on the perspective of the universities con
cerning EQFandthe lifelong learningissue. Closing
the session, Grellan Rourke, President of ICHAWI,
spoke on Competences and Accreditation wherehe made a summary of the experience on accredit
ation in Ireland and what it has represented for
the members of their association.
After a short moment for questions from the public,
Dr. Mikls Szentkirlyi and Dr. Istvn Bona, from the
Association of the Hungarian Restorers (Magyar
Restaurtorok Egyeslete, MRE) which is also com
memorating now its20th
anniversary, presented thehistory of their association, and several legislative
problems of laws on the protection of cultural prop
erty in Hungary, in a presentation titled Changing
Legislation about ConservationRestoration of Cul
tural Property in Hungary. Then Toms Luptk, from
the Slovakian Komora Retaurtorov(KR), spoke
About the Law on Services on Internal Market and
Application of Exclusivity. In Slovakia, conservation
is a regulated profession andthe implementation of
European directives created several situations that,
fortunately,the chamber wasable to resolve.
After a typical Mediterranean and ecofriendly
lunch, the afternoon was dedicated to short pres
entations by Professional Bodies and Institutions.
The afternoon session was started by VroniqueMilande, President of the Fdration Franaise
des Conservateurs/Restaurateurs (FFCR), with
FFCR is desperately looking for public. As our
profession is sometimes distorted in the public
view by the media, the speech focused on the
public perception of conservatorrestorers and
the experience FFCR has had to enlighten both the
public and the media about the reality of our field.
Once the meeting was taking place in Spain, next
a series of associations, members and nonmem
bers of E.C.C.O., were invited to address the audi
ence. In Catalonia Today: 2 associations, One
future, Agns GallOrtlic, from Grup Tcnic(GT),
and Voravit Roonthiva, President ofAssociaci de
ConservadorsRestauradors de Catalunya (ARCC),
announced the merge of the two professional as
sociations in Catalonia, Spain. The merge was
welcomed but news on the problematic Spanish
situation and about the recent dissolution of
A view of the conference hall during the presentations.
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E.C.C.O.s former member ACRACV, a Valencia based
association, saddened the audience. Then was
the turn of Gema Campo, also from GT, to speak
on the Motives for becoming E.C.C.O. member
in the 90s and current relevance of E.C.C.O.. As
a long existing association, GT was present in the
moments when the creation of a confederation
was discussed for the first time and later created.
The past and present importance of E.C.C.O. was
also discussed, for Europe but also for Spain and
Catalonia, as well as the documentation that was
delivered through the years by E.C.C.O., a true
milestone for the definition of the profession.Afterwards, Carmen Perez Garcia, Managing Di
rector of the Valencian Institute for Conservation
and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (IVCR), in
troduced the audience to the history and struc
ture of the institute. The next talk was made by
Marco Moreno, from Asociacin de Alumnos y Ex
alumnos de la Escuela Superior de Conservacin y
Restauracin de Bienes Culturales de Bienes Cultu
rales (AESCROM) in Madrid, who presented theassociation, but also the particularities of the
training in conservation in Spain.
Brigitte Esser, from Associazione Restauratori
Conservatori Alto Adige (VRKSARCA), a regional
association based in South Tyrol (Italy), spoke
about the long history of the association and the
specificity of that Italian region, and also how
advantageous and important has been the membership of the association in E.C.C.O.. Jana ubic
Prislan, from the Slovenian Society of Conservator
Restorers (Drutvo restavratorjev Slovenije, DRS),
which the next day was accepted as new member
of E.C.C.O., was the next speaker. Founded in 1993,
the association reborn in 1997 and has now 283
members. Although it may seem that some pres
entations, year after year, are just the explanation
on how the associations were formed and the par
ticularities of their national ways, these are in fact
the most interesting facts to divulge as one can
learn about the variety of the realities in this field.
This is the case of DRS, a very active association,
organizing on a permanent basis trips, confer
ences, workshops and even a professional award.
For sure, it is an example for other organizations
to follow.
Stefan Belishki, Committee member and delegate
of the Association of Conservatorrestorers of
Bulgaria (ARBBG), informed the audience abouta turn of situation for the profession in Bulgaria,
more particularly, about the legal changes that
have occurred. In 2009, a new law on the protec
tion of cultural heritage was enacted. However,
the conservatorrestorer profession is not prop
erly regulated by the law. There are texts that
pretend to regulate the conservation practice
but they are not in accordance with E.C.C.O.s
guidelines and in fact might even allow unqualified persons to practice. The lobbying of the as
sociation has been very active proposing several
changes but with few results. Nevertheless, they
were able to, at least, reduce the risk of malprac
tice. Another problem that was discussed was the
lack of job opportunities that conservatorrestorers
are confronted with in Bulgaria.
After a well needed coffeebreak, it was the turn
of Ingrid Louise Flatval, President of NKFN to
speak about The Situation in Norway. The asso
Volker Schaible, President of the Association of Restorers
(Verband der Restauratoren, VDR), speaking about thesituation in Germany.
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ciation has gone through several alterations due
to the size of the country, the bad economy and
internal reorganisation, among other factors. Sev
eral ways of dealing with these problems and din
amizing the associations were presented. Karen
Borchersen, from theNordic Association of Conser
vators Danish Branch (Nordisk Konservatorfor
bund, Den Danske Afdeling, NKFDK) spoke about
the status and the future of the organisation. One
of the main concerns was to rejuvenate the board,
to bring new blood and new ideas, once their mem
bers have been there for many years. The recent
merge of Copenhagens School of Conservationwith other schools and the problems that have
risen was also discussed.
Jaap van der Burg, VicePresident of E.C.C.O. and
delegate ofRestauratoren Nederland(RN), spoke
on behalf of RNs President Clara von Waldthausen
who could not attend the meeting. Jaap mentioned
the fact that RN commemorates its 5th anniver
sary and made a short summary of the history of
the association, which resulted from the merge of
other associations. Volker Schaible, President of
the Association of Restorers (Verband der Restaur
atoren, VDR) gave an amusing and lively present
ation focused on The Situation in Germany, that
is a federal country, which means that more dif
ferent regional laws on cultural heritage apply.
The talk focused on the history of VDR and how
they are approaching such diversity of laws con
cerning conservation and the protection of cul
tural heritage.
Finally, the last intervention was made by Karin
von Lerber, from the Association Suisse de Con
servation et Restauration (SKR/SCR), who talked
about The Situation in Switzerland. Karin showed
how challenging the management of conservation
can be in a country with 4 schools teaching conser
vation and 27states (with27differentlegislations)
andan association that gathers over 500 members.
Group photo of the participants to the E.C.C.O. 20 th anniversary.
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Afterwards, there was a roundtable discussion
moderated by Grellan Rourke focused on Europe
wide issues arisingfrom the meeting and network
ing between European professional bodies and
related institutions.
The second day was fully dedicated to the General
Assembly during which several internal issues were
discussed. Among these, can be highlighted the
efforts that the working groups are making con
cerning the European Recommendations in the
Council of Europe, the European Qualifications
Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF) and theEuropean Committee for Standardization (CEN).
Two associations from Slovenia and Malta were
welcomed as new members. Although these meet
ings are generally not open to the public, there
were several national and international observers
invited in the occasion of the Presidents meeting
and anniversary of E.C.C.O.
The two days meeting, with its warm atmosphere,made the attendees happy to meet so many old
friends and colleagues. At the end, the commem
oration of the 20th anniversary of E.C.C.O. was a
success, not only for the high quality participation
and the vivid discussions but also for the positive
feedback that the founding members gave on
E.C.C.O. and how much it has accomplished in the
last 20 years.
Photos by: David AguilellaCueco
RUI BORDALO
Conservatorrestorer
Rui Bordalo, PhD, is a board member of the Portu
guese Association of ConservatorRestorers (ARP)
and a Committee member of the European Confed
eration of ConservatorRestorers' Organisations
(E.C.C.O.) since 2005.
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