Reports
Transparency and sharing
of results
Welcome to the ECHOES reports and deliverables page. In this section, you can find the official documents produced during its lifetime. Our project has a total duration of 5 years and the reports and deliverables are made public as the project progresses. These documents are essential to share the results of our work with the scientific community, policy makers, and the general public.
We invite you to visit this page regularly to stay updated on the new documents published by our project. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are always available to provide support and assistance.
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Project Booklets
ECHOES Integration framework – Building the Cultural Heritage Cloud
This booklet presents the context in which the ECHOES project proposes its Cloud Architecture, its Data Model and its Integration Framework and explains how institutions, projects and stakeholders can take part in building the Cultural Heritage Cloud by integrating their resources into this emerging European Digital Commons. The framework draws on the ECHOES project deliverables D3.1 Integration Strategy, D3.2 Integration Roadmap, D6.1 Data Strategy for the Cultural Heritage Knowledge Base, and D6.2 Interoperability Guidelines.
Project Management Deliverables
Author(s): Xavier RODIER (CNRS), Léna CZECH, Gamze KÖSE, Mailane SAMPAIO (CNRS).
This project handbook (D1.1) offers guidelines for ECHOES partners. It covers the most important administrative aspects of the project, including the management structure, project reporting, working methods, innovation management, intellectual property and data protection.
Status: submitted to EC on 01/10/2024
Author: Paolo Cignoni (CNR).
The D1.2 Ethics and Data Management Plan (DMP) outlines the strategies for data management and ethical compliance throughout the ECHOES project lifecycle. Designed as a living document, it will be regularly updated to support the development of the Cultural Heritage Cloud (ECCCH).
Status: submitted to EC on 22/01/2025
Author(s): Xavier Rodier, Louise Gadoin, Mailane Sampaio (CNRS).
The Quality and Risk Management Plan (QRMP) establishes a robust framework for ensuring high-quality project outcomes and proactive risk management. Key components include a Quality Management Strategy and a Risk Management Strategy.
Status: submitted to EC on 31/01/2025
Communication, Dissemination, Engagement Deliverables
Author(s): Claudio Prandoni, Sheena Bassett, Franco Niccolucci (ARIADNE RI), Francesco Capaccioli, Miriam Bua, Ginevra Niccolucci (PRISMA).
This deliverable outlines the design, structure, and functionality of the project’s website. At its core, the website serves as a dynamic platform to support the communication, dissemination, and engagement goals of ECHOES.
Status: submitted to EC on 29/11/2024
Author(s): Sheena Bassett, Claudio Prandoni, Franco Niccolucci (ARIADNE RI), Francesco Capaccioli, Miriam Bua, Ginevra Niccolucci, Brayan Antonio Padilla (PRISMA).
The purpose of this document is to define the communication and dissemination strategy for the ECHOES Project. It covers the various channels and means to be used and how co-ordination with the other ECCCH projects will be achieved to deliver a cohesive and integrated communication output.
Status: submitted to EC on 29/11/2024
Enhancing Collaboration and Integration Deliverables
Author(s): Dimitris Kotzinos (CNRS – CY Cergy Paris University), Sally Chambers, Laure Barbot and Matej Ďurčo (DARIAH-EU), Gianni Dalla Torre (EGI Foundation).
The aim of the ECHOES Integration Strategy (D3.1) is to facilitate the development of the Cultural Heritage Cloud as a shared platform offering access to data, advanced digital tools and state-of-the-art workflows for the creation and analysis of a new generation of semantically rich and collectively produced heritage assets. The strategy will help ensure that the Cultural Heritage Cloud becomes a coherent, sustainable and user-friendly infrastructure.
Status: submitted to EC on 10/12/2025
Author(s): Sally Chambers, Matej Ďurčo, Laure Barbot (DARIAH), Gianni Dalla Torre (EGI Foundation).
The ECHOES Integration Roadmap (D3.2) provides the operational framework to implement the Integration Strategy defined in deliverable 3.1, translating the high-level and conceptual rationale into practical processes. Whereas the strategy outlines why integration is needed, the present roadmap on how diverse digital resources – from datasets and software to services, workflows, and semantic artefacts – can be prepared, aligned, and incorporated into the emerging Cultural Heritage Cloud (ECCCH).
Status: submitted to EC on 10/12/2025
Capacity Building and Training Deliverables
Author(s): Toma Tasovac (DARIAH), Sebastiaan ter Burg (EUROPEANA), Elis Marçal (E.C.C.O), Elisabeth Stadlinger (ONB).
The overarching goal of this document is to provide common, high-level guidelines for developing impactful capacity-building resources within ECHOES. Key challenges in the cultural heritage sector, such as limited resources, fragmentation, technical knowledge gaps, and barriers to communication and data sharing, underscore the need for a cohesive and strategic approach to capacity building.
Status: submitted to EC on 29/11/2025
Author(s): Alessandra Azzola (ETT), Sam Minelli (META).
This deliverable outlines a comprehensive, inclusive, and sustainable framework for developing and delivering capacity-building resources within the European Cloud for Heritage Open Science (ECHOES) project. This deliverable is a living document, designed to evolve alongside the project’s iterative assessment of community needs, resource development, and ecosystem integration.
Status: submitted to EC on 11/12/2025
Setting the Cloud Environment Deliverables
Author(s): Andriana Sielli (CYI), Avgoustinos Avgousti (CYI), Sorin Hermon (CYI), Paolo Cignoni (CNR), Emanuel Demetrescu (CNR), Joanna Kowalska (PCSS), Konrad Pawlikowski (PCSS), Anastasia Axaridou (FORTH), Carlos Andújar (UPC), Matej Ďurčo (OEAW), Evangelos Kritsotakis (FORTH), Maria Theodoridou (FORTH), Elias Tzortzakakis (FORTH), Marios Pitikakis (FORTH).
This document establishes the foundational data and metadata management framework for the ECHOES project (European Cloud for Heritage Open Science). It outlines a comprehensive strategy to build a federated, semantically interoperable infrastructure that will support the creation, preservation, and reuse of Heritage Digital Twins (HDTs)—dynamic digital replicas of cultural heritage assets enriched with contextual knowledge.
Status: submitted to EC on 10/12/2025
Author(s): Konrad Pawlikowski (PCSS), Joanna Kowalska (PCSS), Laure Barbot (DARIAH-EU), Tobias Hellmund (Fraunhofer), Carlos Andujar (UPC), Leszek Malchrowicz (PCSS), Marios Pitikakis (FORTH-IESL).
This deliverable defines the interoperability requirements and implementation guidelines for the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH). It establishes a structured interoperability framework covering technical, semantic, organizational, and legal dimensions necessary to enable reliable exchange, reuse, and federation of cultural heritage data, services, workflows, and applications across distributed infrastructures.
Status: submitted to EC on 15/02/2026
Cloud Governance Deliverables
Author(s): Ad Pollé (EF), Philippe Vendrix, Léna Czech (CNRS), Charlotte Gallini, Rémi Petitcol (FSP), Elisabeth Stadlinger, Christoph Steindl, Anna Puhr (ONB), Elis Marçal (E.C.C.O.), Zoltan Szatucsek (NAH), Sam H. Minelli (META), Aleksandra Nowak (PSNC).
This document outlines the founding principles of the Cultural Heritage Cloud (ECCCH) governance framework. Developed through collaborative workshops between September 2024 and May 2025, it establishes core values to guide the Cloud’s operations as a shared platform for heritage professionals and researchers.
Status: submitted to EC on 30/05/2025
