ROCARE – End User Advisory Panel (EAP)

The role of end users is central in the ROCARE-project. A number of experts from many European countries is directly involved in the project in a way to help identify problems and research priorities, and develop the optimum solutions from the perspective of the conservation practice. The EAP – steered by the co-ordinator and allocated in Work package 3 - is organised to assist the project in specifying end-user needs and review in detail the project activities.
In September 2009, right at the start of the project, the advisory panel met for a two-days workshop in Vienna. The aim was

• to identify barriers preventing the use of the Roman cement technology,
• to discuss the methodology of the project involving a range of measures aiming at the optimisation of handling cements and mortars,
• to give opinions, expectations and recommendations of the end-users which will be used in planning the laboratory work and field tests within the project,
• to facilitate local conservation projects to be carried out by conservation partners from the SME sectors.