CEN/TC 346/WG 11 - Conservation process

This document outlines the principles, processes and best practice for procuring conservation services and works for cultural heritage. This can embrace any conservation action or measure, whether it be a preventive measure, a remedial treatment, investigation, planning, policy, or project management, etc. This document encompasses different routes to procurement depending among other things, on the scale of the work envisaged.
This document is intended to be read alongside relevant regulations covering procurement and is technically specific to the conservation of cultural heritage.
This document is not intended to override or conflict with European and national legislation covering procurement.
This document is intended to be used
-   by commissioners of conservation work (e.g. custodians, public or private individuals, collecting institutions, conservation specialists, conservation funding organisations, etc.), and
-   by those individuals and enterprises seeking to carry out conservation work.

This document defines terms used in the field of conservation of cultural heritage for the description of alteration of objects with particular attention to those terms which are applied to many types of objects.
This document applies to all types of material changes that can be observed.

This document defines the main general terms used in the field of conservation of cultural heritage with particular attention to those terms which have wide use or significance.

This European Standard specifies the process of decision-making, planning and implementing the conservation of tangible cultural heritage. It applies to material expressions of tangible cultural heritage such as individual objects, collections, the built environment, historic sites, archaeological sites and cultural landscapes.
NOTE   This European Standard does not cover how to identify cultural heritage nor who or what competences are required to undertake decisions or other parts of the process.