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The value of planning to face extreme events :

Courselaud Marie

C2RMF

Actions implemented by the C2RMF

FR-IT Bilateral Cooperation in Heritage Science – 8th Edition

TAKING ACTION IN THE FACE OF EXTREME EVENTS

Firenze, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, 

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Risk exposure of cultural heritage

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An endangered heritage

Climate change exacerbates existing risks to cultural property, which are often underestimated but already visible.

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Some concrete examples :

Versailles : Petite écurie du roi

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An endangered heritage

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Some concrete examples :

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Flooding Pas de Calais 2024

Flooding Saintes2024

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An endangered heritage

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Some concrete examples :

Versailles : Petite écurie du roi

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An endangered heritage

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Some concrete examples :

Versailles : Petite écurie du roi

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An endangered heritage

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A clear statement of fact!

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In its latest report, Blue Shield France identified 87 incidents between 2021 and 2022 that had an impact on France's cultural heritage, i.e. 1 every 8 days!

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  • 44% churches, 18% museums and 14% castles or manor houses.

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Versailles : Petite écurie du roi

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An endangered heritage

A necessity : Act to reduce the impact of risks!

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There are several possible levers, different but complementary:

- Improving knowledge of major risks and refining vulnerability assessments for heritage assets ;

- develop a risk culture in the heritage sector ;

- developing planning to improve emergency response and reduce the impact of disasters.

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It is on this last point that the C2RMF wishes to focus its efforts.

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Actions implemented by the C2RMF�

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French museum research and restoration center (C2RMF)

Palais du Louvre : Pavillon de Flore

Versailles : Petite écurie du roi

Research

Restoration

Préventive Conservation

Archives, Documentation

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Nombre de PSBC rédigés en 2018 par les Musées de France

sur la base de 700 réponses.

Données Muséofile – SMF - MCC

A retenir

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En 2018, 122 établissements sont dotés d’un PSBC rédigé, soit 17% de l’échantillon analysé.

On observe un contraste important entre les régions notamment entre le Sud-Ouest et le Nord-Est.

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Marie Courselaud – C2RMF - 2019

From facts to action

Brief history

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Support

Setting up a discussion on this topic in 2018, but how?

Identify the need for support (based on the ICCROM Teamwork in preventive conservation methodology for preventive conservation subjects)

Set up an experimental “CHSP Workshop" in 2019 in the Paris region , then spread to different regions of France and abroad : Wallonia, Monaco, Armenia (between 2020 and 2024).

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Aims:

  • Work on a local scale with the various players in the area
  • Define achievable objectives over time (SP operational in 1 year)
  • Create dedicated tools,
  • Develop a rigorous method that can be reproduced on a national scale, whatever the local context.
  • 100% free service for volunteer institutions

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Resources :

100% of C2's internal resources (a large part of the DCP team, including management) + administrative coordination by the DRAC + MISSA/SDIS/BSPP fire brigade and experts free of charge.

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Safegarding plan workshop

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  • Permanent organisation :

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Support

Safegarding plan workshop

Voluntary museums and heritage institutions

Emergency services

  • Workshop management
  • Technical expertise
  • Coordination
  • Information relay

- Technical expertise

- Territorial relay

Blue shield (France)

1 session every 2 months for 1 year, i.e. 6 sessions corresponding to the main stages in drawing up the plan:

  1. Gathering information
  2. Prioritising collections
  3. Storage and processing areas
  4. Material resources
  5. Human resources (crisis unit, training, etc.)
  6. Setting up an exercise
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Support

Safegarding plan workshop

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  • Limits :

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  • Time-consuming for the C2RMF
  • Urgent need to implement plans quickly given the current context (=> desire to extend the methodology thanks to the webinar implemented between 2023 and 2024: + 700 registrants and around 200 establishments regularly following the sessions)
  • Objectives : achieve 50% of CHSPs implemented at national level.

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  • Workshop summary :

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  • Archives and Librairies (in conjunction with BbF) adopted and adapted the method

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  • 60 to 80% of establishments finalised their SP within the timeframe of the workshop

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  • 250 museums trained in France and abroad and 700 establishments followed the safeguarding plan webinar

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  • Publication of the Manual

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  • Creation of tools (model plan, PSBC application, note on computerisation of CHSP/MC)

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Training / information

2022: "Acting in the face of flooding" 13 October 2022 at the C2RMF // reminder (Cour des Comptes report Nov. 2022: cultural establishments insufficiently prepared)

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Risk awareness / Intervention

2017 - 2024 : Different training for students Paris 1-Sorbonne / Ecole du Louvre / INP

  • Flood module/ armed conflict
  • Identification, risks assesment, method for safeguarding plan

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2022 - 2023: INP-Armenia cooperation "Heritage protection in times of crisis”

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Training / information

Risk awareness / Intervention

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European programme

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Collaboration between civil protection and heritage to create modules that can be projected into disaster areas. Creation of a network to improve practices.

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= Piloted by the Interior

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https://www.proculther.eu/

Collaborate

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Notre-Dame Project

A project spread over 3 years (2020-2023), it aims to improve fire protection in heritage buildings, in 5 areas:

  • Study of fire risk in cultural establishments;
  • Carrying out studies and research into fire protection tools;
  • Drafting of a protection guide for old buildings;
  • 360° plan for the fire service;
  • Feedback symposium in Chantilly (13 and 14 April 2023). // Thesis C2/CTSB/LRMH

https://www.pompiers.fr/colloque-patrimoine/colloque-international-les-presentations

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Collaborate

2023-2024: Creation of a Disaster Memory WG with the Sub-Directorate for Historic Monuments and Heritage Sites, the MISSA, the C2RMF and the BbF to create a common reference grid for disaster declarations, enabling the results to be shared and used in a uniform manner.

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Distaster Memory Work group

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Collaborate

=> Local contact / work on operational aspects

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Working with Blue Shield France

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Outlook / Projects�

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Planning for the unexpected...

Outlook

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  • Improving the response to the climate crisis

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  • Flood / fire sheet
  • Hope to... create a Flood WG
  • Continue to think about means of protection
  • Continue to raise awareness of the "new risks" by developing diagnostic and vulnerability tools
  • Open the debate on the insurance aspect, which will become a key issue in the years to come.

= > Necessity: Work locally (diverse and geographically fragmented risks, socio-economic disparities)

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Thanks for your attention!

Marie Courselaud

C2RMF

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marie.courselaud@culture.gouv.fr

+33 685 47 51 45

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