Scientific Advisory Committee - SAC
The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) is central to this project. Its constitution is based on the transnational project strategy to gather the most relevant cultural and scientific knowledge linked to the legacy of the great Atlantic explorations.
By setting up an SAC to support project activities, the partnership is undertaking scientific caution for the project. Each project partner is represented in the committee and contributes to combine academic and community-based strengths for the valorisation of the Atlantic nautical explorations in their territories. This involves replicating the network at local level to include a range of stakeholders and experts. Other experts from Atlantic areas, not initially covered by the project, are also going to be associated as the SAC develops.
Project activity 1.1 develops the project research programme to provide scientific contents on the Great Atlantic Explorations. The framework and the orientation of the research programme will be the result of a participatory process among partners and experts.
The SAC involves a series of thematic Research Groups (RGs), each coordinated by a lead project partner according to their expertise. These RGs ensure that the SAC addresses both the historical dimensions of the great Atlantic explorations and their contemporary cultural, educational, technological, and territorial valorisation.
The current RGs include:
- History Valorisation
- Legacy and Tourism in Atlantic Territories Valorisation
- Memory Valorisation
- Pedagogy Valorisation
- Technology Valorisation
- Encounter Valorisation
Each RG develops a dedicated research programme defining its thematic scope, objectives, methodology, expected outcomes, and valorisation strategy in line with the project framework. These groups operate collaboratively and remain open to contributions from all project partners, associated stakeholders, and external experts. The SAC, through its RGs, also welcomes opportunities for scientific and institutional collaboration with external organisations, researchers, and initiatives sharing common interests related to Atlantic heritage, cultural routes, digital humanities, and maritime history. Their activities contribute directly to the development of the Cultural Route and to the project’s digital, educational, scientific, and territorial outputs.
The main objective of the SAC is to contribute to the set-up of the Cultural Route of the Great Atlantic Explorations. This new Cultural Route is built on the knowledge brought together by the partners and stakeholders to share local cultural heritage.
After the participatory process, a transnational strategy will be issued and the corresponding action plan implemented over the project duration. This way, we proceed as a joint initiative in line with the expectation of the project activities. The SAC’s capacity to meet the project scientific requirements will then have been adequately addressed. Project partners will establish a set of institutional agreements and conventions. They are establishing specific partnerships to improve local management of the SAC, along with international agreements to leverage external expertise.
Adhering to Council of Europe requirements, this project’s SAC acts as a guide, delivering research and development through a consensus-based approach involving multidisciplinary experts from across Europe and the wider Atlantic area.
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SAC Tasks
• Building the transnational strategy and Action plan to set-up the Scientific Advisory Committee
• Research programme of Scientific Advisory Committee
• Set-up scientific and cultural regional networking
• Develop the Scientific Advisory Committee Colaborative platform
• Enlarging the audience of the Scientific Advisory Committee
• Supporting Workpackages' activities
SAC Commitments
• Research linked to the Great Atlantic Explorations Cultural Route: A research programme is issued along with the strategic and action plan. This programme identifies the fields of investigation most relevant for the Great Atlantic Explorations Cultural Route. It also determines which organizations among those belonging to the Committee or regional networks are going to support the joint investigations.
• Publications: A set of publications will be issued of the activities performed by the Advisory Scientific Committee.Publications are first linked to the research programme but also cover the actions performed by the scientific and cultural regional networks.
• Scientific background for the multimedia documentary on the Great Atlantic Explorations Cultural Route: The production of multimedia (videos and podcasts) focusing on the Great Atlantic Explorations historical baseline will be supported by SAC. It means to involved all experts along with the milestones of the WP3 development. The same approach is performed at regional level for the production of local Great Atlantic Explorations multimedia.
• Scientific support for the development of the project AI-based tool: Collaboration of the Scientific Advisory Committee addresses the development of an AI tool for the promotion of the Great Atlantic Explorations Cultural Route. The tool requests the previous identification of scientific data and images of reference and SAC will establish all pertinent fields data and procedure for data implementation.
