Preserving cultural heritage digitally - the DAAD Ta'ziz projects

For the kick-off meeting for the DAAD Ta'ziz projects, the TH Brandenburg had more than 50 guests from the Middle East, for example from Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. On the part of the German partner network, representatives from the H-BRS, the University of Darmstadt and the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena also took part in the kick-off meeting "Digitisation of Cultural Heritage" and the "Consolidating Meeting".

The "Ta'ziz" programme brings together various universities from Germany, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon to introduce students to the principles and techniques of digitisation, for example of archaeological sites, in workshops. The term "Ta'ziz", which comes from Arabic, means "strengthening/consolidation" and is intended to clearly express the programme's goal.

The DAAD Ta'ziz Science Cooperation - "Innovation Hub for MENA Crisis Regions Project" involves universities from the Middle East:

• Iraq: University of Mosul,
• Kurdistan-Iraq: Tishk International University in Erbil,
• Lebanon: American University of Beirut,
• Jordan: German-Jordanian University, Jordanian University of Science and Technology, Hashemite University

together with the German partner universities:

• Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Sciences,
• Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and the
• Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena.

The project will run until the end of 2025.