Malta tiehu sehem fil-progett ARAMIS / Malta's Participation in ARAMIS Project

Malta tiehu sehem fil-progett ARAMIS

It-Taqsima tar-Restawr fi ódan il-Ministeru góall-Ambjent, tinsab fil-proðess li tiffinalizza ftehim mal-Kummissjoni Ewropea. bóala parti minn programm imniedi mill-Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche Istituto per le Technologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali (CNR ITABC) ta’ Ruma, rigward is-sehem ta’ Malta fil-Proíett Aramis fi ódan ir-Raphael Community Programme.

Il-proíett hu stmat li jiswa Lm10,000 (24,000 ECUs). Il-Kummissjoni Ewropea se tikkontribwixxi Lm5,000 (12,000 ECUs) filwaqt li t-Taqsima tax-Xogólijiet fil-Ministeru góall-Ambjent se tikkontribwixxi l-kumplament.

Il-programm imóejji mit-Taqsima tar-Restwar, bil-kollaborazzjoni ta’ l-Università ta’ Malta, tad-Dipartiment tal-Muúewijiet u l-Awtorità ta’ l-Ippjanar, hu dwar is-sistemi ta’ l-irrigazzjoni fix-Xlokk u l-Lbið ta’ Malta li kienu jintuúaw fil-Perjodu Medjevali. Pajjiúi oóra li qed jieódu sehem fil-proíett Aramis huma Spanja, Kreta (Greðja), Sqallija (Italja) u Franza.

Waqt l-Ewwel Workshop Internazzjonali, bit-tema ‘Il-Kooperazzjoni Ewromediterranja dwar il-Wirt Kulturali’, li sar bóala parti mil-Laqgóa Internazzjonali Aramis, f’Castellamare del Golfo, bejn id-29 u l-31 ta’ Ottubru li góadda, is-Sur Paul C. Saliba, ko-ordinatur tal-proíett Aramis f'Malta u uffiðjal fit-Taqsima tar-Restawr (Taqsima tax-Xogólijiet), u s-Sur Joseph Magro Conti mill-Awtorità ta’ l-Ippjanar ippreúentaw studju dwar il-Cart-Ruts fil-gúejjer Maltin. F’dan l-istudju huma wrew evidenza ídida u assoluta u taw tifsira dwar il-funzjoni ta’ ðerti eúempji ta’ cart ruts f'Malta.

Malta's Participation in ARAMIS Project

The Restoration Unit of the Works Division within the Ministry for the Environment, is in the process of finalising an agreement with the European Commission through the Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche Istituto per le Technologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali (CNR ITABC) of Rome, regarding Malta’s participation in the Aramis Project within the Raphael Community Programme.

The total cost of the project is Lm10,000 (24,000 ECUs). The Commission will be financing 50 per cent of the total cost of the project, contributing a maximum of Lm5,000 (12,000 ECUs). The remaining 50 per cent of the planned expenditure will be funded by the Works Division.

The programme, prepared by the Restoration Unit in collaboration with the University of Malta, the Museums Department and the Planning Authority is entitled ‘The Irrigation Systems in the south/east and south/west regions of Malta during the Medieval Period’. Other countries taking part in the Aramis Project are Spain, Crete (Greece), Sicily (Italy) and France.

During the First International Workshop, titled La Cooperazione Euromediterranea Per i Beni Culturali in conjunction with the International Meeting Aramis held at Castellamare del Golfo, between October 19 and 31,1998, Mr Paul C Saliba, Co-ordinator of Aramis-Malta Project and an official at the Restoration Unit in the Works Division, and Mr Joseph Magro Conti, from the Planning Authority, presented a paper on the cart-ruts found on the Maltese Islands. In their paper they presented new and absolute evidence on the real use and function of certain examples of cart-ruts found in the Maltese Islands.