IKUWA3: Sponsors

IKUWA3 is proud to have received financial support from the British Academy, Historic Scotland, English Heritage, Deutsche Archäologische Institut (DAI), University College London, Verband der Landesarchäologen, and the Department of Environment Northern Ireland.

Please read further to learn more about our sponsors.

UNESCO

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is an intergovernmental organization with 193 Member States and 6 Associate Members. It is a specialized agency of the United Nations and the only one of its agencies with the protection of culture in its mandate.

UNESCO functions as laboratory of ideas and standard-setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. It also serves as a clearinghouse for the dissemination and sharing of information and knowledge, while helping its Member States to build their human and institutional capacities in diverse fields.

UNESCO promotes international cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture and communication. Its General Conference has adopted 7 international Conventions on the protection of the cultural heritage, among which the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.

British Academy

The British Academy, established by Royal Charter in 1902, is the national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It is an independent, self-governing fellowship of more than 800 scholars, elected for distinction and achievement in one or more branches of the academic disciplines that make up the humanities and social sciences.

Historic Scotland

Historic Scotland (HS) is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Executive. HS carries out the responsibilities of Scottish Ministers for the historic environment, including out to the limit of Scotland's territorial seas (12 nautical miles). HS has a role in designation of the most important marine historic assets, advising Scottish Ministers on policy matters, strategic liaison, environmental assessment, and in provision of support for the historic environment by grants and advice.

English Heritage

English Heritage protects and promotes all aspects of England's finite and non-renewable historic environment and ensures that its past is researched and understood. English Heritage is the Government's statutory advisor on all historic environment assets. English Heritage is an Executive Non-departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Deutsche Archäologische Institut (DAI)

Das Deutsche Archäologische Institut (DAI) ist eine wissenschaftliche Einrichtung, die als Bundesanstalt zum Geschäftsbereich des Auswärtigen Amts gehört. Das Institut mit Zentrale in Berlin und mehreren Kommissionen und Abteilungen im In- und Ausland führt archäologische Ausgrabungen und Forschungen durch und pflegt Kontakte zur internationalen Wissenschaft.

Das Institut veranstaltet wissenschaftliche Kongresse, Kolloquien und Führungen und informiert die Öffentlichkeit über seine Arbeit.

The German Archaeological Institute (DAI) is a scientific body under the German Federal Foreign Office. The institute has its headquarters in Berlin, some branches and separate Commissions within and outside of Germany. It undertakes archaeological investigations in Germany and throughout the world and keeps contact to the international science. The institute does conferences, colloquia and informs the public at large.

University College London

UCL's main campus is located in the Bloomsbury area of central London, just to the north of the British Museum and conveniently close to the British Library. The University is one of the largest and most prestigious academic institutions in the UK, with a community of 27,000 staff and students engaged in productive partnerships around the world. More than 4,000 academic and research staff in 72 departments are dedicated to research and teaching of the highest standards, and students from more than 140 countries outside the UK study at UCL, making up almost a third of the student body.

UCL is consistently ranked in the top 25 universities worldwide, and in the top three multi-faculty universities in the UK. The UCL Institute of Archaeology is one of the largest archaeological departments in the world, with an unrivalled range of specialist staff (all based in one building) who between them cover an immense variety of topics, time periods and geographical regions around the world. The Institute of Archaeology recently came second in The Guardian league table of UK Archaeology Departments (Guardian 01/05/07).

Verband der Landesarchäologen

The Verband der Landesarchäologen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, which was created in 1949, is the association of members of the sixteen archaeological state heritage services in Germany. Within this organization there are various working committees. One, the Kommission für Unterwasserarchäologie, is dealing with problems concerning underwater archaeology. This committee was formed in 1994. One of its aims concerns the coordination of the work of the various archaeological diving groups. For this education schemes on different levels have been developed and an informal platform, the so called Arbeitskreis Unterwasserarchäologie, has been formed. The last one includes also archaeologists from Switzerland and Austria. The papers of the annual conference together other reports are published in the periodical Nachrichtenblatt Arbeitskreis Unterwasserarchäologie (NAU). The KUWA was one of the active partners organizing the first IKUWA in 1999.

Gesellschaft für Schweizer Unterwasser-Archäologie (GSU)

Department of the Environment Northern Ireland

Department of the Environment Northern Ireland aims to protect, conserve and enhance the natural environment and built heritage. Environment and Heritage Service (EHS), the largest Agency within the Department takes the lead in advising on, and in implementing, the Government's environmental policy and strategy in Northern Ireland. It plays a very active role in recording and protecting the Maritime Heritage of the region.