PRATICs (Practices, research, Access, Collaboration, Teaching In Conservation) innovates in Contemporary Art conservation research, promotes diversity in practices, with a will to share knowledge and experiences: it links museums, institutions, universities with key issues such as conservation, preservation, education and public access to conservation.The aims are to increase excellence and interdisciplinary research, increase public appreciation of contemporary art, stimulate collaboration between educational programs in conservation, and between groups affiliated to the International Networl for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA). At international level, activities such as installation art, documentation artists' participationn, decision-making, reseach and education, networking, public discussions and lectures, or multimedia museul visitors'tous will be implementes. Good practice documents, congress, seminar, book publication and website will be other results. (34 partners from 14 EU countries+USA)