DIRES - Dipartimento di Restauro e Conservazione dei Beni Architettonici dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze

a) Promote, support co-ordinate and carry out theoretical and applied research in the area of cultural assets. This may include co-operation between universities, research institutes, national and local administrative bodies and industry;
b) Encourage and help organize post-graduate teaching programmes, in particular Doctorate and Masters courses;
c) Promote the exchange of information, documentation and material between teachers and researchers in the relevant fields within the frame-work of the above-mentioned co-operation;
d) Encourage the spread of scientific information and
inter-disciplinary co-operation in areas relevant to the Centre’s activities;
e) Promote national and international conventions specifically designed to further the Dires’s goals;
f) Provide and co-ordinate advisory services to individuals and institutions not connected to universities.