The main objective is to define risks and to minimise deterioration. Agreed protocols and guidelines for risk management analysis and sustained maintenance should be embodied in applied codes of practice for the care of cultural heritage. These guidelines should include the inspection and assessment of failures in structure or functions and their repairs. On the basis of this analysis, practical intervention should be undertaken locally, by periodic servicing of functional equipment, repair of damage and replacement of sacrificial elements, as well as by undertaking monitoring and intervention to minimise ongoing deterioration. Sustained monitoring should imply periodic inspection, with emphasis on the risk area, continuous observation of failures in structures, materials and functions as well as guidelines for upkeep and daily use.
Maintenance implies repairs of failing points and reduction of similar risks.
The risk analysis should be based on comparative data to provide a cost-benefit analysis of appropriately timed maintenance. The training of craft workers and professionals concerned should be promoted. Measures should be taken to encourage the training of professionals and craft workers to gain capability of understanding the problems of deterioration and conservation in their entirety and in their interdisciplinary context. This should be promoted at university, technical and craft-worker level. Specialised training for restorers and craft workers should be promoted with emphasis on proficiency in traditional craft techniques and the ability to understand, evaluate and apply specific conservation techniques.