The document discusses the MICHAEL Project, an EU-funded initiative to create a multilingual online inventory of cultural heritage in Europe. Key points include: - The project involves gathering data from national heritage inventories using common software and data standards. - It aims to provide improved access to cultural collections and encourage areas like education, tourism and reuse of materials. - The Flemish government recently joined the initiative and plans to implement the MICHAEL system on its heritage portal by 2009. - The system uses open-source tools and aims to make metadata available in different languages through various national and European online portals.