 The project will be coordinated by the UNESCO Chair after a regional scientific committee has been established.The committee is to be supported by local authorities as well as regional scientific institutions and academia.The project entitled "l'Utile...1761, Esclaves oubliés (Forgotten slaves)" includes a component for underwater archaeological research on a slave ship that sank off the coast of Tromelin Island, abandoning its cargo of slaves from Madagascar on the island.