Deadline: 20 December 2016
The U.S. Embassy Belgrade and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State has launched a call for proposals for 2017 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation to preserve cultural sites or objects that have a historical or cultural significance to the cultural heritage of Serbia.
AFCP gives top priority to project activities in keeping with international standards for the preservation of cultural heritage.
An appropriate preservation activity is one that protects the values of the site, object or collection, or form of traditional cultural expression as they are understood by stakeholders. Stakeholders may include national, regional, or local cultural authorities, the local community, and others with vested interests in the site and the outcome of a project.
Focus Areas
- CULTURAL SITES: This might include (but is not limited to) historical buildings and sites, sacred places, monuments, and archaeological sites. Proposals in this category may involve, for example, restoration of an historic building, an archeological survey as a component of a preservation plan, preservation management planning for a site, or documentation of sites in a region for preservation purposes.
- CULTURAL OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS from a museum, cultural site, or similar institution. This includes archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, photographic and film collections, and general museum conservation activities. Proposals in this category may involve, for example, conservation treatment for an object or collection of objects; needs assessment of a collection with respect to its condition and strategies for improving its state of conservation; inventory of a collection for conservation purposes; the creation of safe environments for storage or display of collections; or specialized training in the care and preservation of collections.
- FORMS OF TRADITIONAL CULTURAL EXPRESSION: This includes traditional music, rituals, knowledge, languages, dance, drama, and crafts. Proposal in this category may involve documenting and audiovisual recording of traditional music and dance forms as part of a traditional expression and making the information and recordings available, or support for training in preservation or traditional arts or crafts that are threatened by extinction.
Funding Information
Grants usually range from $10,000 to $75,000, but may be higher for exceptional projects.
How to Apply
Proposals shall be submitted at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Serbia
For more information, please visit 2017 AFCP Call for Proposals.