Deadline: 15-Jun-22
The Asia Culture Center (ACC) and the UNESCO Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) has launched the ACC-MOWCAP Small Grants Programme to support archives, museums and libraries in the Asia-Pacific to undertake innovative projects and initiatives to preserve and provide access to their collections.
The grants support the overall aim of the UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) to enhance preservation of and access to humanity’s documentary heritage.
The ACC-MOWCAP Small Grants Program is made possible through the generous financial support of the Asia Culture Center.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $US 5,000 are made for the preservation and sharing of the documentary heritage of the Asia-Pacific.
What sort of projects will be considered for funding?
The ACC-MOWCAP Small Grants Programme is willing to fund projects that relate to documentary heritage as defined under the UNESCO Memory of the World programme and UNESCO Recommendation concerning the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage including in digital form. Such project may include:
- The development of e-publications;
- Conservation of documentary heritage (If a conservator is engaged, they should be a member of an accredited national or international conservation organisation);
- Cataloguing records and archival description (open source archival description software such as ICA-AtoM
- The development of exhibitions (including digital ones)
- Web projects that provide information or resources on documentary heritage;
- Digital storytelling about documentary heritage (including film and DVD projects);
- Apps for mobile devices;
- Consultancy fees for the provision of specialist skills not found within the organisation;
- The purchase of archival quality materials;
- The digitisation and publishing of documentary heritage items and collections;
- Training and capacity building in the area of the preservation and access to documentary heritage;
Eligibility Criteria
- To apply for a grant through ACC-MOWCAP Small Grants Program your organization will need to meet the following criteria.
- The organization applying must be:
- Based in the Asia-Pacific
- Non-Government
- Have support from your UNESCO National MoW Committee or UNESCO National Commission
For more information, visit http://www.mowcapunesco.org/grants/