Deadline: 31 March 2017
The Cultural Protection Fund is seeking expression of interest (EoI) for its “Large Grant Program” to help create sustainable opportunities for social and economic development through building capacity to foster, safeguard and promote cultural heritage in conflict-affected countries.
The Fund will support efforts to keep cultural heritage sites and objects safe, as well as supporting the recording, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. It will also provide opportunities to local communities for training and education, enabling and empowering them in the long term to value, care for and benefit from their cultural heritage.
The Cultural Protection Fund is an initiative of the UK government, which has dedicated £30 million in overseas development assistance (ODA) funding between 2016 and 2020 to support cultural heritage in conflict-affected countries.
Funding Information
- Applicants to this round of the large grants funding stream may apply for grants over £100,000 up to a maximum of £2m for projects commencing from November 2017 (decisions will be taken in October 2017).
- Funding for larger projects will be limited, and you should take this into account when deciding upon the amount of your grant request.
- Value for money offered by the grant request will be an important factor when deciding which grants to award.
- A lead applicant organisation can only submit one application under any given round of funding.
- The maximum total amount of funding which can be awarded to any lead applicant organisation during the life of the fund (2016-2020) is £3m.
Areas of Interest
- Archaeological sites and monuments;
- Collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or archives;
- Historic buildings;
- Cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes;
- Histories of people, communities, places and events;
- The heritage of languages and dialects; and
- People’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications must be submitted by one lead applicant organisation with up to eight partner organisations.
- Lead applicant organisations based outside the target countries must deliver the project in partnership with at least one partner organisation based within the Fund’s target countries.
- Organisations based within target countries can also apply to the fund, with or without partners.
- Applications must demonstrate intent to benefit one or more of the Fund’s 12 target countries as their main aim.
- If private owners or for-profit organisations are involved in a project, it is expected the benefit to the social and economic development of the target country to outweigh any private gain.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can download the forms via given website.
Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen and United Kingdom
For more information, please visit Cultural Protection Fund.