Deadline: 15-Dec-22
U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan is seeking applications for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).
Established by the U.S. Congress in 2001, the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) supports the preservation of cultural sites, cultural objects, and forms of traditional cultural expression in developing countries around the world. Cultural heritage endures as a reminder of the contributions and historical experiences of humanity. Since its inception, the Fund has supported more than 900 cultural preservation projects in more than 200 countries.
Categories
AFCP supports projects to preserve cultural heritage in the following three categories:
- Cultural Sites includes (but is not limited to) historical buildings and sites, monuments, and archaeological sites:
- Preservation of an archaeological or historical site, sacred place or monument;
- An archaeological survey as a component of a preservation plan;
- Preservation management planning for a site or sites in a region, and
- Documentation of a site or sites in a region for preservation purposes
- Cultural Objects and Collections from a museum, site, or similar institution, includes archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, photographic and film collections, and general museum conservation activities:
- Conservation of an object or collection of objects;
- Inventory of a collection of objects for conservation purposes;
- Creating suitable space and conditions for a collection of objects, and
- Specialized training in the care and preservation of collections
- Forms of Traditional Cultural Expression includes traditional music, rituals, knowledge, languages, dance, drama, and crafts:
- Recording traditional music or dance forms;
- Compiling a dictionary of an endangered language;
- Recording oral history or traditional poetry, and
- Support for training in the preservation of traditional arts or crafts that are threatened by extinction
Funding Information
The proposed budget should not be less $10,000, and should not exceed $500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- This program is meant to support the preservation of cultural heritage ONLY. Funds cannot be used to support the purchase of privately owned, residential or commercial property or collections.
- Applications should meet the following criteria:
- Detailed description of the project and participants, including the time frame and indication of the importance of the cultural or sacred site (or sites), object (or collection), or form of expression. All should have a close association with the history and cultural development of the host country and demonstrate need for preservation or conservation.
- Detailed work plan, including educational component (such as a plan of lectures, presentations, description of brochures proposing for the publication according to the project, and etc.).
- Indication of the necessity of the project for the host country and its urgency of implementation.
- Detailed budget of requested funding. Indicate other funding sources, if any. Strong encouragement is given to local non-U.S. government source cost-sharing (including in-kind) from sources such as governments, international organizations, and the private sector.
- Indication of reporting methods intended to use during project implementation to report project implementation process and its outcomes.
- Detailed description of the project and participants, including the time frame and indication of the importance of the cultural or sacred site (or sites), object (or collection), or form of expression. All should have a close association with the history and cultural development of the host country and demonstrate need for preservation or conservation.
For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan.