Deadline: 2 February 2017
The United States Department of State is seeking applications for its U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2017 Competition with an aim to support projects to preserve cultural heritage.
General Priority Areas
- CULTURAL SITES: conservation of an ancient or historic building, preservation of an archaeological site, or documentation of cultural sites in a region for preservation purposes.
- CULTURAL OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS: 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 and protection 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: documentation and audiovisual recording of traditional music and dance forms for broad dissemination as the means of teaching and further preserving them, or support for training in the preservation of traditional applied arts or crafts in danger of extinction.
Specific Priority Areas
Proposals for projects that meet one or more of the following criteria will receive additional consideration in FY 2017:
- Directly support U.S. bilateral agreement obligations, such as cultural property protection agreements;
- Support the preservation of inscribed UNESCO World Heritage sites;
- Support disaster risk reduction for cultural heritage and post-disaster cultural heritage recovery in seismically active and other disaster-prone areas;
- Engage women, youth, or under-served communities.
Funding Information
- Minimum amount of awards is US $10,000 per project.
- Ceiling is $200,000 per project.
Eligibility Criteria
Project Applicants are defined as reputable and accountable non-commercial entities, such as non-governmental organizations, museums, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations that are able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: Somalia
For more information, please visit AFCP.