Deadline: 15-Nov-20
The U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam is now accepting concept notes for the 2021-2022 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Program to carry out an individual project to preserve cultural heritage in Tanzania.
The State Department’s Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) supports country-specific projects that preserve cultural sites, cultural objects and collections, and forms of traditional expression.
Funding Priorities
AFCP recommends funding for those proposals that include project activities in adherence to the following guidelines and to international standards for the preservation of cultural heritage. These activities may include:
- 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.
Funding Areas
Through the AFCP Program, the Department of State supports projects to preserve cultural heritage in the following three areas:
- Cultural Sites—such as, but not limited to, historic buildings and archaeological sites;
- Cultural Objects and Collections from a museum, site, or similar institution—that include, but are not limited to, archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, and general museum conservation needs; and,
- Forms of Traditional Cultural Expression—such as traditional music, indigenous languages, and crafts.
Eligibility Criteria
- The program defines eligible project applicants 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
- Applications can be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, visit https://tz.usembassy.gov/education-culture/afcp-program/