U.S. Mission to Zambia: U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

Deadline: 5 December 2018

U.S. Mission to Zambia is accepting applications for its U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation to support the preservation of cultural sites, cultural objects, and forms of traditional cultural expression in more than 100 developing countries around the world.

AFCP-supported projects include the restoration of ancient and historic buildings, assessment and conservation of rare manuscripts and museum collections, preservation and protection of important archaeological sites, and the documentation of vanishing traditional craft techniques and indigenous languages.

Project Categories

AFCP supports preservation projects in the following three categories:

Cultural Objects and Collections from a museum, site or similar institution: This includes archaeological and ethnographic objects, paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, photographic and film collections and general museum conservation activities.
- Proposals in this category may involve, for example:
  - Conservation treatment for an object or collection of objects;
  - Needs assessment of a collection with respect to its condition and strategies for improving its conservation purposes;
  - The creation of safe environments for storage or display of collections;
  - Specialized training in the care and preservation of collections;
Cultural Sites: This includes (but is not limited to) historical buildings and sites, sacred places, monuments, and archaeological sites.
- Proposals in this category may involve for example:
  - Restoration of an historic building;
  - An archaeological survey as a component of a preservation plan;
  - Preservation management planning for a site;
  - Documentation of sites in a region for preservation purposes;
Forms of Traditional Cultural Expression: This includes the documentation and audiovisual recording of traditional music, indigenous languages 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.
- Proposals in this category may involve for example:
  - Documenting and audiovisual recording of traditional music and dance forms as part of a traditional expression and making the information and recordings available;
  - Support for training in the preservation of traditional arts or crafts that are threatened by extinction.