2020 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation in Ecuador
Deadline: 15 December 2019
The U.S. Embassy in Ecuador and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State are seeking proposals for its 2020 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).
The Fund was established to help countries to preserve cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures, their prosperity, and stability around the world.
The Fund was established to help countries to preserve cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures, their prosperity, and stability around the world. Through the AFCP Program, the U.S. government supports projects ranging from $10,000 to $200,000 to preserve the cultural heritage of Ecuador in the following three 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 needs assessments and treatment, inventory of a collection for conservation 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, 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.
Project Criteria
Additionally, proposals for projects that meet one or more of the following criteria will receive additional consideration:
- Support U.S. treaty or bilateral agreement obligations
- Support projects promoting democracy, prosperity, and/or security in Ecuador.
- Support disaster risk reduction for cultural heritage in disaster-prone areas
- Support post-disaster cultural heritage recovery
- Preserve World Heritage sites
- Partner, connect with or feed into other ECA programs
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible project applicants are reputable and accountable non-commercial entities, such as non-governmental organizations, museums, ministries of culture, or similar institutions and organizations, including U.S.-based organizations subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the tax code, that are registered and active in SAM.gov and able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage.
How to Apply
Proposals shall be submitted at the address given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Ecuador and United States
For more information, please visit https://ec.usembassy.gov/call-for-proposals-u-s-ambassadors-fund-for-cultural-preservation-2020/