Deadline: 24 August 2018

The Cultural Protection Fund has opened a one-off funding round for applications to deliver project activity between April-December 2019.

The Cultural Protection Fund is for projects focusing on the protection of cultural heritage at risk due to conflict in one or more of the Fund’s target countries.  By project, they mean work or activity that is defined at the outset and will contribute to achieving the outcomes of the Fund.  Cultural heritage includes many different things from the past that communities value and want to pass on to future generations, for example:

• archaeological sites and monuments;
• collections of objects, books or documents in museums, libraries or archives;
• historic buildings;
• cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes;
• histories of people, communities, places and events;
• the heritage of languages and dialects; and
• people’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’).

Categories & Outcomes

• Cultural heritage protection: Cultural heritage under threat is researched, documented, conserved and/or restored to safeguard against permanent loss.
• Training and capacity building: Local professionals have sufficient business or specialist skills to be able to manage and promote cultural assets which [will] benefit the local economy and society.
• Advocacy and education: Local people are able to identify and value their cultural heritage and have a good understanding of what can be done to protect their cultural heritage and the role it plays in society and the economy.

Grant Information

Applicants to the Closing Round may apply for grants up to £300,000 for projects being delivered until January 2020.

Geographical Scope

• The Cultural Protection Fund is targeted at areas in conflict-affected countries where the need is greatest, the risks are lowest and the potential benefits are highest.
• Applications must relate directly to one or more of the Fund’s current target countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications must be submitted by one lead applicant organisation with up to eight partner organisations.
• Lead applicant organisations based outside the target countries must deliver the project in partnership with at least one partner organisation based within the Fund’s target countries.
• Organisations based within target countries can also apply to the fund, with or without partners.
• Applications must demonstrate intent to benefit one or more of the Fund’s 12 target countries as their main aim. If private owners or for-profit organisations are involved in a project, we expect the benefit to the social and economic development of the target country to outweigh any private gain.

How to Apply

Interested applicants must download the expression of interest form available o the given website.

For more information, please visit Closing Round Grants.