The Cultural Protection Fund is continuing into 2021! Building on from the success of the last four years, new funding is now available to new and existing grantees.
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The British Council writes:
The first round of funding available is for projects relating to Libya, Syria and Yemen. Find out more below and register for an online information session here.
What is the Cultural Protection Fund?
- The Cultural Protection Fund is a Fund that supports efforts to protect cultural heritage at risk in in twelve target countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
- The Fund aims to help to create sustainable opportunities for economic and social development through building capacity to foster, safeguard and promote cultural heritage affected by conflict.
- Grants are available to applicants working with local partners in one or more of the Fund’s target countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. NB CPF is funded through ODA grant which limits the Fund to ODA countries.
- The Cultural Protection Fund accepts applications from organisations globally, but applicants must either be based in, or have a partner in one of the Fund’s target countries (see above).
- New funding is available in a special open call aiming to generate new ideas for projects relating to Syria, Yemen and Libya, where CPF investment has been low to date. EOIs open 05 November 2019.
As part of our wider work in culture and development, we manage the Cultural Protection Fund in partnership with DCMS . The Fund is administered by a UK-based team (and not the British Council offices based with our target countries).
Useful information for grantees
The below documents are designed to support grant recipients to deliver Cultural Protection Fund projects. The following documents are available for download below:
- Receiving a Grant Guidance – This document outlines key information for successful applicants, including reporting requirements and the process of requesting grant payments.
- Introduction to Evaluation – This document is a resource for successful applicants to help with the evaluation report required for the funded project.
- Publicity Toolkit for Grantees – This document outlines the publicity requirements for CPF grantees, and provides hints and tips for promoting your project.
Downloads:
- Receiving a Grant Guidance – July 2017 (Adobe PDF 69KB)
- Cultural Protection Fund Introduction to Evaluation (Adobe PDF 144KB)
- Publicity Toolkit for Grantees (Adobe PDF 3MB)
Read more and access the downloads
How to apply
The Cultural Protection Fund (CPF) is now open for EOIs for projects relating to Libya, Syria and Yemen. We are now accepting expressions of interest for projects (up to £100k) relating to Libya, Syria and Yemen – countries where CPF investment has been low to date. Read our full eligibility criteria here.
Expressions of interest for this round must be received by 23 December 2019. Find out more and submit your EOI below.
If you have received a positive response to your EOI, you are invited to submit an application by 10 February 2020. This round is aimed at projects commencing in June 2020 and lasting six to nine months (activities must finish by the end of February 2021).
Follow the step-by-step application guides: ……
