{"id":16231,"date":"2017-07-28T16:56:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T15:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16231"},"modified":"2017-07-28T16:56:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T15:56:54","slug":"inspiration-from-the-projects-supported-by-the-cultural-protection-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16231","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration from the projects supported by the Cultural Protection Fund\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"British<\/a>Following the launch in June 2016, the Cultural Protection Fund is now supporting 19 projects working in conflict-affected countries across the Middle East and North Africa.<\/h3>\n

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The British Council writes:<\/p>\n

These organisations are building skills so that local experts can protect their own cultural assets for future generations; ensuring that sites under threat are documented, conserved and restored; and helping local people to identify and value cultural heritage\u2026.<\/p>\n

Protecting Bedouin Lived Cultural Heritage
\n<\/strong>This 15 month intergenerational project will focus on the nomadic Bedouin communities of the Occupied-Palestinian Territories.<\/p>\n

Documenting and Protecting Heritage at Rum Kale
\n<\/strong>A project to undertake recording and prepare management plans for the fortified archaeological site of Rum Kale, an area that is highly affected by the conflict in Syria.<\/p>\n

Cultural and natural heritage
\n<\/strong>A project to rehabilitate an ancient spring and its associated square, part of the Palestinian World Heritage Site \u2018Land of Olives and Vines\u2019.<\/p>\n

Preserving Yazidi heritage and identity
\n<\/strong>This project will engage young Yazidis, and provide them with the relevant training to support them to engage with, record and share their cultural heritage.<\/p>\n

Digital documentation of the Qsar es-Said Palace
\n<\/strong>This digital documentation project will provide a 3D educational model of a historically important palace in Tunis, which has been closed for the last 50 years.<\/p>\n

Heritage skills for peace and capacity building
\n<\/strong>This three year project focuses on the documentation and protection of two cities of historical and architectural value in south-east Turkey.<\/p>\n

Preserving Syrian Heritage
\n<\/strong>This project aims to train Syrians in digital documentation techniques in order to digitally document heritage sites at risk.<\/p>\n

Integrating Soqotra\u2019s cultural heritage into conservation
\n<\/strong>This 30 month project will address the needs of cultural heritage on Soqotra, a Yemeni archipelago between Yemen and the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n

Enhancing vernacular heritage in As-Samou’
\n<\/strong>This two year project focuses on the documentation, conservation and adaptive re-use of vernacular built heritage to address severe conflict damage in As-Samou’.<\/p>\n

Syrian Stone Masonry
\n<\/strong>This project will provide a group of Syrian and Jordanian trainees with traditional stonemasonry skills that can be used to repair conflict-affected heritage buildings.<\/p>\n

Safeguarding Archaeological Assets of Turkey
\n<\/strong>This project aims to build capacity and raise awareness for safeguarding archaeological assets in Turkey, in particular those in south-eastern provinces.<\/p>\n

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