The UK’s Cultural Protection Fund

1. CULTURAL
PROTECTION
FUND
Alex Bishop
Grants Manager
Kate Pugh
Chair of Advisory Group
Cultural Relations at Work
Conference
Cultural Protection Fund
www.britishcouncil.org
Alex Bishop
17 October 2018

2. PROFILE OF THE FUND
• £30 million, 2016-2020
• Partnership with DCMS
• Cultural heritage affected by
conflict in the wider MENA region
• Projects responding to locally
identified development needs
• Grantees global but at least one
local partner

3. ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
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4. PROFILE OF THE FUND
• Mid-long term grants
• Small Grants: £5K-£100K
• Large Grants: £100K-£3million
• Transparent and robust decision-
making process
• Inclusive understanding of
heritage

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PROFILE OF FUNDED PROJECTS
PROJECTS BY LOCATION

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PROFILE OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
GRANTEE COUNTRIES

7. PROFILE OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
INVESTMENT BY HERITAGE TYPE
Archaeology and
monuments
28%
Built heritage
39%
Intangible
cultural heritage
12%
Museums,
libraries and
archives
21%

8. Three Outcomes
Cultural Heritage Protection
Training and Capacity Building
Advocacy and Education

9. Première Urgence
Internationale
Gaza Strip, Occupied
Palestinian Territories
£1,755,000

10. Partnership
• L’école Biblique et
Archéologique de
Jérusalem (OPT)
• The Islamic University
(OPT)
• Palestine University
(OPT)

11. Arcenciel
Lebanon
£84,616
No partnership

12. Royal Botannic
Garden
Edinburgh
Soqotra, Yemen
£484,110

13. Partnership
• Environmental Protection
Authority, Yemen
• TOPOI Excellence
Cluster, Germany
• Senckenberg Society for
Nature Conservation,
Frankfurt am Main
(Germany)

14. Rationale for CPF
Destruction of heritage
Ratification of the Hague
Convention
Aligned to national policy

15. The CPF in
context
Openness
Flexibility
Sustained high levels of
demand

16. CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE
CULTURAL PROTECTION FUND
• Open fund with transparent eligibility criteria and
outcomes-based approach
• Broad and inclusive definition of cultural heritage
and its value to communities
• Projects responding to locally identified
development needs and involving local partners
• Decision making informed by appropriate expertise,
best practice and awareness of complementary
initiatives
• A high-quality user experience for applicants and
grant recipients

17. FUTURE OF THE FUND
• Current funding allocation almost
complete
• Potential for expansion if further
funding is secured
• Will draw on results of evaluation
of existing projects and unmet
need
• Consideration of
complementarity

18. Concluding
remarks
culturalprotection@briti
shcouncil.org