Press Releases
The Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation 2008
Announcement
#052/07 December 7, 2007
The U.S. Embassy and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the 2008 call for proposals for the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation.
The fund was established to help countries preserve cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures. Since its inception in 2001, the fund has helped preserve cultural sites, practices, and objects that are historically or culturally significant The deadline for submitting a proposal is February 8, 2008.
Proposals may be submitted in support of the following types of projects:
a) A cultural site or sites. This might include, but is not limited to, preservation of an archaeological or historical site, sacred place or monument; an archaeological survey as a component of a preservation plan; preservation management planning for a site or sites in a region; and documentation of a site in a region for preservation purposes.
b) An object or collection of objects from a site, a museum or similar institution. This might include, but is not limited to, conservation of an object or collection of objects, inventory of a collection of objects for conservation purposes, creating suitable space and conditions for a collection of objects, and specialized training in the care and preservation of collections.
c) Other forms of traditional cultural expression. This might include, but is not limited to, recording traditional music or dance forms, compiling a dictionary of an endangered language, recording oral history or traditional poetry, and support for training in the preservation of traditional arts or crafts that are threatened by extinction.
Note: Only Thai organizations or institutions are eligible to apply for the fund. The fund cannot be used to support conservation or the purchase of privately owned residential or commercial property or collections, to pay for international airfare for foreign specialists, to construct new buildings, or reconstruct replicas (only restoration of existing buildings can be supported).
Each proposal must be in English. Detailed guidelines are attached or can found on the Embassy’s website at http://bangkok.usembassy.gov
The proposal should be emailed to Ms. Carol W. Stephens, Public Diplomacy Assistant, RE: The Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, Cultural Affairs Office at bangkokpd@state.gov.
AFCP Guidelines for Proposal Preparation 2008
The Ambassador's Fund application and budget form
For more information, please contact Ms. Kanchalee Jitjang at tel. 02-205-4597 or fax 02-650-8924. For additional information about the fund, please visit the following website http://exchanges.state.gov/culprop/afcp/