Funders

  • Name:

    World Bank

  • Postal address:

    1818 H Street, N.W.
    20433 Washington DC
    United States

  • Telephone:

    (+1) (202) 473-1000

  • Facsimile:

    (+1) (202) 477-6391

  • URL:

    http://www.worldbank.org/

  • Countries served:

    Algeria
    Angola
    Benin
    Botswana
    Burkina Faso
    Burundi
    Cameroon
    Cape Verde
    Central African Republic
    Chad
    Comoros
    Djibouti
    Egypt
    Equatorial Guinea
    Eritrea
    Ethiopia
    Ghana
    Guinea
    Guinea-Bissau
    Kenya
    Lesotho
    Madagascar
    Malawi
    Mali
    Mauritania
    Mauritius
    Morocco
    Mozambique
    Namibia
    Niger
    Nigeria
    Rwanda
    Sao Tome & Principe
    Senegal
    Seychelles
    Sierra Leone
    Somalia
    South Africa
    Sudan
    Swaziland
    Tanzania
    Togo
    Tunisia
    Uganda
    Zambia
    Zimbabwe

  • Purpose:

    Cultural Assets Rehabilitation Project The Cultural Assets Rehabilitation Project is processed as a Learning and Innovation Loan to support the Government of Eritrea's cultural asset rehabilitation and conservation agenda with regard to capacity building, increasing sources of growth, and human resources development The project aims to test out and develop means for more fully integrating the conservation and management of Eritrea's cultural assets into local and national economic development The project consists of four components: 1) The site planning, conservation, and museum development component will focus on developing pilot community-based and growth oriented conservation activities at historic sites around Qohaito and Asmara This component will also strengthen the National Museum of Eritrea by upgrading and improving its facilities and establishing linkages through specialized program with educational institutions 2) The second component will focus on conserving the built environment especially the unique architectural heritage of Asmara It will support enterprise development; improve the delivery of community and public services; and support training and capacity building 3) The support living cultures component will provide support for the development of language, literature, and history and for strengthening Eritrea's rich oral traditions, in particular poetry and storytelling 4) The documentation and information management component will support to establish a national Archival System Cultural Heritage Project The Cultural Heritage Project aims to help Mauritania test appropriate methods to determine how to safeguard and enhance its cultural heritage The project has three components The first finances research preservation (museums, manuscripts), rehabilitates buildings and sites, and affords training in preservation architecture and archives The project supports the conservation and valorization of cultural heritage assets through restoration and preservation of archaeological and historic sites, ancient manuscripts and libraries The second component promotes cultural heritage developing the craft and tourism industries It contributes to the revitalization of economic activity in these areas by creating small scale enterprises and by capitalizing on tourism potential Moreover, popular events such as music festivals, presentations of oral traditions, poetry contests, and traditional dance exhibitions may be held and, together with the production and sale of artisanal objects, could provide important and sustainable links between cultural preservation and income generation The third component, the cultural heritage management component, establishes an appropriate institutional and financial framework to elaborate the cultural heritage strategy and operationalize it

  • Types of agencies funded:

    Archive
    Museum

  • Types of needs funded: