Grant Application Guidelines 2025 Call for projects for Cultural Heritage Protection in Central Asia This document provides guidance for potential applicants. It outlines the areas of intervention and the purpose of the grant. The deadline of this Call for projects is set to Thursday, 31 July 2025, 15:00 CET. The projects will be evaluated in the course of the following months and the final decision will be communicated to applicants by December 2025 at the latest. This call for projects is funded by the European Union (Foreign Policy Instrument).
APPLY HERE What is ALIPH? Based in Geneva, ALIPH is a non-profit foundation with the status of an international organization. A unique global initiative gathering public and private funders, ALIPH offers support to projects that protect and rehabilitate cultural heritage at risk, including from the effects of climate change. To learn more about our mission, please visit our website. ALIPH offers support to projects worldwide, wherever applicants can document that heritage is at risk. ALIPH supports tangible and intangible heritage. In 2024, the ALIPH Foundation has widened its scope to tackle the issue of the impact of climate change on cultural heritage. The objective is to address the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on cultural heritage (built, mobile, and intangible, as well as the intersection of cultural/natural heritage) and to consider the role of cultural heritage, traditional knowledge systems, and indigenous communities in the fight against climate change.
Call for Projects for Cultural Heritage Protection in Central Asia 2025-2026 This special call for projects, launched in partnership with European Union, supports initiatives in Central Asia to safeguard cultural heritage in the face of climate change and disasters (fire, flooding), and in support of social inclusion and economic growth. It pays particular attention to projects in Central Asia, covering the following countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan and addressing four priorities: 1. Protecting built heritage impacted by climate change and disasters; 2. Supporting heritage institutions and their collections; 3. Safeguarding and transmitting intangible heritage practices; 4. Revitalizing and supporting traditional crafts / creative industries