The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) is pleased to announce the Professional Immersion Fellowship to support African Heritage Practitioners, Academics, Site Managers and Young professionals in the field of natural and cultural heritage.
The fellowship aims at supporting an African Professional to implement short term projects which focus on improving the state of conservation and sustainability of World Heritage properties in Africa.
WORTH
- The Professional Immersion Fellowship will only cover direct costs related to the project activities.
- Applicants should provide detailed budget not exceeding US$ 10,000 as contribution of AWHF. The Funds cannot be used to purchase equipment (computers/laptops, cameras, field equipment), pay salaries and consultancy fees among others.
ELIGIBILITY
The applicant should be a citizen in any African country.
- Projects activities are restricted to African World Heritage Sites as declared by UNESCO.
- Project proposals MUST address challenges affecting the State of Conservation of selected World Heritage property. Projects addressing conservation and sustainability issues raised in the State of Conservation (SoC) reports and the decisions made by the World Heritage Committee will have added advantage.
- The project can address sustainability (presentation, entrepreneurship, tourism) at a World Heritage property.
DEADLINE: March 12 2021
To apply and for more information visit here
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