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Curriculum ‘The Volunteers: Americans join World War One, 1914-1919’
Project: Curriculum ‘The Volunteers: Americans join World War One, 1914-1919’ Beneficiary: AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc Amount: 30.000 USD Duration: 2014 - 2016 The Volunteers: Americans Join World War I, 1914-1919 Curriculum was launched on March 2 at an event hosted by the Flanders House in New York City and online at thevolunteers.afs.org. The event featured keynote speaker Sophie De Schaepdrijver, a distinguished Belgian historian, Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University, and recipient of the Order of the Crown (Belgium).
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Grant 'digital disclosure of the paintings of Pieter Bruegel ,the Elder', 2019
Project: digital disclosure of 'the Seasons', series of paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder Beneficiary : Kunsthistorisch Museum Vienna Amount: 55 000 euro Duration: January 2020 - October 2021 Based on the succesful retrospective exhibition 'Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Once in a lifetime' in 2019, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (KHM) has, with financial support from the Flemish government, developed an instrument to digitally collect and analyze Bruegel's works and make it accessible to a wide audience (insidebruegel.net). The huge success of this exhibition and website led to the
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Grant Exhibition Kleureyck, 2019
Project: Exhibition "Kleureyck. Van Eycks kleuren in design" Beneficiary: Design Museum Gent and Lille 3000 Amount: 100 000 euro duration: March 2020 - January 2021 The exhibition "Kleureyck.
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Grant for academic summit EU - CELAC countries 2015
Project: organization of academic summit between the EU and the CELAC countries Beneficiary: vzw Local Organizing Committee Amount: 20.000 euro Duration: 2015 Grant to the non-profit Local Organizing Committee in charge of organizing an academic summit between the EU and the countries CELAC (Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos Caribeños y).
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Grant for Building Capacity for Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development in Africa – training in Mozambique, 2019
Project: Organisation of a training in Mozambique for the capacity building in Africa on underwater cultural heritage Beneficiary: Unesco Amount: 92.650 USD Duration: 2019 – 2020 This project aims to improve the protection and management of maritime and underwater cultural heritage in the African countries, within the framework of the principles and standards of the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. A regional training course is planned on legal protection and practical management of underwater cultural heritage.
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Grant for co-financing the UGent Chair “South Africa: Languages, Literatures, Culture and Society”
Project: Co-financing the UGent Chair “South Africa: Languages, Literatures, Culture and Society” Beneficiary: Ghent University Budget: 21.000 euro Duration: 2018 This Chair is the first Chair ever to be established at the UGent Faculty of Arts and Philosophy. The first chair holder, prof. Hein Willemse from the University of Pretoria, gave his inaugural speech in 2017, in the presence of the subsidiaries who made this Chair possible – including a representative of the Flemish Government, the vice-rector of Ghent University and representatives of the South Africa Foundation in Amsterdam.
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Grant for digital database and website for the Preah Vihear World Heritage Site, 2018
Project: Establish a digital database and website for the Preah Vihear World Heritage Site Beneficiary: UNESCO Amount: 12.430 USD Duration: 2018 – 2019 With reference to the experience and necessity for the creation of a database for the International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding and the Development of the Archaeological Site of Angkor (ICC-Angkor), it is very important to have a similar system for the World Heritage Site of Preah Vihear.
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Grant for eDNA Expeditions in Marine World Heritage Sites, 2021
Project: With the help of citizen scientists and the innovative eDNA technique, the aim is to collect data on biodiversity in marine World Heritage sites in order to subsequently process the information scientifically and to conduct a global media campaign on biodiversity. Beneficiary: UNESCO Subsidy: USD 364,264 (+ USD 535,292 co-financing from the Flanders Unesco Science Trust Fund - FUST) Period: 2021 – 2023 This project aims to investigate biodiversity in a selection of UNESCO's 50 marine World Heritage sites through citizen science and the involvement of the local population, by using
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Grant for engaging local communities in the conservation and management of the World Heritage sites in Africa – COMPACT (2017 - 2019)
Project: Engaging local communities in the conservation and management of the World Heritage sites in Africa Beneficiary: UNESCO Amount: 149.814 USD Duration: 2017 – 2019 Flanders has funded already several projects to the benefit of natural World Heritage sites in Africa; this project builds on those achievements and aims to implement the ‘Community Management of Protected Areas Conservation’ (COMPACT) in one World Heritage site in Southern Africa.
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Grant for improving the representation of African natural sites on the World Heritage List, 2019
Project: Improving the representation of African sites on the World Heritage List: upstream support for natural heritage Beneficiary: UNESCO Duration: 2019-2020 Budget: 250.000 USD Africa remains poorly represented on the World Heritage List. It is a longstanding aim for UNESCO to improve this situation. In order to achieve a more balanced representation on the World Heritage List, technical assistance should be provided to African countries in their efforts to nominate sites as World Heritage. This projects wants to contribute to that aim, specifically for key natural sites.
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Grant for International Scientific Conference: Culture in Armed Conflict, 2016
Project: International Scientific Conference: Culture in Armed Conflict Beneficiary: Unesco Amount: 170.000 USD Duration: 2016 The international conference 'Culture in Armed Conflict' focuses primarily on the role culture plays in armed conflicts and how it affects human rights and security.
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Grant for partial scholarships C-MAT programme, 2017
Project: 10 partial scholarships for academic year 2017-2018 C-MAT Beneficiary: Centre for Maritime and Air Transport Management Budget: 110.000 euro Duration: January 2017 - December 2017 C-MAT, the Centre for Maritime & Air Transport Management at the University of Antwerp is one of the world's premier suppliers of highly specialised academic as well as practice-based education and research in transport economics. The main objective of the C-MAT programme is to help executive staff members from transport-related companies and organisations (shipping companies, port authorities, term
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Grant for protecting UNESCO’s Marine World Heritage in a changing climate, 2019
Project: Offering technical support to Marine World Heritage sites with special attention for capacity building and collaboration between African sites. Beneficiary: Unesco Amount: 149.330 USD Duration: 2019 – 2020 Dit project zorgt voor een verdere ondersteuning van Unesco’ programma voor de bescherming van marien Werelderfgoed, dat wordt geleid door de Vlaamse Fanny Douvere. Het specifieke doel van dit project is om de samenwerking tussen Afrikaanse mariene sites te bevorderen om zo ook hun capaciteiten te versterken, en om technische ondersteuning te bieden aan mariene sites.
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Grant for RomaEurope Festival (2018)
project: a Flemish programme for the RomaEurope Festival for contemporary arts in Rome in 2019 Beneficiary: Fondazione RomaEurope (Rome) Budget: 80.000 euro Duration: 2019 (the festival takes place from September till november 2019) The RomaEurope Festival is a prestigious and multidisciplinary arts festival that takes place in Rome. The program consists of contemporary dance, theater, visual arts and music.
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Grant for safeguarding the Site of Palmyra (2016 - 2018)
Project: Emergency Safeguarding of the Site of Palmyra: Implementation of the World Heritage Committee Decisions Beneficiary: UNESCO Amount: 100.000 USD Duration: 2016 – 2018 Due to the armed conflict in Syria, many World Heritage sites were damaged, including the well-known site of Palmyra. Since the site was accessible again in 2016, Unesco dispatched a rapid assessment mission to assess the damages and identify emergency measures.
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Grant for sholarships for C-MAT programme 2018
Project: partial sholarships for academic year 2018 2019 C-MAT Beneficiary: Centre for Maritime and Air Transport Management Budget: 110.000 euros Period: 2018-2019 At the beginning of 1996, the Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA) was established as an autonomous institute within the structures of the University of Antwerp. The institute specializes in transport, maritime economy and logistics management. Since the academic year 2015-2016, ITMMA has undergone a name change and the curriculum has been renewed.
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Grant for sholarships for C-MAT programme, 2019
Project: 10 partial sholarships for academic year 2019 - 2020 C-MAT Beneficiary: Centre for Maritime and Air Transport Management Budget: 110.000 euros Period: 2019 - 2020 At the beginning of 1996, the Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA) was established as an autonomous institute within the structures of the University of Antwerp.
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Grant for showcase event in USA of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (2018)
project: Showcase event in VS of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Beneficiary: Kunsthuis vzw Budget: 71.130 euro Period: one time event in 2019 (the exacte date is to be confirmed) In 2014, Opera Flanders and Ballet Flanders merged into Opera Ballet Flanders.
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Grant for strengthening management & world heritage nomination preparation (2018 - 2019)
Project: Cuba, Jardines de la Reina National Park: Technical support to strengthen management and world heritage nomination preparation Beneficiary: UNESCO Amount: 12.430 USD Duration: 2018 – 2019 The national park ‘Jardines de la Reina’ in Cuba has already been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List in 2003. This marine site is one of the most pristine marine areas in the world and home to numerous endangered species.
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Grant for strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for safeguarding cultural heritage (2018 - 2019)
Project: Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the intangible Cultural Heritage Beneficiary: UNESCO Amount: 117.467 USD Duration: 2018 – 2019 This project is designed within the framework of UNESCO’s global capacity-building strategy to assist countries with effectively implementing the provisions of the 2003 Convention on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH).