ALIPH - International alliance for the protection of heritage

New Year, (slightly) New Name!✨

Season's Greetings from ALIPH 🎉 Joyeuses fêtes de la part d'ALIPH 🎊 مؤسسة ألِف تتمنى لكم أعيادًا سعيدة 💫 🙏 As the year 2024 draws to a close, we look back on the year and thank all our partners for coming together to help protect cultural heritage, often in the most difficult of contexts in many parts of the world. First and foremost - thank you to our implementing partners working on the ground. And of course, a huge thank you to our incredibly supportive donors, our dedicated governance members, our tireless team, and everyone else who supported this collective work this year.   🤝 We look forward to continuing our partnership and making a lasting impact in protecting cultural heritage and building peace.   🌟 Our warmest wishes for 2025! 📸Turquoise Mountain artisans working in the New Karkhanah, Murad Khani, Afghanistan © Kiana Hayeri; Mission to Mauritania © ALIPH - Elke Selter; Al Quaiti Palace windows restoration, Yemen © Dawan Architecture Foundation; Sana'a, Yemen © Dar Sahep; Tsiskarauli Tower, Georgia © INTO

Nous remercions le Ministère français de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères et sa Secrétaire générale, Anne-Marie Descôtes, pour leur soutien constant à ALIPH.

"Saving heritage, giving hope": our December newsletter is out. In six years, with ambition and determination, ALIPH has supported some 500 projects in over 40 countries. Despite growing challenges internationally, we feel a deep sense of hope when we look at our projects underway or completed this year. It is this optimism that we'd like to share with you through this newsletter, on the eve of a new year, for which we wish you all the best. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dM9amGq9

5️⃣0️⃣ 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 adopted since July 2024 In the past six months, we have witnessed a rise in threats to cultural heritage around the world.   Discover how ALIPH has been providing emergency support for cultural heritage protection in conflict zones.   📄 Read our latest press release: 🔗in English: https://lnkd.in/d9R4Hn2D 🔗 in French: https://lnkd.in/d4-RXx8D

📣 #RequestforProposals ALIPH is looking for a reviewer to evaluate ALIPH-funded projects focusing on the production of digital heritage. 🛰️ To date, ALIPH has supported 11 projects that have produced and relied on the analysis of #3D models and #satellite imagery. This evaluation will: 🔍 Assess the technical quality of data production and management 📈 Evaluate the scientific outcomes and data impact 💡 Highlight the engagement of local actors and institutions Do you have the right expertise? 📝 Review the Terms of Reference: https://lnkd.in/djGmzAYe 📅 Submit your proposal by 15 January 2025

🎉 Congratulations to the team at King's College London for winning the prestigious ICCROM-Sharjah Award for Good Practices in the Preservation and Protection of Cultural Heritage in the #Arab Region! #GrandAward! 🏆   Their project, Managing Libya’s Cultural Heritage – Restoring Ghadames (#MaLiCH), has been supported by ALIPH since 2020, including work such as emergency stabilization measures and training for local professionals to preserve traditional mud buildings.   This project was implemented in partnership with many local partners, including the Libyan Department of Antiquities, who together focused on this desert city of #Ghadames, one of #Libya’s archaeological treasures, which was placed on the World Heritage in Danger list in 2016.   Learn more about this project and about ALIPH’s support in preserving #Libya’s cultural heritage! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dj5vGfju

In today's The Art Newspaper, Melissa Gronlund's article "Inside Aliph, the organisation racing to save the world's heritage" does a deep dive into why we were founded, our mission and our projects, but also how we are set up so that we can respond to crises with flexibility and with urgency, in all sorts of complex situations. https://lnkd.in/dFSqV8QP

ALIPH’s emergency response in #Lebanon is in the spotlight in Arab News. 🏛️ "𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦," said ALIPH's Executive Director Valéry Freland. 📃 This article sheds light on our efforts to safeguard Lebanon’s cultural heritage, undertaken in collaboration with the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities - #DGA, Biladi NGO, and IECD Lebanon. 💫 Thank you Robert Edwards for featuring the importance of protecting cultural heritage - work that goes beyond preserving history, but is also about fostering resilience and rebuilding hope for the future. 🏛️"𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑", said Valéry Freland. 🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/ebwKdU5A

🌍 ALIPH’s USD 10 million Call for projects to protect cultural heritage from the impacts of #ClimateChange was met with an overwhelming response. ✨ We received 𝟮𝟴𝟱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 from 𝟲𝟱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀! ✨ 𝟴𝟴% of applications are from 𝟰𝟳 countries in Africa! 💫 Big thank you to the local heritage actors for their remarkable mobilization and to all those who helped us with the outreach! 📌 ALIPH will now evaluate and select the most relevant projects. The final decision will be communicated to applicants by 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.  -------------------------------------- 🌍 Vous avez été très nombreux à vous mobiliser dans le cadre de notre appel à projets 2024, doté de 10 MUSD et consacré à la protection du patrimoine contre les conséquences du #ChangementClimatique. ✨ Nous avons reçu 𝟮𝟴𝟱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝘁𝘀 venus de 𝟲𝟱 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝘀 ! ✨ 𝟴𝟴% des demandes sont issus de 𝟰𝟳 pays en Afrique ! 💫 Un grand merci à tous les acteurs locaux du patrimoine pour cette mobilisation remarquable et à tous ceux qui nous ont aidé à faire connaître notre appel à projets! 📌 ALIPH va désormais évaluer les projets en vue de sélectionner les plus pertinents. La décision finale sera communiquée aux candidats d'ici 𝗷𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.