EAMENA: Mitigating Conflict and Climate Change Risks Through Digital Heritage, Capacity Building, and Consolidation

This project will build upon the transformative work undertaken by the EAMENA project across the Middle East and North Africa, working with national NGOs and governments to embed critical skills in the management of built historic and archaeological assets in 6 countries.

A range of heritage professionals will be engaged to assess the condition of nationally important sites that have been damaged as a result of climate change and will utilise these as case studies to inform future safeguarding work across the region. This will result in a more robust EAMENA database, capable of rapidly tracking changes to sites, enabling swift intervention to prevent further damage. A conference will bring government officials together to influence policy change at a regional level to ensure the better care of their globally important heritage assets.

This project will build upon the transformative work undertaken by the EAMENA project across the Middle East and North Africa, working with national NGOs and governments to embed critical skills in the management of built historic and archaeological assets in 6 countries.

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Project Details


Location: Algeria, Libya, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Northern Africa, Middle East, Africa, Asia Organiser(s): EAMENA - Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa Project partner(s): 1. Department of Antiquities of Jordan 2. Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities 3. Department of Antiquities 4. Université d’Alger 2 Abou el Kacem Saâdallah 5. ICOMOS Jordan 6. Heritage for Peace Funder(s): British Council Cultural Protection Fund in partnership with DCMS Funding received: £999,768.61 Commencement Date: 12/2022 Project Status: Active
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