U.S. Embassy Beirut Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2023 NOFO

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut is seeking proposals for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2023. The AFCP supports the preservation of cultural heritage, including archaeological sites, historic buildings, museum collections, and traditional cultural expressions. Eligible projects may include anastylosis, conservation, consolidation, documentation, inventory, preventive conservation, restoration, and stabilization. The AFCP gives preference to projects that support U.S. foreign policy goals, promote cultural heritage preservation, and demonstrate a clear public diplomacy benefit. Key project activities may include: • Anastylosis (reassembling a site from its original parts) • Conservation (addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site) • Consolidation (connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site) • Documentation (recording in analog or digital format the condition and salient features of an object, site, or tradition) • Inventory (listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic or state) • Preventive Conservation (addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition) • Restoration (replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site) • Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site)