The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) – Professional Immersion Fellowship 2021

Application Deadline: 17.00 (CAT) on 12 March 2021

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.

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 African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) is an intergovernmental organization created in 2006 to support the effective conservation and protection of cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value in Africa. The main objective of the AWHF is to address the challenges faced by many States Parties in Africa in the implementation of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (hereinafter World Heritage Convention), specifically, the underrepresentation of African sites on the World Heritage List and the insufficient conservation and management of these sites.

The Professional Immersion Fellowship is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the African World Heritage Fund. 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.

Eligibility
a. The applicant should be a citizen in any African country.
b. Projects activities are restricted to African World Heritage Sites as declared by UNESCO.
c. 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.
d. The project can address sustainability (presentation, entrepreneurship, tourism) at a World Heritage property.
e. Site Managers, Youths, Heritage Professionals in Academia and Practitioners involved in the management and protection of World Heritage Sites are encouraged to apply.
f. The application must be approved by the Head/Director of the institution/organization accompanied by a cover letter from the institution designated as responsible for World Heritage Sites (World
Heritage Focal point) endorsing the project.

3. Duration
   The projects MUST be implemented within 3 months before 30 October 2021

. Budget

1. The Professional Immersion Fellowship will only cover direct costs related to the project
   activities.
   
2. 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.
3. Applicants should indicate any other financial or in-kind contributions to the project.
4. Application procedures
   a) The application form can be downloaded from the AWHF website and the below link
   https://awhf.net/wpcontent/uploads/2021/02/AWHF_ProfessImmersion_ApplicationForm_2021-.docx
   b) Applications must be submitted either in English or French.
   c) Completed applications should be submitted via email (as attachment) to
   [email protected] (with copy to [email protected]) before the deadline.
5. Deadline for submission
   The deadline for submission – 17.00 (CAT) on 12 March 2021. However, applicants are highly
   encouraged to submit their proposals prior to the deadline. Applications received after the deadline
   will not be considered.

For More Information:

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