Culture for Development Directory

Lord cultural resources

| 2006-
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  • Publisher: Lord cultural resources
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  • Keywords: culture, cultural development, cultural co-operation, international co-operation, business
Founded in 1981 as an innovative resource for the culture sector, Lord Cultural Resources is the professional global practice dedicated to the creation of cultural capital - the tangible value created by advancing cultural expression and activities to the highest levels of professionalism.

ICCROM : International centre for the study of the preservation and restoration of cultural property

| 2006-
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  • Publisher: International centre for the study of the preservation and restoration of cultural poperty (ICCROM)
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  • Keywords: cultural heritage, cultural property, cultural property protection, cultural property preservation, historic sites and monuments, international organizations, research
ICCROM is an intergovernmental organization (IGO) dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage. It exists to serve the international community as represented by its Member States, which currently number more than 110.

Aga Khan trust for culture

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  • Publisher: Aga Khan development network (AKDN)
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  • Keywords: cultural development, cultural heritage, architecture, music, historic sites and monuments, islamic civilization
The Trust focuses on the physical, social, cultural and economic revitalisation of communities in the Muslim world. It includes the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Historic Cities Support Programme, the Music Initiative in Central Asia and other initiatives.

Africalia

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  • Publisher: Africalia
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  • Keywords: cultural development, cultural exchanges, arts, funds, cultural heritage, africa
Africalia wants to contribute to sustainable development by supporting Arts & Culture. Through creative exchanges, a cultural dialogue will be initiated. This is a necessity for peaceful societies.

Culture matters : the SDC platform for culture and development

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  • Publisher: Swiss agency for development and cooperation (SDC)
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  • Keywords: culture, development, cultural co-operation, cultural exchanges, arts
This site sharpens the cultural lens in development cooperations. It is designed for project managers working with arts and culture projects. And for practitioners working in the many fields of development cooperation who want to be more sensitive to the cultural context they are working in.
 

About this portal

The portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on culture for development. It is also an unique entry point for all other internet resources, including newsletters, discussion groups, websites, bibliographic databases, and directories of organizations and projects. Our ambition is to provide (almost) full coverage on the aforementioned themes.