International Funds to Support Cultural Diversity - Coalition pour la ...

Who can receive a grant
Grants are normally given to local organisations interested in testing new solutions, in learning from
experience and in being agents of lasting change. These organisations must share the Foundation's
and AKDN's goals in the fields of health, education, rural development and strengthening of civil
society. If no established group exists, the Foundation occasionally creates new organisations to
tackle particularly important problems.
Grant size
The AKDN’s annual budget for non-profit development activities in 2010 was approximately US$ 625
million.
Examples of recent grants
Summary of current programme activities:
Afghanistan: Master-apprentice training centres in Kabul and Herat; music research and archiving in
Herat and Badakhshan; outreach to schools, public recitals, instrument-making workshop.
Kazakhstan: Nationwide implementation of “Murager” (Heritage) programme, a system for preserving
and transmitting traditional performance and composition through mass education.
Kyrgyzstan: Countrywide master-apprentice training programme; methodology development for
national music education; creative youth laboratory for tradition-based musical innovation.
Tajikistan: Academy of Maqom, elite training aimed at revitalizing Tajik classical music; masterapprentice
programme in all regions of Northern Tajikistan; instrument-making workshops.
Pakistan: Pilot initiative for GBC (Gilgit-Baltistan-Chitral) to support master-apprentice training;
regional music & arts festival in Hunza linked to recording, collecting & archiving; international
presentations of indigenous music traditions of Northern Areas.
Application procedure
There are no formal application procedures. Before developing full proposals, enquiries should be
made to the Foundation office in the country where the proposal originates or where the project would
be executed. Please note that a precondition for funding is the existence of an office, in the same
country, which can evaluate and monitor projects we fund.
Restrictions
The Foundation is largely an implementing organisation rather than a grant-funding agency. Grants
are normally given to local organisations interested in testing new solutions, in learning from
experience and in being agents of lasting change. These organisations must share the Foundation's
and AKDN's goals in the fields of health, education, rural development and strengthening of civil
society. If no established group exists, the Foundation occasionally creates new organisations to
tackle particularly important problems.
With few exceptions, the Foundation funds programmes in countries where it has offices and local
professional staff to monitor implementation (South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the
Middle East).
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