Bilateral government donors

The Culture Sector enjoys a most fruitful collaboration with a number of bilateral government donors both from the North and South. Programming of the voluntary contribution from these donors and that of the Sector’s Regular Programme has been aligned to ensure coherence and harmonization so as to enhance overall impact of the culture programme.

The bilateral government donors by regions:

Donors in Africa:

• South Africa (pdf)

Donors in the Arab States:

• Saudi Arabia
• United Arab Emirates:
  - The initiative of the Sharjah prize for Arab culture
  - A traditional poetry multimedia project
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya(in French)

Donors in Asia/Pacific:

• Japan:
  - UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust for the Preservation of World Cultural Heritage
  - UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
  - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  
• Republic of Korea

Donors in Europe and North America:

• Albania
• Belgium:
  - Flemish Funds-in-Trust
  - Belgium Funds-in-Trust
• France:
  - France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement
  - Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (in French)
• Greece
• Italy:
  - World Heritage projects
  - Intangible Cultural Heritage projects
• Luxemburg
• Netherlands
• Norway:
  - Intangible Cultural Heritage projects
  - Artists in Development Programme
  - Georgian National Museum restoration
  - Protection of African museum collections
• Spain:
  - World Heritage projects
  - Cultural diversity projects
• Switzerland
• United States of America:
  - Development of the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database
  - Three projects around the National Museum of Afghanistan