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Call for proposals: promotion of intangible cultural heritage

18. April 2023

The Federal Office of Culture can support projects for the preservation of the intangible cultural heritage with financial aid. Applications can be submitted exclusively via the FOC's funding platform. The deadline for submission is June 30, 2023.

The promotion of projects for the preservation of the intangible cultural heritage aims to support the sponsors of living traditions in the implementation of appropriate preservation measures. "Sponsoring bodies" of intangible cultural heritage are communities, organizations, groups and individuals who, through their commitment, keep the traditions alive, pass them on and develop them further.

Preservation:
"Preservation" refers to all measures that contribute to the continuity of the intangible cultural heritage:
- transmission, especially through education and training;
- identification, documentation, research;
- awareness, promotion and valorization;
- networking, organization and coordination;
- further development and adaptation.

The projects for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage contribute to awareness-raising and networking, to the development of knowledge and the acquisition of competencies in relation to intangible cultural heritage.

Sustainability:
For the years 2022 to 2024, priority will be given to those projects that are oriented towards one or more dimensions of sustainability. This orientation may relate to the project itself and/or to the intended development of the tradition involved. Living traditions are closely related to sustainable development. Intangible cultural heritage has its own dimensions which, historically and through experience, reveal and make negotiable sustainability-oriented approaches to action and solutions for present and future coexistence. In this sense, intangible cultural heritage is an important contribution to addressing future challenges.

For more information, please visit: Promotion of Intangible Cultural Heritage (admin.ch).

Please read the guide as well as the ordinance of the FDHA carefully before submitting an application. Applications can only be submitted via the FOC's funding platform: FPF - Homepage (admin.ch). In 2023, the submission deadline is June 30, 2023. The FOC grant amounts to a maximum of 50 percent of the budgeted costs and a maximum of CHF 100,000 per project.

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