2018 HERITAGE EMERGENCY FUND Annual Progress Report HERITAGE EMERGENCY FUND HERITAGE EMERGENCY FUND GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE 2016-2018 EUROPE AND ARAB STATES NORTH AMERICA Iraq * Croatia Jordan Serbia * Lebanon * Turkey * Libya * Syrian Arab Republic * Beneficiaries through in-country operations Yemen * Beneficiaries through external activities * Beneficiaries in 2018 2 2018 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ASIA AND THE PACIFIC LATIN AMERICA AFRICA Afghanistan AND THE CARIBBEAN Angola Bhutan * Botswana Niger * India * Antigua and Barbuda * Cameroon * Nigeria * Indonesia * Brazil * Chad * Senegal * Islamic Republic of Iran * Colombia * Comoros * Togo * Lao People’s Democratic Republic * Dominica Côte d’Ivoire * Uganda * Federated States of Micronesia Ecuador Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia * Myanmar Haiti Kenya * Zimbabwe Nepal * Jamaica * Malawi * Tonga * Mexico * Mali * Vanuatu * Peru Mauritius Saint Kitts and Nevis * Mozambique Saint Lucia * 3 We thank our donors: DÉLÉGATION PERMANENTE DE LA PRINCIPAUTÉ DE MONACO AUPRÈS DE L’UNESCO And all the individuals who supported the Heritage Emergency Fund Published in 2019 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France © UNESCO, March 2019 This report is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/). 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The al- Nuri mosque and the al-Hadba minaret are visible © UNESCO Graphic design: MH DESIGN / Maro Haas CLT/HEF/Annual Report 2018 22 2.4.4 United Nations Institute for TABLE OF Training and Research’s Operational Satellite CONTENTS Applications Programme 22 2.4.5 Caribbean Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 23 2.4.6 International Search and Rescue 3 FOREWORD Advisory Group 24 2.4.7 International Association of 5 PREAMBLE Peacekeeping Training Centres 6 ACRONYMS 24 2.4.8 European civil protection agencies 24 2.4.9 International Conference ABBREVIATIONS on the Challenges of World 6 Heritage Recovery 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 25 2.5 Awareness-raising materials CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION 25 2.5.1 Brochure ‘Protecting culture 15 in crises’ 15 1.1 Culture in emergencies: 26 2.5.2 Webpage ‘Culture in challenges and opportunities Emergencies’ 15 1.2 The Heritage Emergency Fund: an 26 2.6 Awareness-raising campaigns instrument to protect and promote and events culture in crisis situations 26 2.6.1 #Unite4Heritage campaign CHAPTER 2 - PREPAREDNESS 17 27 2.6.2 International Ministerial Conference on the Victims of 17 2.1 Capacity-building materials Ethnic and Religious Violence in and resources the Middle East 17 2.1.1 Handbook ‘Endangered Heritage – Emergency Evacuation of CHAPTER 3 - RESPONSE Heritage Collections’ 28 28 3.1 Assessment and 17 2.2 Training activities advisory missions 17 2.2.1 Training on ‘First Aid to Cultural 28 3.1.1 Establishment of the Rapid Heritage in Times of Crisis’ Response Mechanism for Culture for Africa in Emergencies 19 2.2.2 Training on ‘Countering Antiquities 29 3.1.2 Damage assessment mission to Trafficking in the Mashreq’ the World Heritage property of ‘Koutammakou, the Land of the 19 2.2.3 Training on ‘Disaster Risk Batammariba’ (Togo) Management for Culture’ for Serbia 30 3.1.3 Evaluation and needs assessment 20 2.3 Studies and research of the collection of manuscripts and books of the University of 20 2.3.1 UNESCO–World Bank position Benghazi (Libya) paper on ‘Culture in City 3.1.4 Damage assessment mission to Reconstruction and Recovery’ 30 Tongatapu Island (Tonga) 20 2.3.2 UNESCO–OHCHR study on a 31 3.1.5 Participatory needs assessment human rights-based approach of intangible cultural heritage to the safeguarding of cultural practised by the Ambae heritage and cultural diversity community (Vanuatu) in humanitarian action, security strategies, and peace-keeping and 32 3.1.6 Post-Disaster Needs Assessment peace-building processes for Culture in Kerala (India) 21 2.4 Partnership coordination 33 3.1.7 Post-Disaster Needs Assessment and advocacy for Culture and Tourism in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2.4.1 World Bank 21 34 3.1.8 Assessment and advisory mission 2.4.2 United Nations to the National Museum in Rio de 21 Janeiro (Brazil) 22 2.4.3 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights HERITAGE EMERGENCY FUND 35 3.2 Urgent interventions on the 48 4.2.2 Publications ground and planning for recovery 48 4.2.3 Press 35 3.2.1 Emergency rehabilitation of Moavenalmolk Takie and 49 4.2.4 Web Biglorbeghi Takie in Kermanshah (Islamic Republic of Iran) 50 4.2.5 Social media 36 3.2.2 Emergency safeguarding 4.2.6 Videos interventions at the Museum 50 of Central Sulawesi in 50 4.3 Information meetings and Palu (Indonesia) promotional events 36 3.2.3 Emergency stabilization of 4.3.1 Information meetings the Monastery Complex of 50 Tochimilco (Mexico) 50 4.3.2 Statutory meetings 37 3.3 Documentation and 4.3.3 Other events monitoring activities 51 37 3.3.1 Documentation of the urban CHAPTER 5 - MANAGEMENT heritage of Mosul (Iraq) 52 OF THE HERITAGE 38 3.3.2 Publication ‘Five Years of Conflict EMERGENCY FUND – The State of Cultural Heritage in 5.1 Coordination the Ancient City of Aleppo’ 52 39 3.3.3 Monitoring of the state of cultural 52 5.2 Monitoring heritage via satellite imagery 53 5.2.1 Assessment of progress in the 40 3.4 Coordination, advocacy and implementation of the Results fundraising meetings Framework 2018–2019 40 3.4.1 Conference on the Reconstruction 54 5.2.2 Analysis of expenditure and Development of Iraq 56 5.3 Reporting 40 3.4.2 Coordination meeting with key international actors on UNESCO’s 56 5.4 Donors’ Advisory Group intervention in Mosul 41 3.4.3 Side event on the ‘Revive the CHAPTER 6 – CONCLUSIONS Spirit of Mosul’ initiative at 57 the 42nd session of the World 57 6.1 Achievements Heritage Committee 58 6.2 Challenges and ways to 41 3.4.4 Coordination meeting with local address them partners in Mosul (Iraq) 59 6.3 The way forward 42 3.4.5 International Conference on the ‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’ initiative ANNEXES 43 3.5 Temporary staff support for 63 emergency response 64 Annex I – Programme for Emergency 43 3.5.1 Support to the recovery of the Preparedness and Response supported cultural heritage of Iraq under the Heritage Emergency Fund 44 3.5.2 Support to the coordination 68 Annex II – Financial Regulations of the and planning of emergency Heritage Emergency Fund interventions in Aleppo (Syrian 69 Annex III – Assessment of progress Arab Republic) in the implementation of the 45 3.5.3 Support to the recovery of cultural Communication and Visibility Plan 2018- heritage in Nepal 2019 of the Heritage Emergency Fund CHAPTER 4 - RAISING 70 Annex IV – Assessment of progress 47 AWARENESS ON THE in the implementation of the Results HERITAGE EMERGENCY FUND Framework 2018-2019 of the Heritage Emergency Fund 47 4.1 Assessment of progress in the implementation of the 80 Annex V – Financial Report for 2018 on Communication and Visibility the Heritage Emergency Fund Plan 2018-2019 48 4.2 Promotional and fundraising materials 48 4.2.1 Promotional tools 2 2018 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOREWORD In a year in which cultural heritage was threatened by disasters and emergencies across the globe, UNESCO, through its Heritage Emergency Fund, demonstrated, once again, its ability to respond rapidly and effectively to a wide range of emergencies affecting heritage. Alix From the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, to the tropical storms in Laos, the heavy rainfalls and floods in Togo and Kerala and the volcanic eruption © UNESCO/Christelle in Vanuatu and Tonga, 2018 was a year in which natural disasters had a devastating impact on cultural heritage. At the same time, cultural heritage in Syria life and re-establish educational institutions, as a and Iraq continued to be in the crossfire of conflict, means of fostering its social and economic recovery. while a tragic fire engulfed the National Museum in As part of this effort, the Fund supported critical and Rio de Janeiro, destroying much of its 20 million- challenging assessment, planning and coordination piece collection. Yet thanks to the Fund, UNESCO, work, laying the foundations for UNESCO’s ambitious as a global leader in safeguarding heritage in the projects to reconstruct the Al-Nuri Mosque and Al- wake of emergencies, was able to support countries Hadba Minaret. in their efforts to protect their heritage, including through rapid assessment and advisory missions, Finally, in 2018, UNESCO worked to communicate urgent safeguarding measures, documentation and more widely about threats to cultural heritage, as monitoring activities. well as the success stories that have been made possible through the Heritage Emergency Fund. The UNESCO, as a global convener of ideas and expertise, Donors’ Advisory Group of the Heritage Emergency and a builder of capacity, also worked throughout Fund, under the joint leadership of H.E.