ALIPH - Call for Projects on Climate Change - Online Info Session

ALIPH 6th Call for Projects

Online Info Session 29 August 2024

Agenda I. About ALIPH II. Call Objectives and Selection Criteria III. SmartSimple Application IV. Financial Guidelines and Due Diligence V. Timeline VI. Q&A

I. About ALIPH

What is ALIPH? • Created in March 2017, based in Geneva • Initially dedicated to the protection of heritage in conflict and post-conflict areas. Now also climate change

• A public-private partnership: donors include 8

Member States (France, United Arab Emirates, China, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Morocco), 7 Foundations, the European Union, United States, Monaco, Oman, Romania, and Switzerland as host country

• A scientific and financial instrument,

supporting and accompanying heritage protection projects

Areas of intervention • Where?  In conflict or post-conflict areas: interstate conflicts, terrorism, civil war, etc.  A new objective: the fight against climate change

• When?  Before: preventive protection, in cases of imminent and high risk  During: emergency actions  After: rehabilitation, reconstruction, conservation and restoration

• A broad concept of heritage    

Monuments and sites Museums and their collections Manuscripts and documentary heritage Intangible heritage

II. Call Objectives and Eligibility Criteria

ALIPH’s Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Strategy • Climate

change is impacting heritage around the world:

cultural

 Built and natural heritage (erosion, sea level rise, etc.).  Intangible heritage (drought triggering the displacement of populations).

• Cultural heritage can play a role in the fight against climate change:

 Traditional knowledge systems are repositories of sustainable strategies.  Using local materials promotes sustainability and shortens supply chains.  Opportunities for rehabilitation adapted to climate change, including through new materials or methods.

Photo: Tuti Island, where the community created an early-warning flooding systems

• Put cultural heritage at the forefront of the global

discussion on climate change, especially at the level of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Conference of the Parties (COP).

• Launch a comprehensive program to protect tangible

and intangible cultural heritage impacted by climate change in vulnerable countries:

 Support concrete protection and rehabilitation projects in the field;

 Contribute to the dissemination of traditional know-how;  Research, experiment, and promote new conceptual

and technical solutions for protecting cultural heritage from the impacts of climate change.

• Supporting conservation, training and research.

Photo: Revitalization of the Bahzani olive grove for the Yazidi community Baashiqa-Bahzani, Iraq © Mesopotamia

Priorities of the 6th Call for projects • Particular attention to projects addressing the intersection of climate change, cultural heritage, and Africa

• Impact of the projects in terms of training, job opportunities,

effective contribution to combatting climate change, sustainable development or peacebuilding will be prioritized

Cultural Heritage

Climate Change

Africa

• Sustainability, carbon footprint, peacebuilding – Local operators

3 types of projects: Operational Projects – Capacity Building – Actionable Research

Possible Areas of Interest

For Operational Projects – Capacity Building – Actionable Research

1. Coastal erosion areas 2. Extreme desertification 3. Earthen Architecture 4. Fragile Collections 5. Nexus climate-conflict

Categories of projects 1- OPERATIONAL PROJECTS Protection, Conservation, Rehabilitation Particular attention will be given to projects providing on the ground and concrete protection measures and conservation/rehabilitation outcomes.

Can include the following type of actions: • Conservation plans • Disaster risk reduction • Emergency measures (documentation, inventories, consolidation, etc.)

• Sheltering of cultural goods and in situ protection • Conservation or rehabilitation measures

2- CAPACITY BUILDING To train, on the ground, the next generation of experts, providing administrative and/or technical skills in heritage protection & project management.

Contribute to reinforcing the following skills: • Crisis management; • Emergency documentation and conservation measures; • Post-disaster and post-conflict damage and needs assessment; • Sustainable site management; • Site conservation/rehabilitation; • Transfer of traditional knowledge; • Heritage project management (incl. grant writing, financial reporting) 3- ACTIONABLE RESEARCH Climate and heritage-related research themes resulting in concrete actions. Preferably in connection to operational projects or capacity building.

Selection Criteria To be successful, projects should meet the following overarching criteria

Relevance Quality Feasibility & Sustainability Impact

Relevance • Level of threat or damage • Local relevance and compliance • Complementarity with other initiatives

• Potential for concrete applications (for research projects as applicable)

Quality • Scientific rationale • Monitoring and Evaluation quality • Technical appraisal • Budgetary realism

Feasibility & Sustainability • Financial capacity • Sustainability • Understanding of local reality • Realism • Involvement of local actors and/or communities

• Local vs international involvement

Impact • Economic Impact • Social and cultural impact / Peacebuilding

• Environmental impact

III. SmartSimple Application

How to apply? https://aliph.smartsimple.ie

How to apply? https://aliph.smartsimple.ie

If an existing user

If new user

How to apply? https://aliph.smartsimple.ie

How to apply? https://aliph.smartsimple.ie

How to apply? https://aliph.smartsimple.ie

Pay particular attention to:  Relation to conflict, climate change, and/or other crises (information on impact, etc.).  Clarity of activities and deliverables (fill in the table of activities and deliverables carefully).  Authorizations / support letters from relevant stakeholders  Any co-funding arrangements (co-funding is encouraged)

IV. Financial Guidelines

Eligible Costs

• Research in support of project implementation

• Purchase of equipment and material for the project • Security and risk mitigation costs • Professional and expert fees - Wages, stipends, consulting fees for implementation personnel • Field missions and project-related travel costs • Communication about the project - Dissemination of knowledge, publication of documents • On-the-job training • Transportation and housing fees

Administration costs should not exceed 10% of the total budget for the project.

When possible, purchased equipment should be transferred to the main local beneficiary of the project.

Budget Template

Budget Template Staff costs

Cost of personnel working under an employment contract including gross salary, taxes, social security…

B

Consultants / Contracting Companies

Independent contractor providing technical expertise, based on a service contract and working against a schedule and milestone or deliverables.

Company performing specific work on a contract basis

C

Equipment / Supply / Materials

Equipment, supply and materials necessary for implementing the activities of the project

A

Costs for travels necessary for implementing the activities of the project, including international and in-country flights, public transportation, taxi, visas and other travel permits, accommodation, per diem Technical trainings, daily workers or any other type of expenses necessary for implementing the activities of the project, not covered by any other category

D

Travel and Transportation

E

Other Program Costs

F

Communication and Visibility

Costs related to communication and visibility

G

Other Support Costs

Other direct costs incurred in the general running of the project, but not linked directly to a specific activity implemented, and not allocated to other costs categories

H

Sub-grant

Budget related to third-party recipients (implementing partners) that implement part of the project on the basis of the subgrant agreement

Total of Direct Costs

Sum of budget lines A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H

Overhead Costs

Indirect costs, for a maximum value of 10% of the sum-up of categories A,B,C,D,E,F and G. The subgrants are excluded from the calculation of overhead costs

Total Project

Sum of Total direct costs + overhead costs

Due Diligence The due-diligence process seeks to establish an environment of transparency and accountability between ALIPH and the future grantee.

It aims to address the legal, financial, procurement and reputational risks. It ensures that Grantees have suitable systems and processes to manage grant funds appropriately in terms of:  Flow of funds and cash management  Accounting and financial management  Procurement and asset management  Standard policies and procedures The Due diligence process seeks to determine risk mitigation measures such as technical assistance or capacity building to give the grantees

Financial Reporting • Reporting spread sheet o Level of spending o Reforecasting o Justification • Transaction list All individual expenses to be recorded in a specific spreadsheet tab Expenses shall follow the original budget structure and be recorded within the relevant reporting period.

• Budget Variance above 10% for each budget category shall be formally approved by ALIPH. • Eligibility of expenses : reasonable, justified, necessary for carrying out the project, directly attributable to the project and compliant with the principle of sounds management. o Expenses must be substantiated with supporting documents. o Expenses shall have been incurred within the scope and the reporting period of the grant o Expenses shall not be tainted by uncompliant practices

Verification of expenses 1/ Spot check For each financial report, ALIPH will request supporting documentation for a selection of expenses reported in the transaction list 2/ External audit At any time of the project, ALIPH may commission an external audit to check and confirm delivery of the funded activities as well as compliance with requirements o All projects over USD 400,000 are audited o Audits may occasionally be assigned to projects under USD 400,000

V. Timeline

Tentative Timeline 21 November 2024

Closing of the Call

December 2024 – April 2025

Evaluations (internal and external)

May-June 2025

Evaluation by ALIPH Scientific Committee

June-July 2025

Approval by ALIPH Foundation Board

Summer 2025

Official communication on allocated grants

VI. Q&A