{"id":49342,"date":"2022-08-09T17:06:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/?page_id=49342"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:23:42","slug":"icom-solidarity-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-solidarity-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"ICOM SAREC Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"article-h1 headline\">ICOM SAREC Special Projects Grants and Solidarity Projects<\/h2>\n<p>Each year, ICOM establishes general guidelines to support the successful application of participants. Proposals should highlight the relevance of projects to ICOM\u2019s strategic plan, the clarity of their objectives, collaboration with other entities, innovation, and a sustainable approach.<\/p>\n<p>ICOM encourages all its National Committees (NCs), International Committees (ICs), Regional Alliances (RAs), and Affiliated Organisations (AOs) to engage in these calls for projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2026 Call for Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To promote excellence and solidarity, the ICOM Strategic Allocation Review Committee (SAREC), announces the opening of the \u201c2026 ICOM Special Projects Grants\u201d and the \u201cSolidarity in Times of Crisis 2026\u201d calls for projects.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c2026 ICOM Special Projects Grants\u201d invite the members of our community to showcase their innovative and impactful projects. Proposals are expected from ICOM National Committees (NCs), International Committees (ICs), Regional Alliances (RAs), and Affiliated Organizations (AOs).\u00a0<strong>ICOM is ready to fund up to 50% of the project total budget, with a maximum grant of 15,000 euros. To be eligible, projects must secure another confirmed funding source and should be finalized before December 31, 2026, for one-year project, and before December 31, 2027, for two-year projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In recognition of the world\u2019s ever-increasing challenges, ICOM introduces the \u201cSolidarity in Times of Crisis 2026\u201d Call for Projects. This initiative seeks to support ICOM members grappling with conflicts, natural disasters, and other crises, both locally and globally.\u00a0<strong>ICOM is committed to providing up to 75% of the total project cost, up to a maximum of 20,000 euros, to projects focused on crisis situations. These projects must secure another confirmed funding source and should be finalized by December 31, 2026, for one-year project, and before December 31, 2027, for two-year projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For detailed guidelines and further information,<strong> please visit your ICOM Member Space.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE PROJECTS SUPPORTED IN 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heritage, museums, collections. A debate for enhancing professionals\u2019 skills between Africa and Europe, with ICOM Europe as leading committee (15 000\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Revisiting Voices: Re-edition of the research on Museum Professionals and their Audiences, with ICOM Brazil as leading committee (7 000\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Bi-lingual Documentation and Outreach: Expanding ICOM MUSIC\u2019s LAC Impact, with ICOM Music as leading committee (4 439\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>That Everlasting Plastic! with ICOM Estonia as leading committee (3 750\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Young people shaping the future of museology through the lens of the SDGs (Year 3), with ICOFOM as leading committee (5 850\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Formulating ICOM&#8217;s Strategy and Action Plan towards Decolonization, with ICOM Germany as leading committee (15\u00a0000\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Social Museology: Declarations and Manifestos (Book project), with SOMUS as leading committee (7 600\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Museum Reputation as a Leadership Tool, with INTERCOM as leading committee (15 000\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>1er Forum des \u00e9tudiants et jeunes Professionnels africains membres de l&#8217;ICOM, \u00ab Etudiants et jeunes Professionnels africains : Leviers pour un ICOM dynamique \u00bb, with ICOM Africa as leading committee (15 000\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Histoire de la m\u00e9diation mus\u00e9ale en France, with CECA as leading committee (2 650\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>R\u00e9seau mondial pour les mus\u00e9es du sport et la formation des professionnels des mus\u00e9es du sport, with ICMAH as leading committee (5 980\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>N\u00famero extraordinario del Chaski: 40 a\u00f1os de la consolidaci\u00f3n del Secretariado permanente del ICOM para Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe a la Alianza Regional del ICOM para Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe. 1984-2024, with ICOM LAC as leading committee (2 400\u20ac)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Solidarity in Times of Crisis <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enhancing Museum Documentation: Overcoming Challenges and Building Capacity, with ICOM-Georgia as leading committee (15 000\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Leveraging Ethnographic &amp; Generational Knowledge for Art Conservation in South East Asia (LegaSEA), with ICOM-CC as leading committee (12 594\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Training on Disaster Management &#8211; Eastern Africa Region, with ICOM Africa as leading committee (8 731\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Elaboration et publication d\u2019un plan sous-r\u00e9gional ouest-africain de gestion du patrimoine culturel en temps de crise, with ICOM Burkina Faso as leading committee (16 450\u20ac)<\/li>\n<li>Plan regional Andino-Pac\u00edfico RE-ORG, with ICOM Belgique as leading committee (20 000\u20ac)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ABOUT SAREC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ICOM Strategic Allocation Review Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/committee\/strategic-allocation-review-committee\/\">(SAREC)<\/a> is intended to review the subvention applications submitted to ICOM by its Committees, Regional Alliances and Affiliated Organisations as they relate to the frame of the organisation\u2019s Strategic Plan and based on their capacity of implementation while reaching their objectives with full consumption of the given funds.<\/p>\n<p>Its tasks cover on the one hand the subventions for International Committees and Regional Alliances and on the other hand, the assessment of projects in order to review all the requests with the most comprehensive and strategic vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICOM SAREC Special Projects Grants and Solidarity Projects Each year, ICOM establishes general guidelines to support the successful application of participants. 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