ALIPH - Call for Projects on Climate Change - Online Info Session
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 cultural heritage around the world:
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.
• 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
• Sustainability, carbon footprint, peacebuilding – Local operators
types of projects:
Possible Areas of Interest
For Operational Projects – Capacity Building – Actionable Research 1.
• 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
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
Pay particular attention to:
How to apply?
https://aliph.smartsimple.ie
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
A Staff costs
B Consultants / Contracting Companies
Cost of personnel working under an employment contract including gross salary, taxes, social security…
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
D Travel and Transportation
Other Program Costs
F Communication and Visibility
G Other Support Costs
H Sub-grant
Total of Direct Costs
Overhead Costs
Total Project
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
Costs related to communication and visibility
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
Budget related to third-party recipients (implementing partners) that implement part of the project on the basis of the subgrant agreement
Sum of budget lines A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H
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
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
