U.S. Embassy announces grant competition for Moldovan cultural institutions

16:38 | 20.11.2015 Category: Social

Chisinau, 20 November /MOLDPRES/-The American Embassy in Chisinau today announced a grant competition within the programme of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) for 2016.

According to the embassy’s press release, the Fund was created during the U.S. Congress in 2001 to help countries all over the world safeguard their cultural patrimony. More information can be found at: http://moldova.usembassy.gov/111815ro.html . Application deadline is 12 January 2016.

The “Treasures of the Past” event held at the National Museum of History is Moldova’s latest project financed by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation. The financial value of the project stood at 36.400 dollars.

The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation has funded seven projects in Moldova so far.

(Reporter A. Zara, Editor A. Raileanu)

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