A few of the projects we are happy to have supported

  • Shahidul Alam – My journey as a witness

    Shahidul Alam’s newest book My journey as a witness was launched by Bengal Foundation and Skira Editore at Bengal Shilpalaya in Dhaka on September 23, 2011. Shahidul, a founder and director of Drik Picture Library, is a network partner of the Prince Claus Fund.

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  • Dream City, Tunisia

    Dream City is a meeting point for multi-disciplinary contemporary art in Tunis, Tunisia.

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  • Rescuing 21 tatas, Togo

    21 traditional houses (tatas) in the Unesco World Heritage listed cultural landscape of Koutammakou were seriously damaged by exceptionally heavy rains from June to November 2010. The vernacular architecture – mud tower houses, often used as a home or granary – is the physical expression of the special spiritual relation of the Batammarabi people with their natural environment and way of life.

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  • Beyond Pressure Festival

    Beyond Pressure Festival is one of the few cultural events in Myanmar where local performance artists find the opportunity to perform in public spaces and collaborate with visiting international artists in workshops. The performances brought up topics such as freedom of expression, corruption and governance in innovative and highly symbolic ways.

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  • Mi rincón, self portraits on film made by children in Colombia

    Laboratorio Público is a non-profit organization based in Colombia. Its main objective is to design strategies that promote social change through communication, education and arts with a particular focus on children and youth in vulnerable areas of the country. 

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  • Restoring Darwaza Khona, the historic toll gate to Kholm in Afghanistan

    Darwaza Khona, the 18th century toll gate to the city of Kholm, suffered extensively as a result of a combination of two earthquakes that hit northern Afghanistan (5.9 Richter on 14 May 2011 and 5.7 Richter on 21 March 2011) and exceptional heavy rains (May 2010). The monument is the only toll gate left in the area and a landmark on the historical trade-route between Bokhara and Kabul. 

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First World, Second World, Third World; to me there is only one world. One world or no world. HRH Prince Claus
The central idea is that culture is what makes us human HRH Prince Constantijn, Honorary Chairman of the Prince Claus Fund
Knowing your background is an important part of developing yourself Ben Knapen, then Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation
People are not being developed, they develop themselves African thinker Josep Ki-Zerbo
Culture, that is every moment of life... Too often people associate the word 'culture' with something that is far from them Carlos Jiménez of the Museo de Antioquia in Medellín, Network Partner of the Fund