ALIPH Foundation: New Name, Extended Scope

This article was first published by the ALIPH Foundation.

The ALIPH Foundation Board, chaired by the representative of France Ms. Bariza Khiari, convened in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday 5 December. In line with the decision made earlier this year to expand ALIPH’s scope to include the protection of cultural heritage impacted by climate change, including natural disasters, in countries in conflict, post-conflict, or crisis, the organization has formally adopted a new name: International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage (no longer exclusively “in conflict areas”).

The International alliance for the protection of heritage (ALIPH) is the main global fund exclusively dedicated to the protection and rehabilitation of cultural heritage in areas in conflict, post-conflict or in crisis. It was created in 2017 in response to the massive destruction of cultural heritage over the previous two decades, predominantly in the Middle East and the Sahel. ALIPH is a public-private partnership assembling eight countries (China, Cyprus, France, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) and three private donors (Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan, Getty Trust, and Fondation Gandur pour l’Art).