Monthly Archives: November 2025

COP30 makes clear: culture and heritage are central to climate adaptation planning, policy and finance

As members of the Heritage Adapts to Climate Alliance (HACA) and co-founding members of the Climate Heritage Network, HERITΛGE—together with our partners—warmly welcomes the historic developments achieved at COP30 in Belém. The placement of cultural heritage and local, traditional, and Indigenous knowledge at the heart of global climate adaptation efforts, and the adoption of five

One Year in Shibam: Lessons in Mud, Memory, and Resilience

* by Hedaya Gharaibeh, Project Manager – Preserving the Unique Earthen Architecture of Shibam All my career, I dreamed of working in Yemen—of contributing to the protection of its extraordinary earthen cities that I had studied and admired for years. With HERITΛGE, I finally had that opportunity: to lead the project “Preserving the Unique Earthen

Legacy Builders: Peter Adewale Jegede

Peter Adewale Jegede  | Consultant Curator and Heritage Researcher, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential  Library, Nigeria  & 4th Cohort of Case Study Researcher, Open Restitution Africa  Which workshop(s) did you attend?  I have participated in several HERITΛGE programmes, including Engaging Communities in  Cultural Heritage, Temporary Exhibition and Touring Strategies, Conservation I, Conservation II, and I will complete

Fourth Online Networking Convening of Africa Grantees

  On 3 September 2025, the HERITΛGE Africa Grants Team held the fourth online networking convening for grantees awarded in 2024. The meeting brought together grantees, Heritage staff, committee members, Mellon Foundation representatives, and other African donors, with 76 attendees. After welcoming remarks by Richard A. Brown and an introduction to the day’s agenda by

HERITΛGE Launches Online Winter School

The Heritage Management Organization (HERITΛGE) is proud to announce the launch of its Winter School, an intensive online program dedicated to Engaging Communities in Cultural Heritage. Running from 26 January to 8 February 2026, this new training initiative builds on the success of HERITΛGE’s established training formats—its introductory 3-day workshop and its immersive summer field

Gambia President visits Jufureh museum supported by HERITΛGE

In a strong show of support for the preservation of The Gambia’s cultural heritage, His Excellency President Adama Barrow visited the Jufureh Heritage Village Museum in the North Bank Region. The visit marks a proud moment for HERITΛGE, as the new museum has been made possible with funding from our Small Grants for African Heritage

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