The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has selected 24 partner institutions to finance and provide technical assistance to small-scale cultural development projects in 23 countries. Under the Bank’s Cultural Development Program, these projects will receive grants from $4,000 to $6,000.
The Cultural Development Program, managed by the IDB Cultural Center, aims to promote cultural development in Latin America and the Caribbean by financing projects and working hand-in-hand as project partner.
The grants were awarded to innovative micro-projects for technical training, art, music and theater instruction for educators, artists and musicians.Taking into consideration the diversity of these cultural disciplines, the projects were evaluated for their viability, educational scope, effective use of resources, ability to mobilize additional sources of financing, and long-term impact on the community.
This year, the Cultural Center received 515 project applications, from which 350 were preselected with help from the IDB Country Offices. Then, a Selection Committee awarded grants to 24 project proposals from 23 countries.
The following is a list by country of the partner agencies along with the awarded projects, which will be launched in 2011:
Argentina
Centro Foro y Estudios Culturales Argentinos
Tango-Intangible World Heritage: Preserving Original Scores and Recordings.
Barbados
Pinelands Creative Workshops-PCW
Music and Culture as a Tool for Development.
Belize
Cácálenel Car Sa Nima (Riverfish Protectors)
Preserving Q´eqchi Maya Medicinal and Utilitarian Plants, Toledo.
Bolivia
Metamorfosis
Bolivia’s Cultural Market for the Performing Arts.
Brazil
Casa de Barro Açoes Culturais
Collection and Preservation of Oral Histories and Documentation to Promote Cultural Heritage Education in Cachoeria, Bahia.
Instituto Terra Viva
Reciclasom-Creating Musical Instruments from Recycled Materials to Promote Environmental Awareness.
Chile
CIHDE. Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto
Seminar to Educate and Involve the Local Population for the Sustainability of the Archaeological Region of Arica and Parinacota.
Colombia
Fundación La Tortuga Triste
Workshop to Manufacture Puppets as a Pedagogical Tool for Rural Teachers in Cauca.
Costa Rica
Municipalidad de Desamparados, Unidad de Cultura y Turismo
Workshop to Raise Awareness and Restore the Architectural Heritage of Desamparados Municipality, San Jose.
Ecuador
Corporación Provincial de Turismo Comunitario de Sucumbíos CORTUS
Strengthen Traditional Cultural Practices in the Secoya Community in the Amazon.
El Salvador
Asociación Opera El Salvador
Training in Voice and Choral Music for Talented Youth at Risk.
Guatemala
Asociación para el Mejoramiento Habitacional de Guatemala-MejorHa
Strengthen the Chortí Culture in Jocotán Region in Chiquimula.
Guyana
Merundoi Incorporated
Playwriting and Stage Production Workshops.
Honduras
Ayuda en Acción Honduras
Strengthen Cultural Traditions of the El Tablón Community in Orocuina, Choluteca.
Jamaica
The Peoples Museum, Museums of History and Ethnography, Institute of Jamaica
Preservation and Education Program for The Peoples Museum of Craft and Technology.
Mexico
Consejo Ecoregional Sierra Tarahumara A.C.
Recovery of Biocultural Knowledge of the Raramuri's Culture as a part of a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Barrancas de Urique and Batopilas.
Nicaragua
School of Music and Technology of Bluefields
Teaching Traditional Music and Multi-media Studio Production in Bluefields.
Panama
Asociación de Mujeres Ngöbe ASMUNG
Cultural Education for Ngäbe Community in Quebrada Guabo, Chiriquí.
Paraguay
Fundación Asunción
Craft Workshops to Strengthen Cultural and Historical Tourism in Pirebebuy, Cordillera.
Peru
Asociación Educativa Cultural Perú Siglo XXI and Museo de Sitio de Pachacamac
Workshops on Prehispanic Crops for the Surrounding Communities of the Pachacamac Archaeological Sanctuary, Lima.
Suriname
Tembe Art Studio Foundation
Community Development through Music-Training of Trainers- in Moengo and surrounding villages, Marowijne.
Trinidad & Tobago
The Artist Coalition of Trinidad and Tobago
Project Memory, Collection of the Artistic Golden Age Legacy of Trinidad and Tobago.
Uruguay
Club Social Velásquez
Improving the Historical Circuit of Velázquez for Tourism, Rocha.
Venezuela
Asociación Venezolana de las Artes del Fuego AVAF
Fire Arts Workshops in at Risk Neighborhoods in Caracas.