Cultural Heritage

UNESCO has released a call for an external consultant for its Diversity of Cultural Expressions programme, based at its Paris headquarters.

TheMuseumsLab is a programme for joint learning, perspective exchange, networking and career building among African and European museum professionals. Programme activities will take place from 6 May to 2 December 2026.

In her upcoming report to the Human Rights Council, to be presented in March 2026, the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Ms. Alexandra Xanthaki, will consider the intersections between nature conservation and cultural rights.

The AlUla Fellowships Programme 2025, jointly offered by UNESCO and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), is a fully funded fellowship lasting 24 months that selects 10 fellows in the fields of Heritage Research, Conservation and Management.

This Call for Proposals seeks to select more than 16 heritage organisations to lead ‘Narrative Clusters’, collaborating with interdisciplinary groups of artists/creatives to develop innovative stories that increase the visibility and contemporary relevance of their heritage.

The MAP Academy and Nalli Fellowships will support South Asia-based projects that generate new interest in the region’s textile practices among diverse audiences. The Fellowships combine Nalli Silks’ focus area of textile production and design, with the MAP Academy’s vision of fostering incisive research in the study of art histories from South Asia.

The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) seeks proposals from qualified individuals and firms to complete a near-term action plan and long-term strategic plan for the organisation.

Delfina Foundation announces an international open call for its upcoming spring 2026 residency season (26 March to 19 June 2026) under Making and Materiality, a new thematic programme at Delfina Foundation that explores the critical convergence between craft and contemporary art.

Komplot invites applications for a 3-month Archival Research Residency aimed at curators, researchers, or artists with an interest in archives, contemporary art, and bottom-up art institutions.

The CollAsia 2025 course on ‘Observation, Documentation, and Diagnosis of Collections’, held from 27 October to 14 November 2025 in Uzbekistan, will provide a space for participants to explore skills drawing from a critical thinking approach and building on basic notions required to work with collections.