Prince Claus Fund, Cultural Emergency Response

CER provides rapid and effective emergency relief for cultural heritage damaged or destroyed by man-made or natural disasters. Launched in 2003 in reaction to the looting and demolition of artworks from the National Museum of Iraq, CER believes that rescuing cultural heritage provides hope and consolation to affected communities and thereby contributes to restoring human dignity, continuity and a sense of identity. Culture is a basic need and cultural emergency relief should therefore be an integral part of humanitarian aid.

See also: Central register of ‘privately-owned’ Indian archives in Indonesia (Project) International event 'African Perspectives, (Project) dialogues on Urbanism and Architecture' at TU Delft, (Project)