Team and Partners

The ALIPH project in Kaitetu:

Preserving Maluku carpentry knowledge

The International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH) is the main global fund exclusively dedicated to the protection and rehabilitation of cultural heritage in conflict zones and post-conflict situations.

Created in 2017 in response to the massive destruction of cultural heritage over the past two decades, predominantly in the Middle East and the Sahel, ALIPH is a public-private partnership involving eight countries (China, Cyprus, France, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Morocco, Saudia Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) and private donors. Based in Geneva, this Swiss foundation also benefits from the privileges and immunities of an international organization. To date, ALIPH has supported about 440 projects in more than 35 countries in four continents. Over 180 of these have been implemented in Ukraine since March 2022. Due partly to its agility, ALIPH has become the first institution to deploy emergency heritage aid in areas threatened by conflict or crisis. Building on initial years of experience, ALIPH is now committed to protecting heritage in countries vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. ALIPH finances concrete initiatives carried out on the ground, in collaboration with local partners, authorities, and communities. Its mission places cultural heritage protection as a central contributor to peace and sustainable development.

École française d’Extrême-Orient

The French School of Asian Studies (EFEO) was founded in 1900 in Saigon. The mission of the EFEO is interdisciplinary research on the civilisations of Asia, extending from India to Japan. A network of eighteen research centres in twelve Asian countries allows its 42 research scholars (anthropologists, archaeologists, linguists, historians and others) to carry out their fieldwork while maintaining a network of local specialists and Asianists from around the world.

Archaeology and conservation have always been essential components of EFEO programmes in Indonesia. Notable contributions include the restoration of the Borobudur temple in partnership with UNESCO and more recent excavations in Java and Sumatra, at sites of the first great cities influenced by Indianisation. Other major projects in philology and literature, history, and ethnology have also been carried out in collaboration with various Indonesian institutions of research and higher education, particularly the University of Indonesia. Since 1976, the EFEO’s work has been conducted under a cooperation agreement with the Indonesian National Centre for Archaeological Research, now BRIN.

Maritime Asia Heritage Survey

The Maritime Asia Heritage Survey is based at Kyoto University’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies and works with the Indonesian Directorate General of Culture to document endangered cultural heritage across the region. Field data collected by the MAHS was used in the development of the Galeri Kaitetu project. The full MAHS dataset is also made open-access available online.

Main Sponsors

Yayasan ALIPH

École française d’Extrême- Orient (EFEO)

Our Partners

Pemerintah Provinsi Maluku

Balai Pelesatrian Kebudayaan (BPK) Ambon

Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS)

Suar Bahri Kultura