Ministry of Information and Culture:
advice to Ministry's officials on cultural heritage matters in Kabul
and throughout the provinces; liaison between Ministry's officials
and important cultural organizations and individuals both inside Afghanistan
and abroad; assistance in raising awareness on cultural heritage.
National Museum of Afghanistan:
assistance in retrieving looted museum objects during the civil
war; successive inventories of the remaining collections; integrated
training for the museum staff involved in the inventory of the collections
(digital photography, computer training, English training, inventory
process, management advise, etc.); securing commitment of donors
to complete the physical works of the museum building.
Department of Historical Monuments:
surveys of endangered monuments and sites; support to the Tile Workshop
in Herat in order to help preserve this ancient art-form; emergency
protection works on major historical monuments and archaeological
sites during the civil war (Masjid Noh-Gumbad, Musalla Complex,
Minaret of Jam, Tepe Sardar and the Mausoleum of Abdurrazaq); encouraging
Afghan professionals to remain active in the field of historical
monuments preservation by commissioning studies on significant monuments
and sites.
Institute of Archaeology: information
sharing concerning illegal excavation and smuggling networks operating
throughout the region; assistance in transferring and safeguarding
objects of archaeological significance from the provinces to the
National Museum.
Academy of Sciences: International
Centre for Kushan Studies: liaising between Afghan scholars and
scholars abroad; encouraging scholars to remain active in their
research fields during difficult times by commissioning research
papers and articles and enabling access to SPACH's facilities.
Faculty of Social Sciences-Departments
of History and Archaeology: liaising between Afghan scholars
and foreign research institutions; organizing lectures for students
and teachers given by foreign professors on cultural heritage topics;
donations of books in Dari and Pashto to the Departments of History
and Archaeology; provision of I. T. training for their library database;
and free access to SPACH facilities in Kabul including: library,
computer and multimedia equipment.
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