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About Us

The foundation Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) is an independent Swedish non-governmental organisation dedicated to rescuing and preserving tangible and intangible cultural heritage affected by conflict, neglect or human and natural disasters. We see our work as a vital contribution to building democracy and supporting human rights.

CHwB is neutral when it comes to conflicting parties, but not to the rights of all people to cultural heritage – now and in the future. CHwB works with cultural heritage as an active force in reconciliation, peace building and social and economic development by creating capacity, awareness and opportunities for preserving and rescuing cultural heritage in societies affected by conflict, neglect or human and natural disasters. CHwB is committed to equality, non-discrimination, participation, accountability and transparency.

Cultural Heritage without Borders was founded in 1995 as an independent Swedish non-governmental organisation to work in the spirit of the 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflicts, natural catastrophes, neglect, poverty or political and social conflicts.

OUR VISION is that everyone has the right to enjoy, have access to and participate in cultural heritage.

OUR MISSION Our mission is to promote cultural heritage as both a right in itself and a resource. CHwB works with civil society and institutions at all levels to strengthen peace building, sustainable socio-economic and democratic development and the realisation of human rights.

Strategic Plan

OUR OVERALL GOAL is that conditions and opportunities to enjoy cultural freedom and cultural diversity improve and that cultural heritage is increasingly used as a tool to promote human rights, peace building and democratic development.

KEY OBJECTIVE 1: The vibrancy of civil society and accountability of institutions in the cultural heritage sector is strengthened.

KEY OBJECTIVE 2: Cultural heritage is a valued and utilised social, economic, cultural and environmental resource for civil society and government institutions at the local level.

KEY OBJECTIVE 3: An expanded corps of quality heritage professionals is prepared to meet preservation challenges responsibly in a number of countries.

STRATEGIC PLAN 2013-2016 has the following content:

– Our vision and mission
– Our working landscape – contexts and trends
– Our objectives
– Our working values
– Sustainable methods and results
– Monitoring and evaluation