Old manuscripts from Timbuktu (Mali) are being preserved and researched thanks to Federal Foreign Office funding
mainly to cultural dialogue – in the form of
programmes supports upholding important
exhibitions and conferences. The current
historical cultural assets worldwide. For ex-
trends in cultural dialogue: digital cultural
ample, from 1981 to 2015 the Federal For-
and intermediary services and the new oppor-
eign Office has helped fund more than 2,700
tunities for interactive participation. In all the
projects in 144 countries, including the
projects, since the 1970s foreign cultural policy
preservation of the Timbuktu manuscripts
has emphasised a holistic, non-elitist concept
in Mali, the creation of a digital registry of
of culture that does not limit “culture” to “art”.
cultural assets for Syria, the digitisation
of traditional music in Cameroon and re-
That said, the focus is not just on German cul-
constructing the Great Hall of Karakorum
ture. The preservation of cultural heritage
in Mongolia.