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Iraq Cultural Heritage Conservation Initiative
 

Component One
Training and capacity building to help develop long-term professional capabilities that will enable the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) to regain stewardship of Iraq's cultural sites.

Component Two
Development and implementation of a Web-based national geographic information system (GIS) for the SBAH: the Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA)-Iraq.

Component Three
Raising and deploying funding resources and expertise for the emergency repair and protection of archaeological and architectural sites in Iraq.

Last updated: September 2008