Expertise France and Culture
As the French public international technical cooperation agency, Expertise France works with its partners to mobilise France’s internationally recognised cultural expertise and know-how.
With French and European funds, the agency implements a wide-ranging portfolio of activities in various fields: feasibility studies for the restoration and enhancement of heritage sites, assistance to the contracting authority on restoration sites, support for public policies, modernisation and governance of cultural institutions, and support for cultural and creative industries.
Building dialogue among cultural know-how
Through its partners and network of experts, Expertise France works to transfer skills via peer-to-peer exchanges and the organisation of training and experience-sharing activities between French and international cultural institutions.
Expertise France develops several lines of action adapted to local issues, including the preparation of cultural and scientific programmes, capacity building on collection management and conservation, training for guides and staff responsible for receiving the public, support for the museography and scenography of spaces, and the definition of commercial and marketing strategies.
Restoring and enhancing heritage sites
The preservation and enhancement of heritage are key drivers of social cohesion and economic development. Expertise France works on both protection and restoration issues, as well as on the promotion of tourism and commercial assets to contribute to improving living conditions for local people.
To address the needs of its partners, Expertise France develops an approach tailored to the context and the particular local circumstances. It implements a wide range of technical and institutional cooperation activities, such as feasibility studies, assistance to the contracting authority on restoration sites, strengthening the legal framework for protection, training in preventive conservation techniques, cultural mediation, and the organisation of activities on sites.
Supporting cultural entrepreneurship and cultural and creative industries
Expertise France takes a holistic approach to cultural and creative industries (CCI) to embrace the full diversity of this sector with strong potential for growth and employment: visual arts, performing arts, music, books, audiovisual creation and even video games.
Expertise France helps structure CCI, especially in Africa, by supporting innovative and digital entrepreneurship and developing top talent. It also specifically works on cultural entrepreneurship through a wide range of cross-cutting activities to help build local ecosystems and structure cultural and creative sectors at all their stages of development. This includes strengthening the legal and regulatory framework, technical and financial assistance and networking.
Through its role as a lead contractor, in particular for French public expertise, Expertise France has an extensive multi-stakeholder network of training centres, higher education institutions, local authorities and private actors: incubators, publishers, digital broadcasting platforms and festivals.
Our support services
Supporting the preservation and enhancement of cultural heritage:
- Supporting cultural entrepreneurship and cultural and creative industries,
- Museum creation and cultural cooperation,
- Restoration and enhancement of heritage sites.
Some examples of projects
CULTIVARTE – Structuring the cultural ecosystem in Mozambique
2023-2026 / 5 M€ / Union européenne
Face au potentiel de la culture au Mozambique, Expertise France met en œuvre le projet Cultiv’ARTE, dont l'objectif est de renforcer le secteur culturel et d'en faire un acteur majeur dans le développement social et économique du pays. Un appui est apporté aux différentes parties prenantes de l'écosystème culturel, selon les trois axes d'intervention présentés ci-après.
- Renforcer les compétences professionnelles des acteurs culturels aux niveaux technique, entrepreneurial et numérique,
- Soutenir le développement et la structuration des entrepreneurs du secteur ICC en partenariat avec le réseau des instituts culturels nationaux de l'Union européenne et le Centre culturel franco-mozambicain,
- Appui au ministère de la Culture et du Tourisme et aux autres organismes publics du secteur des industries culturelles et créatives.
Consult the project sheet
Creation of the museum of the epic of the amazons and kings of dahomey in Benin
2021-2025 / 3,2 M€ / Agence française de développement
Ce projet vise à créer le musée de l’épopée des Amazones et des Rois du Danhomé et à valoriser le site palatial pour réaffirmer le patrimoine national et l’attractivité touristique. Il se divise en deux volets :
- Le premier axe vise à construire un musée moderne de l’épopée des Amazones et des Rois du Danhomé (MEARD) afin d’en faire une nouvelle source d’attractivité culturelle et touristique,
- Le second axe d’intervention concerne la gouvernance et le renforcement de capacités.
Consult the project sheet
Requalification of byrsa acropolis and rehabilitation of the carthage national museum in Tunisia
2019-2027 / 19 M€ / Union européenne
Ce projet a pour objectif de réhabiliter le musée de Carthage - l'un des principaux établissements culturels tunisiens - et ses abords en considérant les différents enjeux scientifiques et techniques de l’intervention sur un site archéologique au cœur du Grand Tunis.
Consult the project sheet
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