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Digital threads: Towards personalised craft production in Malay cottage industries The Digital Threads project addresses the challenge of poverty for rural Malay women and its risk for the cultural heritage of traditional weaving practices. Cottage industries across the entire region of South Asia are considered beneficial both for economic growth and as accessible means to alleviate rural poverty. The Malay Government has invested significantly over recent decades to revitalise weaving practices such as songket textiles. However, there has been limited success since these initiatives have adopted a traditional product-centric business model and made limited use of digital technologies.  In this project we will engage in ground-breaking interdisciplinary research to promote sustainable economic development and welfare in Malaysia by radically changing the business models of cottage industries. The project will explore more sustainable and innovative business models flexible to integrate cutting-edge technologies that place customers at the centre of personalised production. We propose the design of digital applications which could be built upon distributed ledger technology for the management of the demand chain. These in turn will be able to support the hand-making of unique individual artefacts rather than mass-production commodities.  The Digital Threads project has the potential for significant economic and social contributions. We draw expertise from HCI, computer science, and information management to deliver:  (i) new knowledge about the cottage industries and their decentralised handmade modes of production; (ii) innovative customer-centric business models for the management of the demand chain; and  (iii) novel designs of digital technologies for shaping these business models through fresh approaches to designing for provenance. Such approaches will enable the transparency of the hand-making process, the maker's experience, and the value of cultural heritage embedded in it.   These outcomes have the potential to bring the Malay cottage industries into the 21st century and its worldwide Digital Economy whilst honouring and leveraging their cultural heritage. They will also leverage the less explored potential of blockchain technologies for social impact and for addressing the global challenge of poverty. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries.
Egypt's Living Heritage: Community Engagement in Re-Creating the Past 'Egypt's Living Heritage: Community Engagement in Re-Creating the Past' explores and promotes the engagement of local communities with their heritage through the deployment of the arts as particularly effective in the transmission of the values and meanings that intangibly inhere in tangible artifacts, architecture and environments. It selects as its case study the area of Historic Cairo, in tandem with the Urban Regeneration project for Historic Cairo (launched by UNESCO-WHC in 2010), in order to address the interface between past and present in multi-dimensional ways. The intellectual research is motivated by questions of what of the past continues in the present and of how the living transmission of the past is effected, as will be explored through workshops bringing together UK and Egyptian scholars and arts practitioners and through the screening of documentaries pertinent to this enquiry. Building on this basis, research by practice will involve communities in the curating of their own artisanal and creative products, together with the cultural memories and legacies attendant on these, through both oral history and specialist ateliers. Conventional approaches will be combined with more experimental methods as the working communities of Historic Cairo and contemporary visual artists, musicians and writers from Egypt and the UK will be brought together in order to create a forum for the sharing of skills and ideas towards, in the first instance, an exhibition, with the further aim of generating new forms of entrepreneurship leading to increased revenue opportunities. In addition, the psycho-geography of Cairo will be explored through the analysis of dreams in relation to Egyptian myths, folk tales and literature as will be disseminated through a short film. The project will serve to realize connections between the traditional and contemporary, between the popular culture of the past and the popular and youth cultures of the present, and between Egyptian cultural heritage and international recipients, with outputs including publications and an insiders' heritage map. In the process of this range of activities, new cultural, social and intellectual networks will be formed towards the establishment of a new research centre and the ongoing preservation of heritage through community engagement. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries.
Green Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Egypt It is well recognised that cultural heritage has high significance and value, providing an identity and sense of belonging to individuals, communities and nations. Egypt has a rich and diverse history dating from the Palaeolithic until the present day, including of course the immensely significant Pharaonic era. Despite their global importance, however, Egypt's heritage assets are under threat.  This project is based on an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from Egypt and UK including representatives of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. In the present work, various heritage samples will be collected from selected Egyptian heritage sites and museums. Different microbes including fungal and bacterial strains will be isolated and identified using biomolecular methodologies. Various plant extracts and essential oils (PEEOs) will be tested for their antimicrobial activity against key microorganisms. The most potent PEEOs will be evaluated for their efficacy in reversing biodeterioration using simulated models and/or materials. Finally, the most effective agents will be applied to some Egyptian heritage objects following scientific analysis of their characteristics and in consultation with the heritage conservation personnel.   The proposed project team in Egypt (Damietta, Mansoura, and Fayoum Universities) and the UK (University of Bedfordshire) along with the Team members from the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities will proactively engage with personnel from Egyptian museums and sites to bring together distinctive interdisciplinary collaboration. This will enable partnerships among specialists in microbiology, molecular genetics, archaeology, and heritage conservation science. The diverse expertise of the project team in cutting-edge biological, molecular and analytical approaches and the facilities at various partner institutions will be fully utilised to develop new integrated pathways to investigate, analyse, and treat biodeteriorated materials leading to improved display and sustainability of Egyptian heritage. Capacity building, knowledge exchange, and enhancing stakeholder connectivity are integral to the project activities and deliverable. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries.
Social Change Through Creativity and Culture (Brazil) The project will develop ideas and key issues arising from the Creative Lab on "Social Change through Creativity and Culture" held in Rio de Janeiro in October 2015. The Lab offered participants the opportunity to build project teams and at the end, creative project ideas were presented to a group of mentors and advisors who gave feedback. Participants will now have the opportunity to apply to QMUL/PPP for direct project funding to refine their ideas and develop them further.  It will:  * Support communication structures between November 2015-March 2016, providing translation and convening regular meetings between between the 20 Creative Lab participants, to support the continuing work of partnerships and working teams formed at the Creative Lab  * Set up and run a project grant application process to award individual grants to teams for the direct costs of making an anticipated 4-5 projects to be shown publicly in Rio's Multiplicity/Multiplicidade Festival in 2016, setting appropriate grant reporting structures in place  * provide infrastructure staffing and central resourcing (such as venues for making, equipment, etc) to support producing/production of the projects within Multiplicidade Festival 2016 in Rio de Janeiro  * provide a return visit to Rio de Janeiro for the UK participants to sustain their contribution to the project outcomes. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries.
Social Change through Creativity and Culture Stage 3: Extending Research Activity for Further Impact The third stage of the Social Change through Creativity and Culture (UK/Brazil CreativeLab) continues to extend knowledge-exchange between academics and arts practitioners in Brazil and the UK in order to discover ways in which the arts and creativity can contribute to social transformation, community wellbeing and economic development.    The research questions, context and methodologies are unchanged from the original programme. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries.
Time, Culture and Identity: the co-creation of historical research and co-development of visitor experience in China and the UK ‘Time, Culture and Identity’ will explore how education, social inclusion and creativity in China can be enhanced through creative and commercial collaboration between cultural partners and businesses in the UK and China. It is designed to support inclusive economic growth in China by employing the strength of the UK’s creative and heritage sectors to collaborate with Chinese museum experts, creative economy SMEs and researchers to build capacity and confidence in public engagement, building science capital amongst Chinese citizens. It will bring UK experience in the creative economy and cultural heritage to address stated development challenges in China, using a co-creation methodology that delivers to the UNDP definition of capacity building. 
Collections from Beijing's Palace Museum will be brought to life for audiences across China and around the world via new digital experiences, co-designed by Chinese and UK creative businesses. By stimulating knowledge exchange and brokering commercial relationships between the UK and China, the project will develop methods for cross-cultural approaches to connecting audiences with their scientific heritage.
Both the China and the UK see Creative Industries as central to future economic growth, for social and cultural development and for the transition from a manufacturing to a knowledge-based economy. The project will support sustainable development in China through the Ministry of Culture's creative industry development plan (2016-2020). By creating links between industry and cultural sector partners in China and the UK to co-develop prototype digital heritage experiences, we will foster skill-sharing and develop an increased understanding of how audiences engage with the heritage of science and technology. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries.
Preserving Egypt's Cultural Heritage from Earthquake Damage through Vibrating Barriers (ViBa) The historical sites and monuments in Egypt are among the most important in the world and conserving this heritage is crucial. The large damage observed in hundreds of monuments after the Cairo Earthquake in 1992 unveiled the fragility of the Egyptian heritage asset to seismic hazards. More than 12 years and a huge investment were needed to reopen some of the damaged sites. Unfortunately, the current knowledge on the strengthening and mitigation of the seismic risk in heritage buildings is focused on invasive solutions that require the alteration of the historical structure and, with it, the modification of its essence. In addition, these precursor works are not focused on the specific case of the Egyptian monuments and the seismic activity in the region. As a result, the cultural asset of Egypt is threatened by the seismic hazard. This research aims to apply an innovative concept in earthquake engineering to the control of whole heritage sites without the need for alteration in the ancient structures. The idea is to introduce a vibrating barrier (ViBa) in the ground (completely external to the protected structures) that is able to interact with the soil and the earthquake in order to mitigate the seismic risk in the entire site. The project combines the expertise of academic teams in Egypt and UK towards the application of this novel idea. The team at Cairo University will implement an advanced numerical technique with Boundary Elements to solve the soil-structure interaction problem with ViBa. This barrier will be designed and tested experimentally in scaled models by the team at the University of Brighton, the original developers of the ViBa. Finally, the expertise of the team at City, University of London, in nonlinear dynamic analyses will be applied to the study of the site with the ViBa in large Finite Element models that consider the particular seismic, geotechnical and structural conditions in Egypt.  The successful development of this project will result in the generation of new and fundamental knowledge on the control of structures with protection barriers, ultimately preserving the Egyptian heritage and the lives of the persons in these sites. It will also result in the development of design guidelines that will facilitate the application of the project outcomes by engineering practitioners and industry. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries.
Two Centuries of Indian Print: pilot project on Bengali Books The British Library (BL) holds extensive collections of South Asian printed material encompassing the many languages of the Subcontinent - the most important outside the region.  In order to make these collections more readily accessible to researchers in India and around the world, we are working towards a major project to catalogue and digitise all the South-Asian-language printed books published before 1914 - an estimated total of 11m pages, or 140,000 titles, in more than 22 languages.  In order to begin this project, and prepare plans for later phases, this pilot phase will focus on early printed Bengali books. These are a particular strength among the pre-1914 South Asian-language printed books held by the British Library, and many are unavailable in other library collections, or are extremely difficult to locate and access. This pilot project will catalogue and digitise 200,000 pages of early printed Bengali books, making them accessible to researchers everywhere. It will also use the catalogue information about, and the digitised images of, these books to undertake new research using digital humanities tools and techniques. Complementing the digitisation and research elements of the project will be a programme of skills-sharing and capacity-building, working with Indian institutions. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries.
RMA Capacity Building and Institutional Development Project Contribute to the effective participation of the civil society in developing actions to mitigate the effects of global climate change in the Atlantic Rain Forest, ensuring the conservation and restoration of the Atlantic Rain Forest.
Support to Social Participation in the Area of Influence of the BR-163 Highway The main objective of this project continues to be support social participation to promote social accountability in the areas of influence of the BR-163 Highway
RF-PPG7 Coordination Preparation and appraisal of a project to support the coordination of the Brazilian Rain Forest Pilot Program by the Ministry of the Environment.  Whilet treated as a project at this stage, it will likely be merged into the existing Monitoring and Analysis Project, through an amendment to the AMA grant agreement.
RF Ecological Corridors Project The Ecological Corridors Project aims to contribute to the effective conservation of Brazil's  biodiversity by testing an innovative approach in two of Brazil's most important biomes. The project's overall objective is to demonstrate the viability of ecological corridors in conserving biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon and Atlantic rainforests. The project is divided in two phases: The first phase will take approximately 18 months and will focus largely upon establishing the institutional infrastructure for the Central Amazon (CAC) and Atlantic Forest(CAFC) corridors, and developing management plans based upon multi-disciplinary studies of biodiversity and related economic, social and political characteristics relevant to successful corridor management. It will also launch the first conservation initiatives and pilot techniques derived from the corridor management plans. By the end of the 18 month-phase it is expected that significant progress will have been made in establishing prototype corridor management institutions and plans that would orient implementation efforts in the second phase. During the second phase, with an expected duration of 42 months, the project will focus on the consolidation of corridors monitoring and vigilance systems, implementation of corridors management plans and implementation of sub-projects in interstitial areas.
Amazon Cartographic Base The project development objective is to elaborate a digital, continuous cartographic base of the Legal Amazon Region in the 1:100.000 scale, which will then become part of the Brazilian National Cartographic System to be used by government agencies and private sector in the performance of their activities.  The project development objective is to elaborate a digital, continuous cartogra phic base of the Legal Amazon Region in the 1:100.000 scale, which will then bec ome part of the Brazilian National Cartographic System to be used by government agencies and private sector in the performance of their activities.
Science and Technology Subprogram Phase II Project The development objective of the proposed project is to promote and disseminate targeted and coordinated scientific and technological research on key questions contributing to the conservation and sustainable development of the Amazon region.  To accomplish this objective, the project would support (i) targeted research subprojects in science and technology in priority thematic research areas as well as capacity building of regional human resources; (ii) the selection and use of innovative dissemination methods to augment the applicability and transfer of scientific and technical knowledge to conservation and sustainable development end users in the Amazon; and (iii) the development and use of an effective and efficient system of project and subproject coordination, including an integrated system of monitoring and evaluation of project outcomes and impacts. The development objective of the proposed project is to promote and disseminate targeted and coordinated scientific and technological research on key questions contributing to the conservation and sustainable development of the Amazon regio n. To accomplish this objective, the project would support (i) targeted research su bprojects in science and technology in priority thematic research areas as well as capacity building of regional human resources; (ii) the selection and use of innovative dissemination methods to augment the applicability and transfer of sc ientific and technical knowledge to conservation and sustainable development end  users in the Amazon; and (iii) the development and use of an effective and effi cient system of project and subproject coordination, including an integrated sys tem of monitoring and evaluation of project outcomes and impacts.
Support to Pilot Program Coordination at the Ministry of the Environment The purpose of the Grant is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Recipient's Ministry of Environment (MMA) to support coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest (the Pilot Program) including the support for the preparation of the Sustainable Amazon Plan - PAS (Plano Amazonia Sustentavel) in relation to environmental aspects which are under the responsibility of the Recipient's MMA.
Support to Atlantic Forest NGO Network (RMA) To promote an increase in protected areas in the Atlantic Rain Forest and the sustainable use of the biome's natural resources  To promote an increase in protected areas in the Atlantic Rain Forest and the su stainable use of the biome's natural resources
RFT Support to COIAB Institutional Development The objective of the Project is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Recipient to effectively manage projects and to participate in the ongoing dialogue about the public policies related to environment, sustainable development and indigenous lands in the Amazon region of Brazil.  The objective of the Project is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Recipient to effectively manage projects and to participate in the ongoing dialo gue about the public policies related to environment, sustainable development an d indigenous lands in the Amazon region of Brazil.
Atlantic Forest Subprogram Phase I The purpose of the Grant is to provide technical advisory services to the Federative Republic of Brazil to: (i) prepare a project for the conservation of the Atlantic Forest (the Atlantic Forest Project), by reviewing and improving its concept document developed in the year 2000 and published in January 2001; and (ii) launch start-up activities such as studies on priorities for conservation in Brazil.s Atlantic Forest.  The purpose of the Grant is to provide technical advisory services to the Federa tive Republic of Brazil to: (i) prepare a project for the conservation of the At lantic Forest (the Atlantic Forest Project), by reviewing and improving its conc ept document developed in the year 2000 and published in January 2001; and (ii) launch start-up activities such as studies on priorities for conservation in Bra zil.s Atlantic Forest.
RFT Support to GTA Institutional Development The objective of the Project is to consolidate the Recipient's institutional, managerial and conmmunications capacity to represent and assist civil society of the Amazon region of the Member Coutry.  The objective of the Project is to consolidate the Recipient's institutional, ma nagerial and conmmunications capacity to represent and assist civil society of t he Amazon region of the Member Coutry.