Funding
To maintain the exceptional work of the TASH Standard, funding is provided by a range of stakeholders whose historical and institutional ties to the transatlantic slave trade place them at the center of remembrance and restorative justice.
Main sources of funding
To maintain the exceptional work of the TASH Standard, funding will be provided by the following main stakeholders.
Non-financial contributions
Ways to contribute beyond direct funding
TASH member countries, development partners, academic institutions, cultural organizations, philanthropic foundations, and civil society organizations can contribute to the objectives of the TASH Standard in several ways besides direct financial funding.
- Providing experts in heritage preservation, archaeology, genealogy, museum studies, memorial design, archival management, cultural diplomacy, citizenship law, migration policy, and diaspora engagement.
- Supporting the identification, documentation, mapping, preservation, and interpretation of Doors of No Return, slave ports, embarkation sites, burial grounds, and other locations associated with the transatlantic slave trade.
- Assisting with the development of national TASH implementation frameworks, memorial policies, and preservation standards.
- Training government officials, traditional authorities, museum professionals, historians, educators, archivists, and civil society organizations involved in TASH implementation.
- Supporting workshops, leadership development programs, educational exchanges, and professional training related to remembrance, memorialization, heritage management, and diaspora engagement.
- Building local capacity for genealogical research, DNA-based ancestry programs, historical documentation, and cultural preservation.
- Temporarily assigning heritage specialists, historians, archivists, museum curators, legal experts, educators, tourism specialists, communications professionals, or project managers to support the TASH International Secretariat or national TASH implementation.
- Supporting expert exchanges among TASH implementing countries.
- Conducting research on transatlantic slave trade routes, embarkation sites, burial grounds, diaspora communities, and ancestral connections.
- Producing historical studies, policy papers, educational materials, archaeological assessments, oral history projects, and case studies.
- Supporting digitization and preservation of historical records, archives, maps, and cultural artifacts.
- Developing digital archives, memorial databases, genealogical platforms, ancestry research tools, and educational websites.
- Supporting geographic information systems (GIS) mapping of slave trade sites and heritage locations.
- Providing cybersecurity, data management, and digital preservation expertise.
- Developing school curricula, educational programs, exhibitions, documentaries, publications, and public awareness campaigns focused on the history and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.
- Supporting multilingual educational materials and translation services to improve accessibility and global understanding.
- Promoting awareness of the Doors of No Return and the objectives of the Transatlantic Slaves Homecoming initiative.
- Advocating for remembrance, historical truth, reconciliation, and preservation of slave trade heritage sites in international forums.
- Encouraging countries with historical connections to the transatlantic slave trade to support TASH initiatives and memorial projects.
- Supporting TASH objectives through bilateral, regional, and multilateral cooperation agreements.
- Facilitating cultural exchanges between African communities and Afro-descendant populations throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, and elsewhere.
- Supporting genealogy initiatives, ancestry tracing programs, cultural reconnection projects, and heritage tourism initiatives.
- Assisting Afro-descendants seeking to reconnect with ancestral communities through research, documentation, and cultural programs.
- Providing venues, logistical support, and organizational assistance for TASH conferences, memorial ceremonies, remembrance events, stakeholder consultations, cultural festivals, educational forums, and international gatherings.
- Supporting commemorative activities related to the Transatlantic Slaves Homecoming initiative.
- Assisting with the restoration, conservation, interpretation, and maintenance of Doors of No Return, slave ports, memorial parks, museums, archives, monuments, and cultural heritage sites.
- Providing expertise in memorial architecture, exhibition design, landscape preservation, and cultural site management.
- Office space, archival storage facilities, translation services, communications support, research assistance, transportation services, IT equipment, exhibition materials, or professional services provided at no cost.
- Donation of historical records, artifacts, educational materials, and digital resources relevant to the objectives of the TASH Standard.
- Sharing national experiences, lessons learned, and best practices among TASH implementing countries.
- Facilitating exchanges between governments, traditional authorities, museums, universities, memorial organizations, and diaspora communities.
- Supporting study tours to the Doors of No Return, heritage sites, museums, archives, and memorial institutions.
Channels of support
Support through international and multilateral institutions
Countries may channel support through international organizations, development agencies, cultural institutions, universities, philanthropic foundations, regional organizations, and multilateral bodies to support heritage preservation, historical research, education, cultural restoration, and diaspora engagement projects aligned with the TASH Standard’s objectives.
Non-financial contributions
Reporting of non-financial contributions
For reporting purposes, these contributions may be referred to as in-kind support, technical assistance, capacity-building support, heritage preservation support, educational support, diaspora engagement support, cultural cooperation support, or institutional support.
Such contributions can be as valuable as direct financial funding in helping TASH implementing countries preserve historical sites, strengthen remembrance initiatives, promote reconciliation, support diaspora engagement, and advance the objectives of the Transatlantic Slaves Homecoming initiative and the TASH Standard.