Cultural Emergency Response (CER)

Cultural Emergency Response (CER) protects culture in crisis. CER provides fast, flexible support to locally-led protection of heritage under threat. Work with us to protect people’s culture in crisis. #CER

Acting as a ‘cultural ambulance’, CER provides quick financial support and expertise to stabilize and prevent further damage to cultural heritage under threat in crisis situations, in direct collaboration with local actors. We strive to make the field of heritage rescue more inclusive by strengthening local response capacities, leadership and networks. We support urgent emergency projects and provide training and mentorship opportunities. We decentralize cultural emergency response through a network of regional CER Hubs and advocate for cultural heritage a basic human need everywhere we go.

CER was established by the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development in 2003. With 19 years of experience and a strong international network, CER is recognized as an expert in the field of cultural heritage rescue. Building on this legacy, CER continues as an independent organization to grow its efforts for the protection of heritage under threat per the 1st of July 2022.