From September 2021 until September 2023, ASOR led a project—with support by the U.S. Department of State—to expand community outreach for heritage protection in Libya and to extend our efforts regionally to Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. This work strengthened ties between local communities and their national heritage authorities, fostered new connections between heritage practitioners across the region, and empowered community-led heritage protection efforts. The results and partnerships achieved through this work have provided the foundation for continued collaboration in recent years.

Over the past two years, ASOR has led a transformative initiative in Tunisia and Morocco to protect and promote the religious and ethnic cultural heritage of North Africa. From September 1, 2021, to September 30, 2023, the “Heritage Advocacy in North Africa” project not only met but regularly exceeded our objectives—impacting over 675 heritage sites and training nearly 1,000 individuals.