The British Council has invited applications for Capacity building workshops 2025–26, a five-week bilingual online programme for cultural heritage professionals in Bangladesh.
Implemented in partnership with Intelis Solution Ltd, the programme targets professionals and volunteers working across tangible and intangible heritage sectors amid growing threats from urbanisation, climate change and the loss of traditional knowledge.
The initiative is supported by the British Council Cultural Protection Fund (CPF) and will feature sessions led by cultural heritage experts associated with the fund and Durham University, the organisation said in a press release on Thursday.
The workshops aim to build practical skills in physical and digital preservation, strengthen capacity to design climate-responsive initiatives and promote inclusive knowledge-sharing platforms.
The programme is open to participants from architecture, museums, archives, archaeology, academia, government bodies and non-governmental organisations, with applications especially encouraged from women, indigenous communities, under-represented groups and differently-abled professionals.
Training will be delivered through five live online sessions via Zoom from 26 January to 28 February 2026, covering CPF orientation, digitisation and archiving tools, protection of heritage assets under climate stress and project design for international grants.
Participants who complete the programme will receive a co-branded certificate.
Applicants must be based in Bangladesh and have access to a stable internet connection, while the application deadline is Saturday.
Further information and application details are available on the British Council’s official website.
Established in 2016, the CPF is the United Kingdom’s main initiative for international cultural heritage protection and has awarded about £50 million to 159 projects across 19 countries while training over 27,000 people and supporting the restoration of more than 9,400 sites and objects.
