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New Delhi: In an effort to boost the foreign partnership between
National Culture Fund (NCF) and Housing and Urban Development Corporation
(HUDCO) for heritage initiatives a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed
here Thursday in the presence of the Minister of Culture and Housing &
Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja.
Through a series of meetings and deliberations with NCF,
HUDCO has outlined 5 main areas of interest in developing the Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) projects: Training Programmes and Capacity Building,
Heritage and Disaster Management, Up-gradation of Museums, Environmental
improvement and Visitor amenities and Conservation and Restoration of Heritage
Buildings.
NCF Executive Committee has approved the signing of the MOU
with HUDCO and the offer of heritage projects that match their CSR criteria
mentioned above. Subsequently a dedicated Memorandum of Agreement will be
signed per project between NCF/HUDCO/implementer.