Rambourg Foundation Explained

Rambourg Foundation
Type:	Non-profit
Founded Date:	2011
Founder:	Guillaume Rambourg
Location:	London
Origins:	UK
Key People:	Shiran Ben Abderrazak (CEO)

The Rambourg Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2011 by Guillaume Rambourg.^{[1] [2]} Originally founded as a charity in the United Kingdom,^[3] the foundation is based in Tunisia since 2015.^[4]

Objectives and mission

The mission of the Rambourg Foundation is to facilitate public access to arts and culture by promoting education, sports and handicrafts especially among young Tunisians.The foundation works through its programs to develop a knowledge and creative economy with a special focus on the most remote areas of the country.^[5]

Projects and activities

• The Rise of the Nation: Art at the Dawn of Modern Tunisia (1837-1881): an exhibition organised with the collaboration of the organized by the National Heritage Institute to shed lights on a forgotten period in the Tunisian modern history under the rules of the Beys, former kings of Tunisia.^{[6] [7]}
• The Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art.^[8]
• Inauguration of a cultural center of arts and crafts in Djebel Semmama located in the region of Kasserine to create better opportunities for young people.^[9]

Publications

The awakening of a nation, art at the dawn of modern Tunisia (1837–1881) under the direction of Ridha Moumni, November 2016 .^[10]

External links

• Rambourg Foundation Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: April 2019 . Culture funding Watch: Rambourg Foundation . 28 February 2021 . culturefundingwatch.com.
2. Web site: 1 October 2019 . Anti-party Aich Tounsi shakes up Tunisian election . 28 February 2021 . france24.com.
3. Web site: The Rambourg Foundation . 28 February 2021 . charitycommission.gov.uk.
4. Web site: 17 February 2020 . Project Call for the first edition of Rambourg Foundation grants . 28 February 2021 . webmanagercenter.com.
5. Book: The Europa International Foundation Directory 2020 . Routledge . 2020 . 978-0-367-44018-3 . United Kingdom.
6. Web site: 11 December 2016 . Exhibition sheds light on legacy of Tunisia’s beys . 28 February 2021 . thearabweekly.com.
7. Web site: Szakal . Vanessa . 12 January 2017 . Reviving the Beys . 28 February 2021 . nawaat.org.
8. Web site: 21 April 2020 . The Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art . 28 February 2021 . tap.info.tn.
9. Web site: 28 June 2020 . Why is hip-hop bringing change in Tunisia’s Kasserine Mountains? . 28 February 2021 . euronews.com.
10. Book: Moumni, Ridha . The rise of a nation, art at the dawn of a modern Tunisia (1837–1881) . Officina Libraria . 2016 . 978-8-899-76525-5.