KEY PLAYERS
Funded in the framework of the Cultural Preservation Programme maintained by Germany's Federal Foreign Office, the project to conserve and restore the gateway and spirit screen and produce a manual with recommendations on the conservation and restoration of the entire Tu Duc mausoleum was initiated by GCREP restorers. The Germany Embassy in Hanoi steers and monitors the project. The Hué Monuments Conservation Center (HMCC) has made specialist personnel available for consultancy or practical support. The 'Society for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage' (GEKE) will direct the project from 2009–2010. The joint restoration and on the job training scheme is carried out under the aegis of the German Conservation, Restoration and Education Projects (GCREP) team, led by Chief Restorer and Project Manager Ms. Andrea Teufel. Local restorers, who completed an earlier training scheme at the An Dinh Palace, benefit here from primary research and the challenge of unknown materials.