.{"id":5894,"date":"2026-01-20T16:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/?post_type=policy-record&#038;p=5894"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:48:22","slug":"the-colonial-sources-coso-project","status":"publish","type":"policy-record","link":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/policy-record\/the-colonial-sources-coso-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Colonial Sources (CoSo) Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objectifs : <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CoSo project aims to develop a digital platform as a gateway to archives and knowledge about the shared Belgian, Burundian, Congolese and Rwandan colonial past. The CoSo portal aims to bring together existing but still fragmented collections and information. The CoSo project involves multiple countries &#8211; Belgium, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda &#8211; indicating a comprehensive approach to addressing colonial archives and heritage across the former Belgian colonies. The project represents a significant effort to digitise and make accessible colonial-era archives and documentation that are currently scattered across different institutions and countries, facilitating research and potentially supporting restitution efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mesures de restitution\u00a0: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aucun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Limitations du cadre : <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CoSo focuses on archival access and educational tools. Restitution is not mentioned as a goal.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":2},"country":[208],"framework-type":[215],"class_list":["post-5894","policy-record","type-policy-record","status-publish","hentry","country-democratic-republic-of-congo","framework-type-other"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy-record\/5894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy-record"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/policy-record"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=5894"},{"taxonomy":"framework-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openrestitution.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/framework-type?post=5894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}