Project

Living Heritage and The Sustainable Development Goals: Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through formal and non-formal education in the Asia and the Pacific Region and in Africa

  • Project budget:
    • US$ 180,000
  • Source:
    • The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO earmarked contribution to the Fund
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/04/2021 - 31/07/2025
  • Documents:
    • Progress report - Nepal & Thailand: English
    • Progress report - Benin: French

Benefitting country(ies): Benin, Nepal, Thailand

Overview:

As part of the implementation of the funding priority under the 2003 Convention 'Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education' and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Target 4.7), the project proposes to develop and pilot learning tools/materials/pedagogies concerning the integration of living heritage in non-formal education in the Community Learning Centers in Nepal and Thailand. It explores the ›››

Strengthening capacities for periodic reporting under the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa

  • Project budget:
    • US$ 250,000
  • Source:
    • Saudi Arabia Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/07/2023 - 01/07/2024

Benefitting country(ies): Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Overview:

Africa is the fourth region to be undertaking periodic reporting under the revised regional cycle approved by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention [Decision 14.COM 8]. The present project aims to strengthen the human and institutional capacities of States Parties in the region, in conducting a thorough review of the state of safeguarding policies, programmes, and initiatives in ›››

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Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the West African Countries

  • Project budget:
    • US$ 59,571
  • Source:
    • UNESCO - Regular budget
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2021

Benefitting country(ies): Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

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