Africa, a UNESCO priority

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Efforts within the framework of intangible cultural heritage towards the priority “Focus on Africa” are mainly directed to capacity-building of the African states to safeguard their intangible heritage.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of meetings/workshops/projects that the Intangible Heritage Section is or have been implementing in Africa, in collaboration with UNESCO Fiels Offices and various partners.

Training of trainers workshop on intangible cultural heritage to strengthen the facilitators network in the Arab States

Capacity-building workshop to raise awareness on the 2003 Convention and the elaboration of inventories

Workshop on preparing nominations and international assistance

Seventh annual coordination meeting of category 2 centres active in the field of intangible cultural heritage

Workshop on developing safeguarding plans for intangible cultural heritage

Training of trainers’ workshop on intangible cultural heritage - Strengthening the network of facilitators in Africa

Needs assessment for the implementation of the 2003 Convention in Togo

UNESCO awareness-raising workshop in Mogadishu

Training Workshop on Participatory Inventory Development with Communities

Workshop on Community based inventorying of the 2003 Convention

Workshop and advisory services on nomination files to the lists of the 2003 Convention

Training on inventorying and technical assistance for setting up an inventory framework