The project is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the rich diversity of intangible cultural heritage in Africa with a focus on countries that do not yet have any element of living heritage inscribed on the Lists of the 2003 Convention. It aims to strengthen the skills and knowledge of States Parties in the region to prepare nomination files for the Lists of the 2003 Convention, ensuring that Africa’s living heritage receives greater recognition and representation. The project is generously funded by the Government of Japan.

This meeting is part of the project’s inception phase and will bring together the nine countries proposed to join the project for an exchange (namely, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Sao Tome and Principe and South Sudan).

The overall goal of the meeting is to inform these countries about the project and solicit their feedback regarding their possible participation in this initiative.

Documents

• Concept note English|French (LHE/25/PRO NOM/1)
• Timetable English|French (LHE/25/PRO NOM/2)
• List of participants English|French (LHE/25/PRO NOM/3 Rev.)
• PowerPoint presentation (Item 2): Building capacities for safeguarding living heritage and preparing nominations to the Lists of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa English|French
• PowerPoint presentation (Item 3, part one): Preparing nominations to the Lists of the Convention: general framework and criteria following the global reflection on the listing mechanisms English|French
• PowerPoint presentation (Item 3, part two): Preparing nominations to the Lists of the Convention: general framework and criteria following the global reflection on the listing mechanisms English|French
• PowerPoint presentation (Item 4): Overview on the inventories of intangible cultural heritage in Africa: a desk-based study conducted in the framework of the project’s inception phase English|French