Project

Exchange of experiences and cultural dialogues for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage of Afro-descendant peoples through the preparation of inventories in the SICA region and Cuba

Benefitting country(ies): Belize Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

To be implemented by the Central American Educational and Cultural Coordination (CECC/SICA) in cooperation with the Regional Center for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Latin America (CRESPIAL) and with the involvement of the Central American Black Organization (ONECA), this eighteen-month multinational project aims to build collective and participatory knowledge on the processes of inventorying the living

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 99,990 granted in 2024
  • Dates of implementation:
    24/03/2025 - 23/10/2026
  • Documents:
    Request form ICH-04: English|French
    Budget and timetable: English|French

Latin America and the Caribbean: Strengthening capacities for resilient communities through Sustainable Tourism and Heritage Safeguarding

Benefitting country(ies): Belize Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama

The project aims to enhance the role communities play in managing and safeguarding the region’s cultural and natural heritage and is designed to strengthen synergies between tangible and intangible cultural heritage safeguarding. It will support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through integrating heritage safeguarding into urban planning while enhancing sustainable tourism in the region. The project is being implemented during 2

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  • Project budget:
    US$ 2,300,000
  • Source:
    Saudi Arabia Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/06/2023 - 01/06/2026

Strengthening capacities for preparing nomination files for the Lists of the 2003 Convention in Small Island and Developing States (SIDS) in Latin America and the Caribbean

Benefitting country(ies): Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago

In the context of the 2003 Convention’s global capacity-building programme, this project aims at building capacities of Small Island and Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean on the preparation of nomination files for the Lists of the 2003 Convention, with a view to improve the effective safeguarding of living heritage across the region and contribute to greater geographical balance of the elements i

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  • Project budget:
    US$ 75,000
  • Source:
    Netherlands earmarked contribution to the Fund
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/10/2022 - 01/06/2025
  • Documents:
    Progress report: English

Capacity building for community leaders and public managers to safeguard the living heritage of Afro-descendant communities in the SICA region and Cuba

Benefitting country(ies): Belize Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

This project aims to build a common conceptual and methodological basis for the safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Afro-descendants in Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. It is the first stage (preparation and planning) of a larger initiative titled ‘Safeguarding of the Afro-descendant Intangible Cultural Heritage of the SICA region and Cuba,’ to be

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 99,986 granted in 2022
  • Dates of implementation:
    06/02/2023 - 30/08/2024
  • Documents:
    Request form ICH-04: English|French
    Budget and timetable: English|French
    Progress report (July 2023): English
    Progress report (June 2023): English
    Final report: English

Identification, definition and inventory of the intangible cultural heritage in the Cuban province of Guantánamo

Benefitting country(ies): Cuba

As part of a long-term national strategy for the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Cuba, the project aimed at identifying, defining and inventorying the intangible cultural heritage present in Guantanamo, the easternmost province of the country. Far from the large urban centres, Guantanamo is one of the least socially and economically developed

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  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 65,745 granted in 2017
  • Dates of implementation:
    06/03/2018 - 28/02/2022
  • Documents:
    Request form ICH-04: English|French
    Budget and timetable: English|French
    Progress report 3 (February 2022): French
    Progress report 2 (April 2021): French
    Progress report 1 (October 2018): English
    Final report: English

Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti

Benefitting country(ies): Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti

This project has a twofold objective: strengthening the national capacities on intangible cultural heritage in each of the beneficiary countries by a number of training workshops and by supporting and giving policy advice to governmental and non-governmental institutions in the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. Through the workshops on implementation of the Convention and on inventorying, both the Dominican Republic

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  • Project budget:
    US$ 434,989
  • Source:
    Norway earmarked contribution to the Fund
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/06/2012 - 01/12/2014
  • Documents:
    Final report (12-2015): English

Action Plan for the Safeguarding of La Tumba Francesa

Benefitting country(ies): Cuba

The dance, song and drumming style known as Tumba Francesa (French Drum) was brought to Cuba by Haitian slaves in the 1790s. It embodies one of the oldest and most tangible links to the Afro-Haitian heritage of Cuba’s Oriente province and developed from an eighteenth- century fusion of music from Dahomey in West Africa and traditional French dances. Objectives: Ensure t

  • Project budget:
    US$ 122,045
  • Source:
    Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/06/2005 - 01/08/2008
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