Project
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:
News and activities:
- 2024-04-22 – Milestone achieved as Africa participates in its first regional cycle of periodic reporting
Capacity building in community-based inventorying
Benefitting country(ies): Djibouti
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2021-05-18 – News from the Republic of Djibouti: the results of the project funded by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
- 2020-07-15 – Djibouti prepares its first inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in eight countries in Africa and the Arab Region: assessing needs and developing project proposals
- Project budget:
- US$ 259,419
- Source:
- Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority Funds-in-Trust
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/05/2014 - 01/03/2019
Benefitting country(ies): Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Madagascar, South Sudan, State of Palestine, Sudan, Yemen
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-08-09 – Need assessment for strengthening national capacities in implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Egpyt
- 2015-05-04 – Progress in implementing an eight-country capacity-building project in the Arab States and Africa
Strengthening capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Eastern Africa
- Project budget:
- US$ 51,114
- Source:
- UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates of implementation:
- 09/12/2024 - 09/12/2024
Benefitting country(ies): Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2019-03-20 – UNESCO awareness-raising workshop in Mogadishu
- 2018-11-21 – Workshop to promote ratification, Somalia
Safeguarding traditional games of the Afar and the Somali people in the Horn of Africa
- Project budget:
- US$ 53,000
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2006 - 01/03/2009
Benefitting country(ies): Djibouti