Project

Building capacities on intangible cultural heritage inventorying, safeguarding and awareness raising activities in The Gambia

Benefitting country(ies): Gambia

To be implemented by the National Centre for Art and Culture, this two-year project aims to build the capacities of communities and practitioners and to promote the safeguarding and transmission of The Gambia’s intangible cultural heritage. The project has a particular focus on the safeguarding of the Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite, an element inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of t

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 99,930 granted in 2024
  • Dates of implementation:
    12/02/2025 - 15/04/2027
  • Documents:
    Request form ICH-04: English|French
    Budget and timetable: English|French

Palm wine tapping

Benefitting country(ies): Gambia

Implemented by the National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC), this preparatory assistance request concerns the nomination of Palm wine tapping to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Palm wine tapping entails using strong tree fibres to make a climbing belt, climbing the palm tree, using a knife to make small holes at the top

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 9,540 granted in 2025
  • Dates of implementation:
    28/05/2026 - 31/08/2026

Capacity-building for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and contributing to sustainable development

Benefitting country(ies): Gambia Ghana

As part of the implementation of the funding priority under the 2003 Convention ‘Strengthening capacities to safeguard intangible cultural heritage and contribute to sustainable development’, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Target 11.4; 5.5 and 17.9), as well as the African Union Agenda 2063, in the Gambia, the project proposes to train all relevant stakeholders on how to better safeguard intangible cultural heritage through the effective imp

News and activities:

  • Project budget:
    US$ 275,938
  • Source:
    France earmarked contribution to the Fund
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/12/2021 - 01/01/2025
  • Documents:
    Final report - The Gambia: English
    Final report- Ghana: English

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

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 Guinea-Bissau 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

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

News and activities:

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

Strengthening the contribution of living heritage in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its integration into national initiatives for disaster risk reduction in The Gambia

Benefitting country(ies): Gambia

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for The Gambia to improve the integration of intangible cultural heritage into national initiatives for emergency recovery, preparedness and disaster risk reduction (DRR). To this end, the National Centre for Culture and Arts, in collaboration with the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education and the National Disaster Management Agency, as well as UNESCO’s

  • Project budget:
    US$ 15,000
  • Source:
    UNESCO - Regular budget
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/06/2021 - 01/11/2021

Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite

Benefitting country(ies): Gambia Senegal

The Kankurang is a protective spirit, embodied by a masked and costumed man, at the centre of a ritual system comprising songs, traditions and initiatory rites for young boys. The ritual ensures the transmission and teaching of complex know-how and practices underpinning Manding cultural identity. This safeguarding project is designed to protect the natural environment in which the Kankurang ritual

  • Project budget:
    US$ 146,962
  • Source:
    Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/11/2006 - 01/04/2009
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