Project
Capacity-building for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and contributing to sustainable development
Benefitting country(ies): Gambia, Ghana
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2024-07-25 – Ghana engages holistic approach to strengthen living heritage safeguarding
- 2022-11-23 – Inception Workshop for the project 'Strengthening capacities to safeguard intangible cultural heritage and contribute to sustainable development'
Building capacities on intangible cultural heritage inventorying, safeguarding and awareness raising activities in The Gambia
Benefitting country(ies): Gambia
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
Strengthening the capacities of States Parties for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Western Africa (Sahel)
- Project budget:
- US$ 59,571
- Source:
- UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2021
Benefitting country(ies): Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal
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
- Project budget:
- US$ 15,000
- Source:
- UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2021 - 01/11/2021
Benefitting country(ies): Gambia
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite
- Project budget:
- US$ 146,962
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2006 - 01/04/2009
Benefitting country(ies): Gambia, Senegal