Project

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

Project budget:
- US$ 275,938
Source:
- France earmarked contribution to the Fund
Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2021 - 01/12/2023
Documents:
- Progress report - The Gambia: English
- Progress report- Ghana: English

Benefitting country(ies): Gambia, Ghana

Overview:

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:

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:

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 Multisectoral ›››

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

Overview:

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 ›››

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