Project

Safeguarding and inventories of children's tales and narratives in Mauritania

Benefitting country(ies): Mauritania

Implemented by Association Maison des Théâtres, this eighteen-month project aims to safeguard children’s tales and narratives in Mauritania by creating an inventory and ensuring the transmission of the practice to future generations. The project involves the implementation of community workshops on how to develop participatory inventories, followed by the identification and inventorying of children’s tales and narratives across Mauritania. The tales

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 87,460 granted in 2023
  • Dates of implementation:
    04/12/2023 - 30/06/2025
  • Documents:
    Request form ICH-04: English|French
    Budget and timetable: English|French
    Progress report 2: French
    Progress report 1: French

Safeguarding the Oulad Mbarek epic

Benefitting country(ies): Mauritania

Given the ever-decreasing number of bearers, namely the griot, the project aims to collect the repertoire of poems in writing, sound and image to promote access to and facilitate transmission of the tradition. The project, which is being implemented by the International Foundation of the Aïn Farba Festival in close collaboration with local communities, is based on three major axes:

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 88,375 granted in 2021
  • Dates of implementation:
    08/08/2022 - 30/06/2024
  • Documents:
    Request form ICH-04: English|French
    Budget and timetable: English|French
    Progress report 2023: French
    Progress report 2022: French
    Final report: French

National Oral Traditions (NOT), additional collection component

Benefitting country(ies): Mauritania

The project is an additional component of the National Oral Traditions (NOT) project, implemented by the Mauritanian Institute for Research and Training in Heritage and Culture (IMRFPC). The project was set up in 2015 to safeguard and enhance the sound corpus of the IMRFPC. Despite the high value of the corpus of oral traditions housed at the IMRFPC, it is not

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 90,562 granted in 2019
  • Dates of implementation:
    05/10/2020 - 10/12/2022
  • Documents:
    Request form ICH-04: English|French
    Budget and timetable: English|French
    Progress report: French
    Final report: French

Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through strengthening national capacities in Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia

Benefitting country(ies): Mauritania Morocco Tunisia

The aim of this project is to assist three countries in the Maghreb sub-region in the safeguarding of their intangible cultural heritage through the effective implementation of the Convention. It aims to build a critical mass of experience and knowledge, both in government institutions and in civil society, so that the beneficiary countries will be equipped with a suitable framework

News and activities:

  • Project budget:
    US$ 705,581
  • Source:
    Norway earmarked contribution to the Fund
    Spain earmarked contribution to the Fund
  • Dates of implementation:
    01/03/2013 - 01/12/2021
  • Documents:
    Progress report (11-2014): French
    Progress report, November 2015: French
    Progress report November 2016: French
    Progress report 2017: French

Strengthening the capacities of NGOs active in the field of intangible cultural heritage in Mauritania

Benefitting country(ies): Mauritania

The twelve-month project was implemented by the Conservation Nationale du Patrimoine Culturel, aiming to strengthen the capacities of NGOs active in the field of intangible cultural heritage in Mauritania. There are around fifty NGOs across Mauritania working on various activities related to living heritage, comprising a large part of the bearers responsible for safeguarding, disseminating and promoting living heritage. A

News and activities:

  • Financial assistance:
    US$ 94,300 granted in 2018
  • Dates of implementation:
    12/07/2019 - 30/07/2021
  • Documents:
    Request form ICH-04: English|French
    Budget and timetable: English|French
    Progress report: French
    Final report: French
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