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Four new International Assistance projects supported by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
Three new International Assistance projects in Africa supported by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
Ugandan museums as key actors for the safeguarding of living heritage
Periodic reporting
On the implementation of the Convention
On Urgent Safeguarding List elements
Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance
2016____
Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples
2015____
Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda
2014____
Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda
2013____
Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda
2012____
Listing of ICH
Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda (2014, USL)
6 elements inscribed
Project
Consolidating and upscaling efforts of community museums to safeguard six intangible cultural heritage elements in Uganda
12 August 2024 – 31 August 2026Amount (US$) 99,601
Consolidating the promotion of intangible cultural heritage education in institutions of higher learning in collaboration with bearer communities
2 April 2024 – 17 March 2026Amount (US$) 98,203
Imbalu ceremonies
23 September 2024 – 30 April 2025Amount (US$) 7,970
Strengthening capacities for periodic reporting under the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa
1 July 2023 – 1 July 2024Amount (US$) 250,000
Strengthening the capacity of community museums to promote inscribed intangible cultural heritage elements
6 May 2020 – 10 June 2022Amount (US$) 61,471
Strengthening capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Eastern Africa
17 January 2025 – 17 January 2025Amount (US$) 59,571
Promoting intangible cultural heritage education in institutions of higher learning in Uganda
26 June 2017 – 31 December 2020Amount (US$) 97,582
Community-self documentation and revitalization of ceremonies and practices associated with Empaako naming system in Uganda
23 February 2018 – 10 February 2020Amount (US$) 232,120
Safeguarding and promotion of Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of Busoga Kingdom in Uganda
1 September 2015 – 31 August 2017Amount (US$) 24,990
Inventorying the intangible cultural heritage of four communities in Uganda
5 July 2013 – 31 March 2015Amount (US$) 216,000
Madi bow lyre music, O'di
23 December 2013 – 31 March 2015Amount (US$) 10,000
The male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango people of North Central Uganda (Dwoko Atin Awobi lot)
20 March 2012 – 31 March 2013Amount (US$) 8,570
A series of pilot projects in community-based intangible heritage inventorying on a grassroots-level in six selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
1 September 2009 – 1 December 2011Amount (US$) 275,000
Revitalization of bark cloth making in Uganda
1 October 2006 – 1 August 2009Amount (US$) 91,485