Proyecto

Vodun, beliefs, social practices and ways of living

Países beneficiarios: Benin

Implemented by the Ministry of Culture, this preparatory assistance request concerns the nomination of Vodun, beliefs, social practices and ways of living to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Originating in West Africa and practised wherever enslaved people were deported, it combines beliefs in deities, social practices through rituals, and a way of life. Vodun deities

  • Asistencia financiera:
    9.373 US$ otorgado en 2025
  • Fechas de implementación:
    11/08/2025 - 30/04/2026

Living heritage and the sustainable development goals: safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through formal and non-formal education in the Asia and the Pacific Region and in Africa

Países beneficiarios: Benin Nepal Tailandia

As part of the implementation of the funding priority under the 2003 Convention ‘Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education’ and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Target 4.7), the project proposes to develop and pilot learning tools/materials/pedagogies concerning the integration of living heritage in non-formal education in the Community Learning Centers in Nepal and Thailand. It explores the

  • Presupuesto del proyecto:
    180.000 US$
  • Origen:
    The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO earmarked contribution to the Fund
  • Fechas de implementación:
    01/04/2021 - 31/07/2025
  • Documentos:
    Progress report - Nepal & Thailand: inglés
    Progress report - Benin: francés

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

Países beneficiarios: Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Camerún Chad Comoras Congo Côte d'Ivoire Djibuti Eritrea Eswatini Etiopía Gabón Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guinea Ecuatorial Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Malí Mauricio Mozambique Namibia Níger (el) Nigeria República Centroafricana República Democrática del Congo República Unida de Tanzania Ruanda Santo Tomé y Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Somalia Sudán del Sur Togo Uganda 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

Noticias y actividades:

  • Presupuesto del proyecto:
    250.000 US$
  • Origen:
    Saudi Arabia Funds-in-Trust
  • Fechas de implementación:
    01/07/2023 - 01/07/2024

Plan de Acción para la salvaguardia y promoción de la tradición oral del Gelede

Países beneficiarios: Benin Nigeria Togo

La ceremonia Gelede en honor de Iyà Nlà, la madre primordial, está dirigida por mujeres, hecho que pone de relieve la importancia que tienen éstas en la vida yoruba. Tras semanas de preparativos, la ceremonia nocturna se abre con cantos y percusiones, que después dan paso a una orquesta y a bailarines enmascarados y vestidos con espléndidos atuendos. La finalidad del p

  • Presupuesto del proyecto:
    194.925 US$
  • Origen:
    Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • Fechas de implementación:
    01/10/2003 - 01/11/2008
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