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 Ecuatorial, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malí, Mauricio, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Níger (el), 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

Resumen:

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:

• 2024-04-22 – Milestone achieved as Africa participates in its first regional cycle of periodic reporting

Updating of the 2009 inventory of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in Burundi with the participation of the communities

Países beneficiarios: Burundi

Resumen:

Entrusted mainly to the General Directorate of Culture and Arts, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research through the Burundi National Commission for UNESCO, this project is aimed at updating the 2009 inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Burundi, with the participation of the communities concerned. Stemming from the expressed wishes of the communities concerned, the ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2020-10-08 – Cerca de US$500,000 destinados a financiar actividades de salvaguardia en Antigua y Barbuda, Burundi, Egipto, Sudán del Sur y Uruguay

Safeguarding and promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage in Central Africa

Países beneficiarios: Angola, Burundi, Camerún, Congo, Gabón, República Centroafricana, República Democrática del Congo

Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Central Africa

Países beneficiarios: Burundi, Camerún, Chad, Congo, Gabón, República Centroafricana

Noticias y actividades:

• 2019-10-29 – Capacity-building workshop to raise awareness on the 2003 Convention and the elaboration of inventories
• 2018-07-01 – Training on the 2003 Convention and ICH inventory with the participation of communities

Inventario del patrimonio cultural inmaterial y de sus portadores en Burundi

Países beneficiarios: Burundi

Resumen:

The preparation of the inventory of the intangible cultural heritage of Burundi is enshrined in the framework of the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) adopted in 2003 by the UNESCO Member States. This inventory is intended to identify oral traditions and expressions, poetry, performing arts (such as agasimbo, ingoma, intore, etc.), social practices ›››