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

Países beneficiarios: Gambia, Ghana

Resumen:

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 ›››

Noticias y actividades:

• 2024-07-25 – Ghana engages holistic approach to strengthen living heritage safeguarding
• 2022-11-23 – Inception Workshop for the project 'Strengthening capacities to safeguard intangible cultural heritage and contribute to sustainable development'

Building capacities on intangible cultural heritage inventorying, safeguarding and awareness raising activities in The Gambia

Países beneficiarios: Gambia

Resumen:

To be implemented by the National Centre for Art and Culture, this two-year project aims to build the capacities of communities and practitioners and to promote the safeguarding and transmission of The Gambia’s intangible cultural heritage. The project has a particular focus on the safeguarding of the Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite, an element inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of t ›››

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

Strengthening the capacities of States Parties for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Western Africa (Sahel)

Países beneficiarios: Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Malí, Níger (el), 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

Países beneficiarios: Gambia

Resumen:

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 ›››

Plan de acción para la salvaguardia del rito de iniciación mandinga Kankurang

Países beneficiarios: Gambia, Senegal

Resumen:

El Kankurang, espíritu protector encarnado en un hombre con máscara y disfraz, es el eje de un sistema ritual que integra canciones, tradiciones y ritos de iniciación de los hombres jóvenes. El ritual asegura la enseñanza y transmisión del complejo sistema de prácticas y conocimientos que fundamenta la identidad cultural mandinga. Este proyecto de salvaguardia se ha concebido para proteger el ent ›››