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:

• 2022-11-23 – Inception Workshop for the project 'Strengthening capacities to safeguard intangible cultural heritage and contribute to sustainable development'
• 2022-10-17 – Intangible Cultural Heritage Community-Based Inventorying: Training and Activities

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 ›››