Proyecto

Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and contributing to sustainable development in Kenya

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

In the context of the 2003 Convention’s global capacity-building programme, this project aims at strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and contributing to sustainable development in Kenya. The project will deliver training activities to strengthen the capacities of national stakeholders in the following areas: knowledge of the 2003 Convention, its key concepts and approaches; methodologies for community-based inventorying for safeguarding i

  • Presupuesto del proyecto:
    75.938 US$
  • Origen:
    Netherlands earmarked contribution to the Fund
  • Fechas de implementación:
    01/07/2022 - 01/06/2025
  • Documentos:
    Progress report: inglés

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

Strengthening capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Eastern Africa

Países beneficiarios: Eritrea Etiopía Kenya Seychelles Somalia Sudán del Sur Uganda

This activity aims to strengthen national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Eastern Africa by supporting States Parties with capacity building for carrying-out community based inventories of ICH. It will also aim to secure ratification by Somalia, the last Member State in the region left to ratify the 2003 Convention. For countries developing culture policies, efforts will be made to

Noticias y actividades:

  • Presupuesto del proyecto:
    59.571 US$
  • Origen:
    UNESCO - Presupuesto regular
  • Fechas de implementación:
    27/05/2026 - 27/05/2026

Salvaguardia de Enkipaata, Eunoto y Olng’esherr, tres ritos de paso a la edad adulta del pueblo masai

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Enkipaata, Eunoto y Olng’esherr son tres ritos masculinos del pueblo masai que constituyen otras tantas etapas del proceso de formación de los jóvenes en su propio grupo de edad, con vistas a prepararlos para la vida adulta. Denominado “moranismo”, ese proceso implica la transmisión de un conjunto de conocimientos autóctonos del pueblo masai que comprenden rituales, leyendas, tradiciones y aptitudes prácticas

Noticias y actividades:

  • Asistencia financiera:
    144.430 US$ otorgado en 2016
  • Fechas de implementación:
    17/02/2017 - 12/02/2020

Promotion of traditional pottery making practices in Eastern Kenya

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

The proposed project, which is designed in line with the 2006 National Heritage Act of Kenya, aims to safeguard and revitalize traditional pottery making practices of the Mbeere, Tharaka and Tigania communities in Eastern Kenya. Transmitted by females within families, the technique involves creating clay pots of various sizes and shapes depending on the function and style of the community concerned

Noticias y actividades:

  • Asistencia financiera:
    23.388 US$ otorgado en 2016
  • Fechas de implementación:
    14/09/2016 - 11/12/2017
  • Documentos:
    Formulario de solicitud ICH-04: inglés|francés
    Budget and timetable: inglés|francés
    Progress report: inglés
    Final report: inglés

Documenting and inventorying intangible cultural heritage of the pastoralist Samburu community in northern Kenya: a focus on the region of Mount Kulal biosphere reserve

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

The proposed project, which is designed in line with the 2006 National Heritage Act of Kenya, aims to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage of the semi-nomadic pastoralist Samburu community living within the Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve (designated in 1979 through UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere programme) in northern Kenya. Due to external political, economic and cultural influences as well as environmental degradation, the v

Noticias y actividades:

  • Asistencia financiera:
    24.038 US$ otorgado en 2015
  • Fechas de implementación:
    04/12/2015 - 31/05/2016
  • Documentos:
    Formulario de solicitud ICH-04: inglés|francés
    Budget and timetable: inglés|francés
    Final report: inglés

Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Aiming to empower the Mijikenda people to ensure the viability and transmission of the traditions and practices associated to the sacred Kaya forests of coastal Kenya, the project is managed by the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts (former Ministry of State for National Heritage and Culture) in cooperation with the National Museums of

Noticias y actividades:

  • Asistencia financiera:
    126.580 US$ otorgado en 2009
  • Fechas de implementación:
    01/07/2011 - 19/12/2014

Safeguarding traditional foodways of two communities in Kenya

Países beneficiarios: Kenya

Traditional foodways involve practices transmitted within a community concerning the preparation and consumption of food, including the provision of ingredients and the roles of all people involved. Traditional foodways, both those related to everyday life as well as those associated with special occasions (such as rituals, social practices and festive events) constitute an important part of the intangible heritage of

  • Presupuesto del proyecto:
    68.930 US$
  • Origen:
    Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • Fechas de implementación:
    01/09/2009 - 01/03/2013

Salvaguardia de los artes del espectáculo tradicionales de Somalia

Países beneficiarios: Kenya Somalia

Before the civil war Somalia enjoyed a vibrant cultural life, in which traditional performing arts played a major role. Aware of the role that cultural practices may play in fostering social cohesion and in reconciliation processes in future post-conflict Somalia, the project aims to identify traditional performing arts practices of Somali people with a view to safeguarding this heritage, highlight

  • Presupuesto del proyecto:
    40.000 US$
  • Origen:
    Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • Fechas de implementación:
    01/04/2008 - 01/03/2009
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