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

Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the West African Countries

Países beneficiarios: Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leona

Noticias y actividades:

• 2021-06-08 – Awareness Creation Workshops on 'Intangible Cultural Heritage-in-Education' for Anglophone Countries in West Africa

Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the West African Countries

Países beneficiarios: Ghana, Togo

Noticias y actividades:

• 2019-04-19 – Needs assessment for the implementation of the 2003 Convention in Togo
• 2018-12-13 – Validation workshop on needs assessment in Ghana

Mejoramiento de la producción tradicional de perlas en África del Oeste

Países beneficiarios: Ghana, Malí

Resumen:

Beads are widely used in West African cultures; major passages of life, for instance, are marked by the wearing of appropriate beads. In addition to their function in social and cultural expressions, the continuation of beads production is important for economic empowerment and sustainable development. With a view to strengthening traditional beads production, the project included a survey on the ›››