Projects for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
This page presents the projects and programmes aiming at safeguarding intangible cultural heritage implemented in cooperation with UNESCO. They are either the result of the approval by the Committee of financial assistance requests or the implementation of projects designed by UNESCO and financed by its regular budget or by extrabudgetary funds.
Inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Mali with a view to its urgent safeguarding
- Budget (US$): 307,307
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2013
- Dates: 12-2013/ongoing
Benefitting country(ies): Mali
Overview:
News and activities:
- 12-02-2015 – Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa
- 05-09-2014 – Capacity-building workshop on ICH community-based inventorying
- 19-03-2014 – Mali launches an inventory of intangible cultural heritage
- 28-10-2013 – UNESCO approves emergency funds for inventory of Mali’s intangible heritage
Inventory and promotion of intangible cultural heritage in Burkina Faso
- Budget (US$): 262,080
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2012
- Dates: 04-2013/ongoing
Benefitting country(ies): Burkina Faso
Overview:
News and activities:
Safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of Nigeria through an integrated approach
- Budget (US$): 300,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 06-2014/ongoing
Benefitting country(ies): Nigeria
Overview:
News and activities:
Safeguarding and revitalizing the Mongolian traditional epic
- Budget (US$): 107,000
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2012
- Dates: 06-2013/ongoing
Benefitting country(ies): Mongolia
Overview:
Safeguarding the oral traditions and expressions of the Dzao people of Lao Cai and Lai Chau Provinces of Viet Nam
- Budget (US$): 24,350
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2014
- Dates: 07-2015/ongoing
Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam
Overview:
Strengthening the capacities of Suriname and Dutch Caribbean islands for implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Budget (US$): 323,834
- Source: ICH Fund (Netherlands)
- Dates: 04-2014/ongoing
- Progress report (11-2014): English
Benefitting country(ies): Curaçao, Aruba, Suriname, Sint Maarten
Overview:
News and activities:
- 27-07-2015 – Suriname taking important strides towards the safeguarding of its living heritage
- 20-07-2015 – Suriname taking important strides towards the safeguarding of its living heritage
- 22-02-2015 – Joint workshop on community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage
- 19-02-2015 – Dutch Caribbean islands press on with inventorying its living heritage
Strengthening national capacities for effective intangible cultural heritage safeguarding in selected PALOP countries
- Budget (US$): 1,058,905
- Source: ICH Fund (Norway)
- Dates: 01-2012/ongoing
- Progress report (11-2014): English
Benefitting country(ies): Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe
Overview:
News and activities:
- 09-11-2015 – Training workshop on the implementation of the 2003 UNESCO Convention in Angola
- 12-10-2015 – Community members in Cabo Verde taking stock of their intangible cultural heritage
- 23-09-2015 – Training workshop on community-based inventorying
- 03-08-2015 – Learning how Cabo Verde can safeguard its living heritage attracts statewide and regional attention
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Kallawaya communities
- Budget (US$): 150,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 02-2014/ongoing
Benefitting country(ies): Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Overview:
News and activities:
Safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage through strengthening national capacities in Niger
Benefitting country(ies): Niger
Overview:
News and activities:
Safeguarding indigenous vernacular architecture and building knowledge in Vanuatu
- Budget (US$): 23,908
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2015
- Dates: 08-2015/ongoing
Benefitting country(ies): Vanuatu
Overview:
News and activities:
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago through strengthening their capacities for implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Budget (US$): 300,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 06-2012/ongoing
Benefitting country(ies): Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
Overview:
News and activities:
- 10-06-2014 – Review meeting: safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
- 01-10-2013 – Inventorying the living heritage of Belize
- 30-09-2013 – Inventorying of living heritage presses on in Belize
- 04-09-2013 – Jamaica pushes on with the inventory of its living heritage
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through strengthening national capacities in Morocco, Mauritania an Tunisia
- Budget (US$): 573,713
- Source: ICH Fund (Norway)
- Dates: 03-2013/ongoing
- Progress report (11-2014): French
Benefitting country(ies): Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia
Overview:
News and activities:
Inventory, safeguarding and promoting knowledge of how to manufacture and play Togo’s traditional musical instruments (Pilot phase in the Maritime region, south Togo)
- Budget (US$): 24,950
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2015
- Dates: 10-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Togo
News and activities:
Documentation and inventory of intangible cultural heritage in the Republic of the Sudan (a pilot project in Kordufan and Blue Nile regions)
- Budget (US$): 174,480
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2014
- Dates: 10-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Sudan
Overview:
News and activities:
Documenting and inventorying intangible cultural heritage of the pastoralist Samburu community in northern Kenya: a focus on the region of Mount Kulal biosphere reserve
- Budget (US$): 24,038
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2015
- Dates: 10-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya
News and activities:
Safeguarding and promotion of indigenous knowledge associated with the ecological environment of the Black Ha Nhi in Lao Cai Province, Viet Nam
- Budget (US$): 24,631
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2013
- Dates: 11-2013/09-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam
Overview:
Documentation, promotion and dissemination of the Candombe traditional drum calls, expressions of identity of the Sur, Palermo, and Cordón neighbourhoods in the city of Montevideo
- Budget (US$): 186,875
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2012
- Dates: 09-2013/08-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Uruguay
Overview:
Inventory and promotion of the intangible cultural heritage of the Pygmy populations of Gabon
- Budget (US$): 24,560
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2015
- Dates: 05-2015/06-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Gabon
Overview:
News and activities:
Safeguarding and promotion of Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of Busoga Kingdom in Uganda
- Budget (US$): 24,990
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2015
- Dates: 05-2015/06-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Uganda
Overview:
News and activities:
Inventory of the intangible cultural heritage present in Côte d’Ivoire in view of its urgent safeguarding
- Budget (US$): 299,972
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2015
- Dates: 05-2015/06-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Côte d’Ivoire
Overview:
News and activities:
Strengthening the capacities of Myanmar for implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Budget (US$): 240,000
- Source: ICH Fund (Norway)
- Dates: 06-2013/ongoing
- Progress report (11-2014): English
Benefitting country(ies): Myanmar
Overview:
News and activities:
- 14-09-2015 – Training on the use of the mechanisms of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
- 14-09-2015 – Myanmar concludes its capacity-building project
- 05-11-2014 – Myanmar begins to experience inventorying of its intangible cultural heritage
- 27-10-2014 – Workshop on community-based inventorying in Myanmar
Strengthening the capacities of Eritrea for implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Budget (US$): 240,000
- Source: ICH Fund (Norway)
- Dates: 21-03-2014/ongoing
- Progress report (11-2014): English
Benefitting country(ies): Eritrea
Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Budget (US$): 250,000
- Source: Flanders (Belgium)
- Dates: 12-2013/03-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Overview:
Firstly, the project aims to initiate a sub-regional cooperation platform to support these countries in their efforts to safeguard the living heritage present in their territories. ›››
News and activities:
- 23-02-2015 – Southern Africa: Enhanced national capacities and sub-regional cooperation for safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
- 18-03-2014 – Strengthening sub-regional Cooperation and National Capacities in Seven Southern African Countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Inventorying the intangible cultural heritage of four communities in Uganda
- Budget (US$): 216,000
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2012
- Dates: 07-2013/03-2015
Benefitting country(ies): Uganda
Overview:
News and activities:
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti
- Budget (US$): 434,989
- Source: ICH Fund (Norway)
- Dates: 06-2012/12-2014
Benefitting country(ies): Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Overview:
Through the workshops on implementation of the Convention and on inventorying, both the Dominican Republic and especially Cuba have received advice, technical assistance and support on their work on intangible cultural heritage, sustaining projects that contribute to the safeguarding of the intangible cultural expressions. ›››
News and activities:
- 21-04-2014 – Mission in Haiti
- 31-03-2014 – Workshop on community-based inventorying in Dominican Republic
- 11-02-2014 – Training on the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage at the national level in Eastern Cuba
- 07-02-2014 – Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage strengthened in eastern Cuba
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda
- Budget (US$): 126,580
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2009
- Dates: 07-2011/12-2014
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya
Overview:
News and activities:
Inventory of traditional musics in Senegal
- Budget (US$): 80,789
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2012
- Dates: 08-2013/12-2014
Benefitting country(ies): Senegal
Overview:
News and activities:
Improving the capacities of intangible cultural heritage related NGOs in Mongolia
- Budget (US$): 24,900
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2014
- Dates: 11-2014
Benefitting country(ies): Mongolia
Overview:
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Central Asia
- Budget (US$): 395,362
- Source: ICH Fund (Norway)
- Dates: 01-2012/10-2014
- Pre-Final report (11-2014): English
Benefitting country(ies): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
Overview:
News and activities:
- 13-05-2014 – Tajikistan national capacity for the safeguarding of living heritage strengthened
- 11-05-2014 – Community-Based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Tajikistan
- 26-11-2013 – Inventorying of living heritage on the top of Kazakhstan’s agenda
- 22-11-2013 – Inventorying of living heritage on the top of Kazakhstan’s agenda
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage through the Strengthening of National Capacities in Lao PDR
- Budget (US$): 200,000
- Source: Republic of Korea
- Dates: 11-2011/06-2014
Benefitting country(ies): Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Overview:
To that end, the project has started to implement an integrated capacity-building strategy, including a series of well-prepared workshops and activities, tailored to respond to the identified needs of Lao PDR. ›››
News and activities:
- 30-01-2014 – The Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s national capacities reinforced
- 20-01-2014 – Training on the use of the mechanisms of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Lao PDR
- 12-06-2013 – Lao PDR on its way for safeguarding its rich intangible cultural heritage through community-based inventorying
- 11-06-2013 – Lao PDR: workshop on community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage through the Strengthening of National Capacities in Asia and the Pacific
- Budget (US$): 1,020,484
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2011/05-2014
Benefitting country(ies): Bhutan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste
Overview:
News and activities:
- 06-07-2015 – Second round of capacity-building activities launched in Asia and the Pacific
- 07-03-2014 – Sri Lanka and Bhutan better equipped to use the international mechanisms of the Intangible Heritage Convention
- 04-03-2014 – Elaboration of nomination files to the ICH Lists in Bhutan
- 11-02-2014 – Elaboration of Nomination Files to the ICH List in Sri Lanka
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Central America
- Budget (US$): 230,770
- Source: ICH Fund (Spain)
- Dates: 08-2012/03-2014
- Final report: English
Benefitting country(ies): El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
News and activities:
- 07-04-2014 – Increasing involvement of communities in inventorying intangible cultural heritage in Latin America
- 25-02-2014 – Workshop on community-based inventorying in Guatemala
- 29-07-2013 – Training on the use of the mechanisms of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Central America
- 17-06-2013 – Training on inventorying intangible cultural heritage in El Salvador with the participation of the community of Conchagua
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
- Budget (US$): 200,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 06-2012/02-2014
Benefitting country(ies): Argentina
Overview:
Workshops on the implementation of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage were organized at the national level. ›››
News and activities:
- 13-02-2014 – Completion of the capacity-building programme in the Southern Cone
- 15-10-2013 – The Southern Cone concludes its capacity-building programme
- 14-10-2013 – Training on the use of the mechanisms of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
- 27-09-2013 – Intangible cultural heritage inventorying sees results in Argentina
Capacity building in designing, implementing and evaluating intangible cultural heritage projects in Viet Nam
- Budget (US$): 25,000
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2012
- Dates: 10-2012/11-2013
Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam
Overview:
Establishing the national inventory of the intangible cultural heritage of Belarus
- Budget (US$): 133,600
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2010
- Dates: 12-2011/10-2013
Benefitting country(ies): Belarus
Overview:
Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage for the Promotion of Cultural Identity and Community Resilience in Timor-Leste
- Budget (US$): 177,500
- Source: Emergency Fund
- Dates: 05-2013/09-2013
Benefitting country(ies): Timor-Leste
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Budget (US$): 399,785
- Source: Flanders (Belgium)
- Dates: 02-2011/04-2013
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
News and activities:
- 03-09-2012 – Capacity building review meeting in Harare on elaborating policy and legal framework for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
- 11-06-2012 – Capacity building workshop on preparing nominations to the lists of the 2003 Convention
- 16-04-2012 – Botswana takes another step to safeguard its living heritage with the training of community members and government officials
- 26-03-2012 – Zambia hosts workshop to strengthen capacity to safeguard its living heritage
Safeguarding traditional foodways of two communities in Kenya
- Budget (US$): 68,930
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 09-2009/03-2013
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya
Overview:
Development of an inventory of intangible heritage of Malawi
- Budget (US$): 24,947
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2012
- Dates: 09-2012/03-2013
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi
Overview:
News and activities:
MedLiHer - Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Partner Countries
- Budget (US$): 1,426,317
- Source: European Union; UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates: 01-2009/01-2013
Benefitting country(ies): Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon
Overview:
News and activities:
- 17-12-2012 – Save the dates: MedLiHer final evaluation meeting in Paris on 17 and 18 December 2012
- 13-11-2012 – MEDLIHER: four years of cooperation for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in the Mediterranean
- 07-10-2012 – Another step in the safeguarding of Jordan’s living heritage: understanding the nominations’ process
- 14-09-2012 – A film and an exhibition to celebrate the Mediterranean intangible cultural heritage
Digital preservation of folklore and traditional music archives (Phase I)
- Budget (US$): 12,167
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2009
- Dates: 08-2012/12-2012
Benefitting country(ies): Sudan
Overview:
News and activities:
Inventory of Albanian folk iso-polyphony
- Budget (US$): 24,500
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2010
- Dates: 03-2011/03-2012
Benefitting country(ies): Albania
Overview:
A series of pilot projects in community-based intangible heritage inventorying on a grassroots-level in six selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Budget (US$): 275,000
- Source: Flanders (Belgium)
- Dates: 09-2009/12-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, Swaziland, Zambia
Overview:
- Phase I dealt with the selection of six pilot communities (one in each country) in a demand-driven manner;
- Phase II was the initial capacity-building training workshops that took place in all six abovementioned countries;
- Phase III included several months of fieldwork involving the selected communities and cultural officers to inventory ICH; and
- Phase IV was follow-up sessions that were organized to evaluate the quality of exercises and improve methodologies. ›››
Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Seychelles
- Budget (US$): 9,863
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2009
- Dates: 12-2009/12-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Seychelles
Overview:
Manyanga Misumo protocol
- Budget (US$): 12,000
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2010
- Dates: 04-2011/10-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe
Overview:
General inventory of the intangible cultural heritage
- Budget (US$): 24,770
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2009
- Dates: 03-2010/09-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Togo
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Cimboa
- Budget (US$): 40,000
- Source: Estonia
- Dates: 03-2008/08-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Cabo Verde
Overview:
Safeguarding cultural heritage aspects of Njelele
- Budget (US$): 25,000
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2010
- Dates: 04-2011/07-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe
Overview:
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage: developing nominations for the Urgent Safeguarding List in Southern Africa
- Budget (US$): 65,000
- Source: Cyprus
- Dates: 10-2010/06-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Lesotho, Namibia
Overview:
La réalisation des mesures de sauvegarde proposées du Sanké-Mon, le rite de pêche collective dans le Sanké
- Budget (US$): 24,000
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2009
- Dates: 02-2010/06-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Mali
Overview:
Sub-regional capacity-building workshops in Central America and South America on safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Budget (US$): 200,000
- Source: Italy
- Dates: 09-2008/05-2011
Benefitting country(ies): El Salvador, Panama, Peru
Overview:
The projects included the organization of a series of sub-regional workshops, one in South America (Peru) and three in Central America (Panama and El Salvador), to reinforce institutional capacities to implement the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. ›››
An inventory of elements of intangible heritage pertaining to the indenture experience in the Republic of Mauritius
- Budget (US$): 33,007
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2009
- Dates: 01-2010/03-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Mauritius
Overview:
Documentation and inventory of intangible cultural heritage in the Republic of Mauritius
- Budget (US$): 52,461
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2009
- Dates: 01-2010/02-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Mauritius
Overview:
The elaboration of the “Inventories of the Representative list and list in need of urgent safeguarding of Intagible Heritage in Mongolia”
- Budget (US$): 24,000
- Source: ICH Fund, granted in 2009
- Dates: 10-2009/02-2011
Benefitting country(ies): Mongolia
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Baul Songs
- Budget (US$): 67,800
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 12-2008/10-2010
Benefitting country(ies): Bangladesh
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Ifa Divination system
- Budget (US$): 86,592
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 10-2006/04-2010
Benefitting country(ies): Nigeria
Overview:
This project aims at ensuring the intergenerational and peer transmission of Ifa through formalizing the transfer of knowledge of Ifa priests through the creation of a school. ›››
Safeguarding Albanian Folk-Iso-polyphony
- Budget (US$): 91,033
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 12-2006/03-2010
Benefitting country(ies): Albania
Overview:
This project contributes to the safeguarding of Albanian iso-polyphony, focusing especially on its transmission of to the younger generation. ›››
Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Revitalization of the Cultural Space of the Holy Spirit Brotherhood of the Villa Mella’s Congos
- Budget (US$): 171,308
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 01-2003/12-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Dominican Republic
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Makishi Masquerade in Zambia
- Budget (US$): 90,592
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 10-2006/12-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Zambia
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Gulu Wamkulu, the Great Dance of the Chewa People
- Budget (US$): 129,374
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2006/12-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
Overview:
This multinational project, coordinated by the Malawian National Commission for UNESCO, includes, among others, the following safeguarding activities:
- capacity building among master practitioners (training of trainers) and training workshops for young initiates through exchange programmes and the distribution of educational materials;
- awareness raising effort through inter-village, national and multinational festivals and joint radio and TV programmes;
- support to Malawian, Zambian and Mozambican staff for research, documentation and the creation of an inventory on Gule Wamkulu, collating resources of all three countries;
- encouragement of legal protection of intangible cultural heritage. ›››
Safeguarding the Chopi Timbila tradition in Mozambique
- Budget (US$): 56,500
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2006/12-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Mozambique
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Vimbuza Healing Dance
- Budget (US$): 90,834
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2006/12-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi
Overview:
National Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Mugam of Azerbaijan
- Budget (US$): 123,283
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 01-2006/12-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Azerbaijan
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Sacred Songs of the Voodoo Cult of the lakou Dereal of the Community of Bizoton
- Budget (US$): 40,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 05-2008/12-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Haiti
Overview:
Objectives:
- Identification and documentation of the sacred songs of the vodou cult of the Dereal lakou
- Raise awareness among the members of the community of Bizoton of the value of their rich heritage *Promotion of the sacred songs of the vodou cult of the Dereal lakou
Activities:
- Workshops on the methodology used for the creation of an inventory with the participation of the tradition bearers and the youngsters of the Bizoton Community
- Elaboration of an inventory of the sacred songs of the vodou cult of the Dereal lakou
- Production and dissemination of a CD
Safeguarding of the Art of the Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers
- Budget (US$): 148,493
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 02-2005/10-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Kyrgyzstan
Overview:
Action plan for the Safeguarding of the Ahellil of Gourara
- Budget (US$): 90,400
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 12-2006/09-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Algeria
Overview:
The safeguarding action plan aims at/
- ensuring the viability of the Ahellil of Gourara through activities including the establishment of a “Committee for the Safeguarding of the Ahellil of Gourara” (CSAG) to implement the plan;
- encouraging transmission to younger generations by teaching Ahellil (initiation) in schools and colleges of Gourara;
- organizing training workshops on Ahellil music, poetry and choreography; identifying Ahellil bearers and conducting inventory-making and data collection?
- organizing an annual festival (with Jury and Awards) to promote the Ahellil; and
- creating a website and newsletter on Ahellil, supported by the production of audio and video materials. ›››
Action Plan for the Safeguarding and promotion of the Drametse Ngacham
- Budget (US$): 56,963
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 10-2006/08-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Bhutan
Overview:
Revitalization of bark cloth making in Uganda
- Budget (US$): 91,485
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 10-2006/08-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Uganda
Overview:
The objectives of the safeguarding project are to:
- train craftspersons, especially young artisans, in making bark cloth; establish sustainable practices of using the Mituba trees;
- popularize the making and use of bark cloth; ensure legal protection and income generating activities; and
- promote recognition of and respect for the cultural value of bark cloth. ›››
Safeguarding the Space of Gong Culture in Dak Nong Province
- Budget (US$): 91,869
- Source: Norway
- Dates: 06-2007/07-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Oruro Carnival
- Budget (US$): 150,855
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 04-2005/06-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Overview:
The project aimed at increasing the viability of the Carnival through the reinforcement of existing transmission mechanisms, the introduction of new ones and raising awareness among all concerned parties as to its function and importance. ›››
Strengthening the Transmission of the Traditional Textile Knowledge of Taquile
- Budget (US$): 79,439
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 12-2006/06-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Peru
Overview:
The safeguarding action plan aims at preserving and enhancing the transmission of Taquile textile arts and thus to strengthening their cultural identity. ›››
Safeguarding of the ICH of the Batammariba of Koutammarkou
- Budget (US$): 153,726
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 04-2007/06-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Togo
Overview:
Koutammarkou, a site in the North-East of Togo inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, shelters the Batammariba (“those who work the earth”) whose houses with turrets made of earth, the takyientas (“those who guard”), have become the symbol of Togo. This project aims at ensuring the safeguarding of the rich intangible cultural heritage of the Batammariba. ›››
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Garifuna Language, Music and Dance
- Budget (US$): 226,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 04-2006/06-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Overview:
The safeguarding project focuses mainly in the preservation of the Garifuna language through language revitalization, lexical expansion programs and the promotion of teaching, learning and practicing. ›››
Preparation of the implementation of the 2003 Convention
- Budget (US$): 261,177
- Source: Norway
- Dates: 06-2005/06-2009
Overview:
- Acitity 1 supported the participation of experts from developing countries in meetings on the implementation of the Convention.
- Activity 2 supports the publication and translation of Manuals on the implementation of the 2003 Convention. ›››
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Rabinal Achi Dance Drama
- Budget (US$): 10,000
- Source: UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates: 12-2006/05-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Guatemala
Overview:
Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage and its bearers in Burundi
- Budget (US$): 49,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 06-2008/05-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Burundi
Overview:
This inventory is intended to identify oral traditions and expressions, poetry, performing arts (such as agasimbo, ingoma, intore, etc. ›››
Armenian Duduk Music
- Budget (US$): 91,383
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2006/04-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Armenia
Overview:
The project aims to safeguard traditional duduk music in the difficult modern social, cultural and political context in Armenia. ›››
Safeguarding action plan of Yaaral and Degal
- Budget (US$): 74,470
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2006/04-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Mali
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite
- Budget (US$): 146,962
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2006/04-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Gambia, Senegal
Overview:
This safeguarding project is designed to protect the natural environment in which the Kankurang ritual is practiced, to create meeting spaces or “museums of performance” for communities to practice and share their knowledge, to support an inventory of practices associated with the Kankurang in order to acquire a better knowledge of it, and to sensitize public opinion to its importance. ›››
Safeguarding of Nha nhac, Vietnamese Court Music
- Budget (US$): 154,900
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 01-2005/03-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam
Overview:
The project includes documentation as well as a systematic inventory of all practitioners of Nha nhac. ›››
Action Plan for the Safeguarding, Promotion and Development of the Cultural Space of the Bedu in the regions of Petra and Wadi Rum
- Budget (US$): 0
- Dates: 12-2006/03-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Jordan
Overview:
The principal goal of the project is to safeguard the main features of the lifestyle and oral expressions of the Bedu that have developed in two selected areas of Southern Jordan (Petra and Wadi Rum region) over the course of millennia and that are being lost due to inevitable societal changes. ›››
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of El Güegüense
- Budget (US$): 109,384
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 04-2007/03-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Nicaragua
Overview:
Safeguarding traditional games of the Afar and the Somali people in the Horn of Africa
- Budget (US$): 53,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 12-2006/03-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Djibouti
Overview:
This safeguarding project aims at revitalizing the transmission of the knowledge and skills related to traditional board and ball games in the Horn of Africa. ›››
Safeguarding the Mbende Jerusarema Dance
- Budget (US$): 67,003
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2006/03-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe
Overview:
The safeguarding project aims at strengthening the transmission process by,
- organizing workshops for master practitioners and training teachers,
- providing opportunities for youth to learn the dance and be introduced to its history and meaning. ›››
Safeguarding the Songs of the Moon, traditional Swahili music from Tanzania (Unguja and Pemba) and the Comoros
- Budget (US$): 51,488
- Source: Japan; UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates: 04-2008/03-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Comoros, United Republic of Tanzania
Overview:
Safeguarding traditional Somali performing arts
- Budget (US$): 40,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 04-2008/03-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya, Somalia
Overview:
Action plan for the safeguarding of the Song of Saana
- Budget (US$): 96,513
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2005/01-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Yemen
Overview:
Safeguarding of traditional music in Ethiopia
- Budget (US$): 343,886
- Source: Norway
- Dates: 01-2005/01-2009
Benefitting country(ies): Ethiopia
Overview:
Preservation, Revitalization and Promotion of Jemaa el-Fna Square, Marrakech
- Budget (US$): 152,898
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 03-2004/12-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Morocco
Overview:
Safeguarding of Lakalaka, Sung Speeches with Choreographed Movements
- Budget (US$): 120,338
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 01-2005/12-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Tonga
Overview:
The objectives of the safeguarding project are to:
- Document and record information and knowledge about Lakalaka and its practitioners;
- Enhance knowledge, skills and appreciation of Lakalaka traditions, especially among younger generations;
- Raise awareness among the Tongan population and internationally about the importance of safeguarding Lakalaka. ›››
Action plan for the safeguarding of the Royal Ballet
- Budget (US$): 80,829
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 11-2005/12-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Cambodia
Overview:
Organization of three sub-regional capacity-building workshops for Africa
- Budget (US$): 269,988
- Source: Norway; UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates: 07-2007/12-2008
Overview:
- Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for East and South Africa
- Sub-regional Capacity-Building WorksSub-regional workshop on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for West and Central Africa
- Capacity-Building workshop on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for the African States Parties to the 2003 Convention
National consultation workshop
- Budget (US$): 27,489
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 03-2008/12-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Papua New Guinea
Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Promotion of the Oral Tradition of Gelede
- Budget (US$): 194,925
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 10-2003/11-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Benin, Nigeria, Togo
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Traditional Knowledge, Oral and Graphic Expressions of the Wajapi in Amapa
- Budget (US$): 99,293
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 07-2006/11-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Brazil
Overview:
The safeguarding project aims at supporting the Wajãpi in their efforts to document their skills, experiences and knowledge related to their manifold oral and graphic expressions as they are embodied, most prominently, in the kusiwa graphic system. ›››
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Carnival of Barranquilla
- Budget (US$): 150,008
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 01-2005/10-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Colombia
Overview:
Activities
- Field research to create an inventory and database and to select the expressions of the Carnival to be safeguarded
- Creation of a cultural map of the Colombian Caribbean region
- Support of the formation of the Network of the Carnival of Barranquilla, consisting of institutions involved in the preservation of this heritage. ›››
Safeguarding Palestinian Hikaye
- Budget (US$): 10,000
- Source: UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates: 11-2006/09-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Palestine
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of La Tumba Francesa
- Budget (US$): 122,045
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 06-2005/08-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Cuba
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Revitalization of the Oral Tradition of the Aka Pygmies of the Central African Republic
- Budget (US$): 200,348
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 12-2004/07-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Central African Republic, Congo
Overview:
The project began with field research focused on documentation and anthropological data collection in the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo. ›››
Safeguarding of Vanuatu Sand Drawings
- Budget (US$): 110,401
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 03-2005/07-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Vanuatu
Overview:
The objectives of the safeguarding project are to:
- Raise awareness about the importance of the sand drawings at the community, provincial and national levels ;
- Revitalize the practice of sand drawings in tradition-bearing communities and enhance the conditions for the on-going transmission of the tradition;
- Incorporate the study of sand drawings into school curricula;
- Elaborate a national law for the protection of traditional knowledge and culture so as to safeguard sand drawings and related cultural expressions. ›››
National inventory revival of the traditional ceramics
- Budget (US$): 197,323
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 01-2003/07-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Uzbekistan
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Sosso-Bala
- Budget (US$): 122,546
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 07-2002/06-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Guinea
Overview:
The project includes the study and documentation of customary methods of conservation and transmission of oral expressions and traditional music relating to the Sosso-Bala. ›››
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Woodcrafting Knowledge of the Zafimaniry
- Budget (US$): 160,489
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 12-2004/06-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Madagascar
Overview:
The project will help to raise awareness within the Zafimaniry community about the value of their traditions and improve living standards among them through the creation of income-generating activities. ›››
Action plan for safeguarding the Maroon Heritage of Moore Town
- Budget (US$): 179,960
- Source: Norway
- Dates: 08-2005/06-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Jamaica
Overview:
Safeguarding and Transmission of the Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao
- Budget (US$): 155,430
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 05-2003/04-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Philippines
Overview:
The project aims to collect, document and record the Hudhud as well as integrate it into local school programmes, create schools in order to teach it and ensure its transmission as a living tradition to new generations of practitioners. ›››
Oxherding and Oxcart Traditions in Costa Rica
- Budget (US$): 80,000
- Source: UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates: 10-2006/03-2008
Benefitting country(ies): Costa Rica
Overview:
Implementation of the National Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Wayang Puppet Theatre of Indonesia
- Budget (US$): 149,986
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 01-2005/12-2007
Benefitting country(ies): Indonesia
Overview:
While this project encompasses many activities, such as field research, documentation and a publication on the Wayang, its most important component is an in-depth training programme. ›››
Transmission of traditional Knowledge in Burundian Refugee Camps of Tanzania in view of a sustainable repatriation
- Budget (US$): 0
- Source: UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates: 07-2006/12-2007
Benefitting country(ies): United Republic of Tanzania
Overview:
Safeguarding and Transmission of the Kutiyattam Sanskrit Theatre
- Budget (US$): 151,241
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 01-2004/10-2007
Benefitting country(ies): India
Overview:
- Create a network of Kutiyattam institutions and gurukalam (learning centres)
- Nurture the transmission to future generations
- Develop new audiences for Kutiyattam
- Foster further academic research on Kutiyattam
To address them, the project activities included the organization of:
- A Network of Kutiyattam Associations through joint coordination meetings of Kutiyattam institutions and gurukalam (learning centres), as well as the compilation of a Kutiyattam Register of traditional families and individual practitioners
- Training workshops and art camps for young artists and an increased number of performances, while the wider public was engaged in public performances and festivals
- Workshop for performers to handle palm-leaf manuscripts of Kutiyattam, often in possession of families; re-edition of old palm-leaf manuscripts and production of new plays; and audio-visual recordings and a series of documentary films
- Academic seminars and publications
A major result was that for the first time Kutiyattam performers cooperated in an association to address common issues and exchange practices, which in the past was kept privately in the last three custodian families. ›››
Safeguarding Shashmaqom, the Classical Music of Central Asia
- Budget (US$): 218,455
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 01-2005/10-2007
Benefitting country(ies): Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
Overview:
Bi-national Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Revitalization of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of the Zápara Community
- Budget (US$): 203,956
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 12-2005/09-2007
Benefitting country(ies): Ecuador, Peru
Overview:
The project aimed at facilitaing the revival of the Zápara language and to encourage binational encounters in the hope of strengthening the organization of the Zápara community in Ecuador and Peru. ›››
Implementation of the National Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Traditional Morin Khuur Music of Mongolia
- Budget (US$): 150,000
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 09-2004/09-2007
Benefitting country(ies): Mongolia
Overview:
Intensive field research was undertaken to obtain updated information on diverse forms of Morin Khuur and its master players. ›››
Traditional Money Banks in Vanuatu
- Budget (US$): 159,305
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 07-2004/06-2007
Benefitting country(ies): Vanuatu
Overview:
Enhancing Women’s Role as Custodians and Artisans of Egyptian Handicrafts
- Budget (US$): 253,177
- Source: Italy
- Dates: 01-2005/05-2006
Benefitting country(ies): Egypt
Overview:
Safeguarding and Promotion of Georgian Traditional Polyphony
- Budget (US$): 166,178
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 07-2003/02-2006
Benefitting country(ies): Georgia
Overview:
The project enabled not only the promotion of research and documentation on traditional polyphony, but also its transmission to younger generations. ›››
Public awareness campaign in Colombia on the importance of safeguarding the intangible heritage (pilot project)
- Budget (US$): 136,860
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 07-2003/12-2005
Benefitting country(ies): Colombia
Overview:
Establishment of Inventory and Preparation of a Ten-Year Master Plan for Safeguarding the Traditional Culture and Folklore of the Boysun District
- Budget (US$): 148,671
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 05-2003/06-2005
Benefitting country(ies): Uzbekistan
Overview:
The project action plan included training tradition bearers, teachers and students to undertake field research, involving audio-visual documentation, ethnomusicological methodology and practices, as well as the establishment and maintenance of an electronic inventory of the performing arts, popular traditions and handicrafts of the Boysun district. ›››
The Safeguarding and Revitalization of Lithuanian Cross Crafting and Its Symbolism: Phase I of the Action Plan
- Budget (US$): 45,834
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 04-2003/05-2005
Benefitting country(ies): Lithuania
Overview:
Under this project, both cross crafting practitioners and data collectors were trained with the help of experts from the Lithuanian Folk Culture Centre. ›››
Improved Traditional Bead Production and Marketing in West Africa
- Budget (US$): 245,341
- Source: Italy
- Dates: 02-2002/01-2005
Benefitting country(ies): Ghana, Mali
Overview:
With a view to strengthening traditional beads production, the project included a survey on the production of traditional beads in Ghana and Mali and on their marketing. ›››
Promotion and documentation of women’s intangible cultural heritage in Mauritania
- Budget (US$): 0
- Source: UNESCO - Regular budget
- Dates: 2004/2005
Benefitting country(ies): Mauritania
Overview:
Revitalisation of Traditional Masquerade Performing Arts and Costume Making
- Budget (US$): 251,799
- Source: Italy
- Dates: 05-2002/08-2004
Benefitting country(ies): Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Overview:
Safeguarding, Revitalization and Promotion of the Kunqu Opera
- Budget (US$): 49,974
- Source: Japan
- Dates: 05-2002/12-2002
Benefitting country(ies): China
Overview:
This project funded the annual National Kunqu Festival in Suzhou, China, where twenty-one prizes were awarded to performers from Kunqu opera schools across the country. ›››
Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in eight countries in Africa and the Arab Region: assessing needs and developing project proposals
- Budget (US$): 259,419
- Source: United Arab Emirates
- Dates: 05-2014/ongoing
Benefitting country(ies): Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Madagascar, Palestine, Sudan, Yemen, South Sudan
Overview:
News and activities:
- 04-05-2015 – Progress in implementing an eight-country capacity-building project in the Arab States and Africa
- 03-04-2015 – ADTCA needs assessment in Sudan
- 09-03-2015 – Planning for national capacity building strategies in eight countries in Africa and the Arab Region: South Sudan needs assessment completed