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Southern Africa: Enhanced national capacities and sub-regional cooperation for safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
23 February 2015 Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe,It is time to review and to plan for the next steps! Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe) welcomes a workshop from 24 to 26 February 2015 in order to take ›››
Southern Africa: Towards a sub-regional capacity-building strategy for intangible cultural heritage
6 May 2013 Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe,For the first time, Southern African countries are joining hands to create the professional and institutional environment required for the effective safeguarding of intangible ›››
Botswana takes another step to safeguard its living heritage with the training of community members and government officials
16 April 2012 – Gaborone Botswana,As another step to strengthen its capacity to safeguard its living heritage, community members and representatives from various institutions of Botswana, including university professionals ›››
Project
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
1 December 2013 – 1 March 2015Amount (US$) 250,000.00
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Lesotho , Malawi , Namibia , Swaziland , Zambia , Zimbabwe ,
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
1 February 2011 – 1 April 2013Amount (US$) 399,785.00
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Malawi , Zambia , Zimbabwe ,
A series of pilot projects in community-based intangible heritage inventorying on a grassroots-level in six selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
1 September 2009 – 1 December 2011Amount (US$) 275,000.00
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Lesotho , Malawi , Uganda , Swaziland , Zambia ,