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
Benefitting country(ies): Mali
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-02-12 – Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa
- 2014-09-05 – Capacity-building workshop on ICH community-based inventorying
Inventory and promotion of intangible cultural heritage in Burkina Faso
Benefitting country(ies): Burkina Faso
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-02-12 – Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa
- 2013-05-13 – UNESCO supports Burkina Faso for the safeguarding of its intangible heritage
Safeguarding and revitalizing the Mongolian traditional epic
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
Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam
Overview:
Safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of Nigeria through an integrated approach
- Project budget: $ 300,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553NRI4001)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2014 - 01/06/2016
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Nigeria
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-05-14 – Workshop on strengthening the policy and legal framework for the safeguarding of ICH in Nigeria.
- 2015-01-23 – Nigeria: Towards safeguarding of intangible heritage
Strengthening the capacities of Suriname and Dutch Caribbean islands for implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Project budget: $ 323,834.00
- Source:
- Netherlands earmarked contribution to the Fund (199GLO4000.10)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/04/2014 - 01/05/2016
Progress report (11-2014): English
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Curaçao, Aruba, Suriname, Sint Maarten
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-07-27 – Suriname taking important strides towards the safeguarding of its living heritage
- 2015-07-20 – Suriname taking important strides towards the safeguarding of its living heritage
Strengthening national capacities for effective intangible cultural heritage safeguarding in selected PALOP countries
- Project budget: $ 1,058,905.00
- Source:
- Norway earmarked contribution to the Fund (199GLO4000.1)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2012 - 01/02/2016
Progress report (11-2014): English
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2016-02-08 – Workshop on Community-based inventory
- 2015-11-23 – Final workshop in Sao Tomé and Principe: community-based inventories for a national safeguarding strategy of cultural intangible heritage
Safeguarding indigenous vernacular architecture and building knowledge in Vanuatu
Benefitting country(ies): Vanuatu
Overview:
News and activities:
Safeguarding of Nkhonde, Tumbuka and Chewa proverbs and folktales
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi
Overview:
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Kallawaya communities
- Project budget: $ 150,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553BOL4001)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/02/2014 - 01/12/2015
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-10-17 – Transmission workshop from elderly to younger Kallawayas
- 2015-09-21 – Safeguarding living heritage of Kallawaya communities in Bolivia
Safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage through strengthening national capacities in Niger
Benefitting country(ies): Niger
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-04-20 – Niger strengthens its capacities for inventories of intangible heritage
- 2014-11-10 – Training Workshop on the the implementation of the 2003 Convention
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
- Project budget: $ 300,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RLA4003)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2012 - 01/11/2015
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2014-06-10 – Review meeting: safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
- 2013-10-01 – Inventorying the living heritage of Belize
Inventory, safeguarding and promoting knowledge of how to manufacture and play Togo's traditional musical instruments (Pilot phase in the Maritime region, south Togo)
Benefitting country(ies): Togo
News and activities:
- 2015-10-19 – The Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund supports various safeguarding measures in Africa!
Documentation and inventory of intangible cultural heritage in the Republic of the Sudan (a pilot project in Kordufan and Blue Nile regions)
Benefitting country(ies): Sudan
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-10-19 – The Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund supports various safeguarding measures in Africa!
Documenting and inventorying intangible cultural heritage of the pastoralist Samburu community in northern Kenya: a focus on the region of Mount Kulal biosphere reserve
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya
News and activities:
- 2015-10-19 – The Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund supports various safeguarding measures in Africa!
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through strengthening national capacities in Morocco, Mauritania an Tunisia
Benefitting country(ies): Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-11-09 – Tunisia masters the Convention’s safeguarding mechanisms
- 2015-11-02 – Training workshop on the preparation of nomination files for the Convention's lists and of requests for international assistance.
Safeguarding and promotion of indigenous knowledge associated with the ecological environment of the Black Ha Nhi in Lao Cai Province, Viet Nam
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
Benefitting country(ies): Uruguay
Overview:
Inventory and promotion of the intangible cultural heritage of the Pygmy populations of Gabon
Benefitting country(ies): Gabon
Overview:
News and activities:
Safeguarding and promotion of Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of Busoga Kingdom in Uganda
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
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
- Project budget: $ 240,000.00
- Source:
- Norway earmarked contribution to the Fund (199GLO4000.7)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2013 - 01/05/2015
Progress report (11-2014): English
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Myanmar
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-09-14 – Training on the use of the mechanisms of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
- 2015-09-14 – Myanmar concludes its capacity-building project
Inventorying the intangible cultural heritage of four communities in Uganda
Benefitting country(ies): Uganda
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-02-12 – Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa
- 2013-07-02 – Four communities in Uganda commence inventory making of their intangible cultural heritage
Strengthening the capacities of Eritrea for implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Project budget: $ 240,000.00
- Source:
- Norway earmarked contribution to the Fund (199GLO4000.8)
- Dates of implementation:
- 21/03/2014 - 20/03/2015
Progress report (11-2014): English
- Source:
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
- Project budget: $ 250,000.00
- Source:
- Flanders Funds-in-Trust (513RAF4005)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2013 - 01/03/2015
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-02-23 – Southern Africa: Enhanced national capacities and sub-regional cooperation for safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
- 2014-03-18 – Strengthening sub-regional Cooperation and National Capacities in Seven Southern African Countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-02-12 – Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa
Inventory of traditional musics in Senegal
Benefitting country(ies): Senegal
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-03-16 – Senegal improves the safeguarding of traditional music thanks to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
- 2015-02-12 – Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti
- Project budget: $ 434,989.00
- Source:
- Norway earmarked contribution to the Fund (199GLO4000.2)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2012 - 01/12/2014
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2014-04-21 – Mission in Haiti
- 2014-03-31 – Workshop on community-based inventorying in Dominican Republic
Improving the capacities of intangible cultural heritage related NGOs in Mongolia
Benefitting country(ies): Mongolia
Overview:
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Central Asia
- Project budget: $ 395,362.00
- Source:
- Norway earmarked contribution to the Fund (199GLO4000.3)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2012 - 01/10/2014
Final report (11-2015): English
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2014-05-13 – Tajikistan national capacity for the safeguarding of living heritage strengthened
- 2014-05-11 – Community-Based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Tajikistan
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage through the Strengthening of National Capacities in Lao PDR
- Project budget: $ 200,000.00
- Source:
- Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust (526RAS4007)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2011 - 01/06/2014
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Lao People's Democratic Republic
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2014-01-30 – The Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s national capacities reinforced
- 2014-01-20 – Training on the use of the mechanisms of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Lao PDR
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage through the Strengthening of National Capacities in Asia and the Pacific
- Project budget: $ 1,020,484.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RAS4005)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2011 - 01/05/2014
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Bhutan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-07-06 – Second round of capacity-building activities launched in Asia and the Pacific
- 2014-03-07 – Sri Lanka and Bhutan better equipped to use the international mechanisms of the Intangible Heritage Convention
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Central America
- Project budget: $ 230,770.00
- Source:
- Spain earmarked contribution to the Fund (199GLO4000.4)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/08/2012 - 01/03/2014
Final report: English
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
News and activities:
- 2014-04-07 – Increasing involvement of communities in inventorying intangible cultural heritage in Latin America
- 2014-02-25 – Workshop on community-based inventorying in Guatemala
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
- Project budget: $ 200,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RLA4002)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2012 - 01/02/2014
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Argentina
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2014-02-13 – Completion of the capacity-building programme in the Southern Cone
- 2013-10-15 – The Southern Cone concludes its capacity-building programme
Capacity building in designing, implementing and evaluating intangible cultural heritage projects in Viet Nam
Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam
Overview:
Establishing the national inventory of the intangible cultural heritage of Belarus
Benefitting country(ies): Belarus
Overview:
Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage for the Promotion of Cultural Identity and Community Resilience in Timor-Leste
- Project budget: $ 177,500.00
- Source:
- Emergency Fund (494GLO4000.3.5)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/05/2013 - 01/09/2013
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Timor-Leste
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Project budget: $ 399,785.00
- Source:
- Flanders Funds-in-Trust (513RAF4003)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/02/2011 - 01/04/2013
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
News and activities:
- 2012-09-03 – Capacity building review meeting in Harare on elaborating policy and legal framework for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
- 2012-06-11 – Capacity building workshop on preparing nominations to the lists of the 2003 Convention
Development of an inventory of intangible heritage of Malawi
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi
Overview:
News and activities:
Safeguarding traditional foodways of two communities in Kenya
- Project budget: $ 68,930.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553KEN4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/09/2009 - 01/03/2013
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya
Overview:
MedLiHer - Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Partner Countries
- Project budget: $ 1,426,317.00
- Source:
- European Union (549INT4000)
- UNESCO - Regular budget (5412240088ITH)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2009 - 01/01/2013
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2012-12-17 – Save the dates: MedLiHer final evaluation meeting in Paris on 17 and 18 December 2012
- 2012-11-13 – MEDLIHER: four years of cooperation for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in the Mediterranean
Digital preservation of folklore and traditional music archives (Phase I)
- Financial assistance: $ 12,167.00
- granted in 2009
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/08/2012 - 15/12/2012
Benefitting country(ies): Sudan
Overview:
News and activities:
Inventory of Albanian folk iso-polyphony
- Financial assistance: $ 24,500.00
- granted in 2010
- Dates of implementation:
- 24/03/2011 - 23/03/2012
Request form ICH-04: soon available
Benefitting country(ies): Albania
Overview:
Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Seychelles
- Financial assistance: $ 9,862.61
- granted in 2009
- Dates of implementation:
- 15/12/2009 - 31/12/2011
Benefitting country(ies): Seychelles
Overview:
A series of pilot projects in community-based intangible heritage inventorying on a grassroots-level in six selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Project budget: $ 275,000.00
- Source:
- Flanders Funds-in-Trust (513RAF4002)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/09/2009 - 01/12/2011
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, Swaziland, Zambia
Overview:
General inventory of the intangible cultural heritage
- Financial assistance: $ 24,770.00
- granted in 2009
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/03/2010 - 30/09/2011
Benefitting country(ies): Togo
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Cimboa
- Project budget: $ 40,000.00
- Source:
- (553CVI4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/03/2008 - 01/08/2011
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Cabo Verde
Overview:
La réalisation des mesures de sauvegarde proposées du Sanké-Mon, le rite de pêche collective dans le Sanké
Benefitting country(ies): Mali
Overview:
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage: developing nominations for the Urgent Safeguarding List in Southern Africa
- Project budget: $ 65,000.00
- Source:
- Cyprus Funds-in-Trust (587RAF4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/10/2010 - 01/06/2011
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Lesotho, Namibia
Overview:
Sub-regional capacity-building workshops in Central America and South America on safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Project budget: $ 200,000.00
- Source:
- Italy Funds-in-Trust (534RLA4001)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/09/2008 - 01/05/2011
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): El Salvador, Panama, Peru
Overview:
An inventory of elements of intangible heritage pertaining to the indenture experience in the Republic of Mauritius
- Financial assistance: $ 33,007.00
- granted in 2009
- Dates of implementation:
- 31/01/2010 - 31/03/2011
Benefitting country(ies): Mauritius
Overview:
Documentation and inventory of intangible cultural heritage in the Republic of Mauritius
- Financial assistance: $ 52,461.00
- granted in 2009
- Dates of implementation:
- 31/01/2010 - 28/02/2011
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"
Benefitting country(ies): Mongolia
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Baul Songs
- Project budget: $ 67,800.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553BGD4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2008 - 01/10/2010
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Bangladesh
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Ifa Divination system
- Project budget: $ 86,592.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553NIR4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/10/2006 - 01/04/2010
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Nigeria
Overview:
Safeguarding Albanian Folk-Iso-polyphony
- Project budget: $ 91,033.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553ALB4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2006 - 01/03/2010
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Albania
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Revitalization of the Cultural Space of the Holy Spirit Brotherhood of the Villa Mella’s Congos
- Project budget: $ 171,308.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553DOM4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2003 - 01/12/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Dominican Republic
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Makishi Masquerade in Zambia
- Project budget: $ 90,592.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553ZAM4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/10/2006 - 01/12/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Zambia
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Gulu Wamkulu, the Great Dance of the Chewa People
- Project budget: $ 129,374.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RAF4002)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2006 - 01/12/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
Overview:
Safeguarding the Chopi Timbila tradition in Mozambique
- Project budget: $ 56,500.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553MOZ4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2006 - 01/12/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Mozambique
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Vimbuza Healing Dance
- Project budget: $ 90,834.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553MLW4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2006 - 01/12/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi
Overview:
National Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Mugam of Azerbaijan
- Project budget: $ 123,283.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553AZE4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2006 - 01/12/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Azerbaijan
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Sacred Songs of the Voodoo Cult of the lakou Dereal of the Community of Bizoton
- Project budget: $ 40,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553HAI4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/05/2008 - 01/12/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Haiti
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Art of the Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers
- Project budget: $ 148,493.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553KYR4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/02/2005 - 01/10/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Kyrgyzstan
Overview:
Action plan for the Safeguarding of the Ahellil of Gourara
- Project budget: $ 90,400.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553ALG4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2006 - 01/09/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Algeria
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding and promotion of the Drametse Ngacham
- Project budget: $ 56,963.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553BHU4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/10/2006 - 01/08/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Bhutan
Overview:
Revitalization of bark cloth making in Uganda
- Project budget: $ 91,485.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553UGA4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/10/2006 - 01/08/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Uganda
Overview:
Safeguarding the Space of Gong Culture in Dak Nong Province
- Project budget: $ 91,869.00
- Source:
- Norway Funds-in-Trust ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2007 - 01/07/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Oruro Carnival
- Project budget: $ 150,855.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553BOL4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/04/2005 - 01/06/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Overview:
Strengthening the Transmission of the Traditional Textile Knowledge of Taquile
- Project budget: $ 79,439.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553PER4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2006 - 01/06/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Peru
Overview:
Safeguarding of the ICH of the Batammariba of Koutammarkou
- Project budget: $ 153,726.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553TOG4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/04/2007 - 01/06/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Togo
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Garifuna Language, Music and Dance
- Project budget: $ 226,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RLA4001)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/04/2006 - 01/06/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Overview:
Preparation of the implementation of the 2003 Convention
- Project budget: $ 261,177.00
- Source:
- Norway Funds-in-Trust (504GLO4001)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2005 - 01/06/2009
- Source:
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Rabinal Achi Dance Drama
- Project budget: $ 10,000.00
- Source:
- UNESCO - Regular budget ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2006 - 01/05/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Guatemala
Overview:
Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage and its bearers in Burundi
- Project budget: $ 49,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553BDI4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2008 - 01/05/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Burundi
Overview:
Armenian Duduk Music
- Project budget: $ 91,383.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553ARM4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2006 - 01/04/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Armenia
Overview:
Safeguarding action plan of Yaaral and Degal
- Project budget: $ 74,470.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553MLI4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2006 - 01/04/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Mali
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite
- Project budget: $ 146,962.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RAF4003)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2006 - 01/04/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Gambia, Senegal
Overview:
Safeguarding of Nha nhac, Vietnamese Court Music
- Project budget: $ 154,900.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553VIE4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2005 - 01/03/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Viet Nam
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding, Promotion and Development of the Cultural Space of the Bedu in the regions of Petra and Wadi Rum
- Project budget: $ 0.00
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2006 - 01/03/2009
- Dates of implementation:
Benefitting country(ies): Jordan
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of El Güegüense
- Project budget: $ 109,384.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553NIC4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/04/2007 - 01/03/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Nicaragua
Overview:
Safeguarding traditional games of the Afar and the Somali people in the Horn of Africa
- Project budget: $ 53,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553DJI4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2006 - 01/03/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Djibouti
Overview:
Safeguarding the Mbende Jerusarema Dance
- Project budget: $ 67,003.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553ZIM4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2006 - 01/03/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe
Overview:
Safeguarding the Songs of the Moon, traditional Swahili music from Tanzania (Unguja and Pemba) and the Comoros
- Project budget: $ 51,488.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553SOM4000)
- UNESCO - Regular budget ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/04/2008 - 01/03/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Comoros, United Republic of Tanzania
Overview:
Safeguarding traditional Somali performing arts
- Project budget: $ 40,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553SOM4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/04/2008 - 01/03/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Kenya, Somalia
Overview:
Action plan for the safeguarding of the Song of Saana
- Project budget: $ 96,513.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553YEM4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2005 - 01/01/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Yemen
Overview:
Safeguarding of traditional music in Ethiopia
- Project budget: $ 343,886.00
- Source:
- Norway Funds-in-Trust (504ETH4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2005 - 01/01/2009
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Ethiopia
Overview:
Preservation, Revitalization and Promotion of Jemaa el-Fna Square, Marrakech
- Project budget: $ 152,898.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553MOR4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/03/2004 - 01/12/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Morocco
Overview:
Safeguarding of Lakalaka, Sung Speeches with Choreographed Movements
- Project budget: $ 120,338.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553TON4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2005 - 01/12/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Tonga
Overview:
Action plan for the safeguarding of the Royal Ballet
- Project budget: $ 80,829.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553CMB4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2005 - 01/12/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Cambodia
Overview:
Organization of three sub-regional capacity-building workshops for Africa
- Project budget: $ 269,988.00
- Source:
- Norway Funds-in-Trust ()
- UNESCO - Regular budget ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/07/2007 - 01/12/2008
- Source:
Overview:
National consultation workshop
- Project budget: $ 27,489.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553PNG4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/03/2008 - 01/12/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Papua New Guinea
Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Promotion of the Oral Tradition of Gelede
- Project budget: $ 194,925.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RAF4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/10/2003 - 01/11/2008
- Source:
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
- Project budget: $ 99,293.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553BRA4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/07/2006 - 01/11/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Brazil
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Carnival of Barranquilla
- Project budget: $ 150,008.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553COL4001)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2005 - 01/10/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Colombia
Overview:
Safeguarding Palestinian Hikaye
- Project budget: $ 10,000.00
- Source:
- UNESCO - Regular budget (34122115 R)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/11/2006 - 01/09/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Palestine
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of La Tumba Francesa
- Project budget: $ 122,045.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553CUB4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/06/2005 - 01/08/2008
- Source:
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
- Project budget: $ 200,348.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RAF4001)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2004 - 01/07/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Central African Republic, Congo
Overview:
Safeguarding of Vanuatu Sand Drawings
- Project budget: $ 110,401.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553VAN4001)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/03/2005 - 01/07/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Vanuatu
Overview:
National inventory revival of the traditional ceramics
- Project budget: $ 197,323.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553UZB4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2003 - 01/07/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Uzbekistan
Overview:
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Sosso-Bala
- Project budget: $ 122,546.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553GUI4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/07/2002 - 01/06/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Guinea
Overview:
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Woodcrafting Knowledge of the Zafimaniry
- Project budget: $ 160,489.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553MAG4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2004 - 01/06/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Madagascar
Overview:
Action plan for safeguarding the Maroon Heritage of Moore Town
- Project budget: $ 179,960.00
- Source:
- Norway Funds-in-Trust (504JAM4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/08/2005 - 01/06/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Jamaica
Overview:
Safeguarding and Transmission of the Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao
- Project budget: $ 155,430.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553PHI4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/05/2003 - 01/04/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Philippines
Overview:
Oxherding and Oxcart Traditions in Costa Rica
- Project budget: $ 80,000.00
- Source:
- UNESCO - Regular budget (34122113SJ)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/10/2006 - 01/03/2008
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Costa Rica
Overview:
Implementation of the National Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Wayang Puppet Theatre of Indonesia
- Project budget: $ 149,986.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553INS4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2005 - 01/12/2007
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Indonesia
Overview:
Transmission of traditional Knowledge in Burundian Refugee Camps of Tanzania in view of a sustainable repatriation
- Project budget: $ 0.00
- Source:
- UNESCO - Regular budget ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/07/2006 - 01/12/2007
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): United Republic of Tanzania
Overview:
Safeguarding and Transmission of the Kutiyattam Sanskrit Theatre
- Project budget: $ 151,241.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553IND4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2004 - 01/10/2007
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): India
Overview:
Safeguarding Shashmaqom, the Classical Music of Central Asia
- Project budget: $ 218,455.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RAS4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2005 - 01/10/2007
- Source:
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
- Project budget: $ 203,956.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553RLA4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/12/2005 - 01/09/2007
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Ecuador, Peru
Overview:
Implementation of the National Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Traditional Morin Khuur Music of Mongolia
- Project budget: $ 150,000.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553MON4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/09/2004 - 01/09/2007
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Mongolia
Overview:
Traditional Money Banks in Vanuatu
- Project budget: $ 159,305.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553VAN4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/07/2004 - 01/06/2007
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Vanuatu
Overview:
Enhancing Women’s Role as Custodians and Artisans of Egyptian Handicrafts
- Project budget: $ 253,177.00
- Source:
- Italy Funds-in-Trust ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/01/2005 - 01/05/2006
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Egypt
Overview:
Safeguarding and Promotion of Georgian Traditional Polyphony
- Project budget: $ 166,178.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553GEO4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/07/2003 - 01/02/2006
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Georgia
Overview:
Public awareness campaign in Colombia on the importance of safeguarding the intangible heritage (pilot project)
- Project budget: $ 136,860.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553COL4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/07/2003 - 01/12/2005
- Source:
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
- Project budget: $ 148,671.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553UZB4001)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/05/2003 - 01/06/2005
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Uzbekistan
Overview:
The Safeguarding and Revitalization of Lithuanian Cross Crafting and Its Symbolism: Phase I of the Action Plan
- Project budget: $ 45,834.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553LIT4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/04/2003 - 01/05/2005
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Lithuania
Overview:
Improved Traditional Bead Production and Marketing in West Africa
- Project budget: $ 245,341.00
- Source:
- Italy Funds-in-Trust ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/02/2002 - 01/01/2005
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Ghana, Mali
Overview:
Promotion and documentation of women’s intangible cultural heritage in Mauritania
- Project budget: $ 0.00
- Source:
- UNESCO - Regular budget ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 08/12/2015 - 08/12/2015
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Mauritania
Overview:
Revitalisation of Traditional Masquerade Performing Arts and Costume Making
- Project budget: $ 251,799.00
- Source:
- Italy Funds-in-Trust ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/05/2002 - 01/08/2004
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Overview:
Safeguarding, Revitalization and Promotion of the Kunqu Opera
- Project budget: $ 49,974.00
- Source:
- Japan Funds-in-Trust (553CPR4000)
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/05/2002 - 01/12/2002
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): China
Overview:
Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in eight countries in Africa and the Arab Region: assessing needs and developing project proposals
- Project budget: $ 259,419.00
- Source:
- Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority Funds-in-Trust ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 01/05/2014 - 08/12/2015
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Madagascar, Palestine, Sudan, Yemen, South Sudan
Overview:
News and activities:
- 2015-05-04 – Progress in implementing an eight-country capacity-building project in the Arab States and Africa
- 2015-04-03 – ADTCA needs assessment in Sudan
Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Paraguay
- Project budget: $ 200,000.00
- Source:
- Brazil earmarked contribution to the Fund ()
- Dates of implementation:
- 08/12/2015 - 08/12/2015
- Source:
Benefitting country(ies): Paraguay