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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 ›››
Eight communities in northern Malawi mobilised for inventorying their living heritage
31 May 2013 Malawi,Thanks to a financial support of US$24,947 from the 2003 Convention’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund, eight communities in northern Malawi participated in the inventorying of ›››
Southern Africa: Towards a sub-regional capacity-building strategy for intangible cultural heritage
6 May 2013 Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe,For the first time, Southern African countries are joining hands to create the professional and institutional environment required for the effective safeguarding of intangible ›››
Project
Safeguarding of Nkhonde, Tumbuka and Chewa proverbs and folktales
30 November 2015 – 4 December 2015Amount (US$) 90,533.00
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi ,
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 ,
Development of an inventory of intangible heritage of Malawi
10 September 2012 – 30 March 2013Amount (US$) 24,947.23
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi ,
A series of pilot projects in community-based intangible heritage inventorying on a grassroots-level in six selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
1 September 2009 – 1 December 2011Amount (US$) 275,000.00
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Lesotho , Malawi , Uganda , Swaziland , Zambia ,
Safeguarding of the Gulu Wamkulu, the Great Dance of the Chewa People
1 November 2006 – 1 December 2009Amount (US$) 129,374.00
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi , Mozambique , Zambia ,
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Vimbuza Healing Dance
1 November 2006 – 1 December 2009Amount (US$) 90,834.00
Benefitting country(ies): Malawi ,