In the context of combatting poverty (Millenium Development Goals), the objective of the project "The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples is to assist the member states of the Sahara in the elaboration and implementation, especially by lessons learned from field pilot projects, of strategies for sustainable development and the fight against poverty, based on the protection and enhancement of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Heritage. Read more...
Projects
Roads of the Ksour - UNESCO / UNDP The pilot project "The Ksour Route" is part of the 2003-2004 action plan of the UNESCO intersectoral project "The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples", adopted at the Ghardaïa International Workshop (Algeria, 19-21 April 2003). More...
The Imzad Hearers - Amitié Franco-Touarègue / Croq'Nature / ADDS This project involves creating a cultural tourism circuit, training girls to play the traditional musical instrument known as the Imzad, and promoting the Tuareg intangible oral heritage as a type of local development. More...
Save the Imzad - UNESCO The main aim of the « Save the Imzad » Association is to contribute to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Hoggar by campaigning for the preservation of the authenticity of the imzad as a form of cultural and personal expression. More...
Essayoutti heritage house in Timbuktu - UNESCO The present restoration project for the Essayoutti heritage house in Timbuktu is part of the city’s global programme for the eradication of poverty by means of activities for the conservation and preservation of the Sahara’s cultural and natural heritage. More...
Cultural and Tourist Development of Drâa Valley - UNESCO This project is part of the transversal programme “The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples”. It is intended to make an analysis of the present state of traditional songs and dances in the Drâa Valley so as to protect, promote and integrate them more satisfactorily into tourist activities, thereby improving the standard of living of the concerned local populations. More...
The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples
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