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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 Part II

  • Project budget:
    • US$ 250,000
  • Source:
    • Flanders Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/03/2016 - 31/07/2017

Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Overview:

The project aims at reinforcing the sub-regional cooperation platform, which was created to support seven countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe) in southern Africa in their efforts to safeguard the living heritage present in their territories. Consolidating the results of previous Flanders funded projects since 2009, this platform will be driven by the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Committees›››

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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:
    • US$ 250,000
  • Source:
    • Flanders Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/12/2013 - 01/03/2015

Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Overview:

The beneficiaries of the project are the national authorities responsible for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and selected communities in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 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. Such objective will be done›››

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Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

  • Project budget:
    • US$ 399,785
  • Source:
    • Flanders Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/02/2011 - 01/04/2013

Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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Manyanga Misumo protocol

  • Financial assistance:
    • US$ 12,000 granted in 2010
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 22/04/2011 - 21/10/2011
  • Documents:

Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe

Overview:

The Bureau approved the international assistance request submitted by Zimbabwe to implement a project entitled 'Traditional custodians of the sacred shrines of Zimbabwe.' A contract was signed in April 2011 between UNESCO and Manyanga Traditional Custodians, the organization designated by the requesting State Party for the project’s implementation. In December of that year, the Manyanga Traditional Custodians informed the Secretariat that›››

Safeguarding cultural heritage aspects of Njelele

  • Financial assistance:
    • US$ 25,000 granted in 2010
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 20/04/2011 - 21/07/2011
  • Documents:

Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe

Overview:

Implemented by the National Archives of Zimbabwe (NAZ) in partnership with the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NNMZ) and Lupane State University (LSU), the project led to the development of an intangible cultural heritage documentation facility at NAZ and collection of data and documentation on Njelele and its related intangible cultural heritage aspects. In the initial stage of the›››

Safeguarding the Mbende Jerusarema Dance

  • Project budget:
    • US$ 67,003
  • Source:
    • Japan Funds-in-Trust
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 01/11/2006 - 01/03/2009

Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe

Overview:

A popular dance style practised by the Zezuru Shona people living in eastern Zimbabwe, the Mbende Jerusarema is characterized by acrobatic and sensual movements by women and men, driven by a polyrhythmic drummer accompanied by men playing woodblock clappers and by women handclapping, yodelling and blowing whistles. The safeguarding project aims at strengthening the transmission process by, * organizing workshops for›››