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Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa
12 February 2015 Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, Uganda, Senegal,Senegal is about to conclude an eighteen-month project to safeguard traditional music accompanying various events of social life (rituals and celebrations related to birth ›››
Capacity-building workshop on ICH community-based inventorying
5 September 2014 – Bamako Mali,Un atelier de formation à l’inventaire participatif sur le patrimoine culturel immatériel (PCI) s’est déroulé au Musée national de Bamako, du 5 au 15 septembre 2014. Cet ›››
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Mali launches an inventory of intangible cultural heritage
19 March 2014 Mali,The activities for the inventory of intangible cultural heritage were officially launched by the Malian Minister of Culture during a ceremony on 7 March in ›››
Project
Inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Mali with a view to its urgent safeguarding
6 December 2013 – 2 November 2016Amount (US$) 307,307
Benefitting country(ies): Mali ,
La réalisation des mesures de sauvegarde proposées du Sanké-Mon, le rite de pêche collective dans le Sanké
8 February 2010 – 30 June 2011Amount (US$) 24,000
Benefitting country(ies): Mali ,
Safeguarding action plan of Yaaral and Degal
1 November 2006 – 1 April 2009Amount (US$) 74,470
Benefitting country(ies): Mali ,
Improved Traditional Bead Production and Marketing in West Africa
1 February 2002 – 1 January 2005Amount (US$) 245,341
Benefitting country(ies): Ghana , Mali ,