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The Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund will support safeguarding priorities in four countries in Africa and Latin America
28 October 2016 Botswana, El Salvador, Kenya, Seychelles,Four new International Assistance requests were approved by the Bureau of the Committee on 20 October 2016 to support safeguarding efforts in Botswana, Kenya, El Salvador ›››
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Scaling up Southern Africa’s efforts in the field of ICH to policy development
10 October 2016 Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe,Over twenty participants from seven countries in the Southern African region (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe) brainstormed and shared experiences in ›››
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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 ›››
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
1 March 2016 – 31 July 2017Amount (US$) 250,000
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Lesotho , Malawi , Namibia , Swaziland , Zambia , Zimbabwe ,
Promotion of earthen ware pottery-making skills in Kgatleng district
20 October 2016 – 20 October 2016Amount (US$) 68,261
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana ,
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$) 250,000
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Lesotho , Malawi , Namibia , Swaziland , Zambia , Zimbabwe ,
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
1 February 2011 – 1 April 2013Amount (US$) 399,785
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Malawi , Zambia , Zimbabwe ,
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
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Lesotho , Malawi , Uganda , Swaziland , Zambia ,