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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 ›››
![Southern Africa: Enhanced national capacities and sub-regional cooperation for safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20170505221141im_/http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/img/photo/thumb/08932-SML.jpg)
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 ›››
Strengthening sub-regional Cooperation and National Capacities in Seven Southern African Countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
18 March 2014 – Harare Zimbabwe,Within the framework of the UNESCO/Flanders Project on Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention ›››
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$) 250,000
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Lesotho , Malawi , Namibia , Swaziland , Zambia , Zimbabwe ,
Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
1 December 2013 – 1 March 2015Amount (US$) 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$) 399,785
Benefitting country(ies): Botswana , Malawi , Zambia , Zimbabwe ,
Manyanga Misumo protocol
22 April 2011 – 21 October 2011Amount (US$) 12,000
Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe ,
Safeguarding cultural heritage aspects of Njelele
20 April 2011 – 21 July 2011Amount (US$) 25,000
Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe ,
Safeguarding the Mbende Jerusarema Dance
1 November 2006 – 1 March 2009Amount (US$) 67,003
Benefitting country(ies): Zimbabwe ,