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Inventory and promotion of intangible cultural heritage in Burkina Faso

  • Financial assistance:
    • US$ 262,080 granted in 2012
  • Dates of implementation:
    • 29/04/2013 - 31/03/2018
  • Documents:

Benefitting country(ies): Burkina Faso

Overview:

This project aimed to establish an inventory of the intangible cultural heritage of the ethno-cultural communities in Burkina Faso. The inventory enabled to provide quantitative and qualitative data on the elements present on national territory, to identify their state of viability and ensure their promotion. The project was implemented in two major phases: a pilot phase involving two regions with six ethno-cultural communities and a second generalization phase that involved all regions and national communities. Its principle objectives were, on the one hand, to develop a national strategy for inventorying and promoting ICH, to raise awareness of communities, policy-makers and the public about the importance of ICH, and to build stakeholder capacity in the safeguarding of cultural heritage; and, on the other hand, to make an inventory of ICH elements in the field; to identify ICH elements based on their state of viability; and to disseminate the results of the inventory at national and international levels via a database and website, and catalogues and brochures.

News and activities:

01/10/2015 - 01/04/2018 – Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Guatemala22/03/2018 - 22/03/2018 – Enhancing the capacity of communities to safeguard traditional dance expressions as performing arts heritage in western Zimbabwe

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