- Financial assistance:
- US$ 100,000 granted in 2019
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Benefitting country(ies): Namibia
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- US$ 91,430 granted in 2019
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Benefitting country(ies): Mozambique
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- US$ 94,300 granted in 2018
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Benefitting country(ies): Mauritania
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- Financial assistance:
- US$ 64,824 granted in 2019
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Benefitting country(ies): Eswatini
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Benefitting country(ies): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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__UNESCO__ and the __European Union__ have teamed up for a new project to strengthen the connections between young people, cultural heritage and education. The project proposes an innovative approach to education by inviting teachers and learners to explore their living heritage and learn not only about it, but also with and through it. Moreover, the UNESCO-EU initiative will bring together›››
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- Financial assistance:
- US$ 96,052 granted in 2020
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- Approved in 09/2020 - not yet under implementation
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Benefitting country(ies): Burundi
- Financial assistance:
- US$ 99,474 granted in 2020
- Dates of implementation:
- Approved in 09/2020 - not yet under implementation
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Benefitting country(ies): South Sudan
- Financial assistance:
- US$ 86,950 granted in 2020
- Dates of implementation:
- Approved in 09/2020 - not yet under implementation
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Benefitting country(ies): Egypt
- Financial assistance:
- US$ 99,764 granted in 2020
- Dates of implementation:
- Approved in 09/2020 - not yet under implementation
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Benefitting country(ies): Uruguay
- Financial assistance:
- US$ 61,471 granted in 2019
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Benefitting country(ies): Uganda
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Benefitting country(ies): Ghana, Togo
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- Financial assistance:
- US$ 90,562 granted in 2019
- Dates of implementation:
- Approved in 06/2019 - not yet under implementation
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Benefitting country(ies): Mauritania
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- Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority Funds-in-Trust
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Benefitting country(ies): Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Madagascar, Palestine, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen
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The aim of this project funded by the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (ADTCA) is to lay a solid foundation to support eight countries in Africa and the Arab region (Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Madagascar, Palestine, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen) in their efforts to safeguard their living heritage, in accordance with the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the›››
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Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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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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- US$ 17,668 granted in 2013
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Benefitting country(ies): Kenya
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- US$ 10,000 granted in 2013
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Benefitting country(ies): Uganda
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Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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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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- US$ 80,789 granted in 2012
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Benefitting country(ies): Senegal
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The main objective of this international assistance project funded by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund was the inventory of the traditional music of Senegal that encompasses a vast and diverse array of musical traditions, genres, instruments and associated craftsmanship. Its social, spiritual and cultural functions are many, including celebrations of birth, death rites, initiations, blessings, agriculture, fishing, values, and legends›››
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- Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage through the Strengthening of National Capacities in Asia and the Pacific - 2011-2014 Project Completion Report: English
Benefitting country(ies): Bhutan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste
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This project generously financed by the Government of Japan aimed at assisting eight countries, namely Bhutan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sri Lanka and Timor Leste to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage through the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. It aimed at building up a critical mass of experience and›››
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- Spain earmarked contribution to the Fund
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Benefitting country(ies): El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
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Benefitting country(ies): Timor-Leste
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Benefitting country(ies): Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia
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The project was implemented by conducting a series of pilot ICH inventory-making activities, on a grassroots level, in six beneficiary Sub-Saharan African countries, namely Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, Swaziland and Zambia. It was composed of four phases:
#Phase I dealt with the selection of six pilot communities (one in each country) in a demand-driven manner;
#Phase II was the initial›››
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Benefitting country(ies): Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
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The Garifuna communities, spread over Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, have kept alive their common language, oral traditions, music and dances. Although still practiced on various occasions, these are changing considerably as the Garifuna language is less often spoken.
The safeguarding project focuses mainly in the preservation of the Garifuna language through language revitalization, lexical expansion programs and the promotion›››
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Benefitting country(ies): Papua New Guinea