Senegalese communities at the heart of inventories of intangible cultural heritage

19 November 2018 – Senegal,

The Ministry of Culture of Senegal and the UNESCO Office in Dakar organized from 15 to 22 October 2018 a capacity-building workshop on community-based inventorying of intangible ›››

Extensive training on community-based inventory on the ICH concept

15 October 2018 – Senegal,

The Directorate of Cultural Heritage and the UNESCO Regional Office for West Africa (Sahel) in Dakar organized from 15 to 22 October 2018 in Dakar, a workshop ›››

Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding ICH in Senegal: Needs analysis and development of a project proposal

1 October 2016 – Senegal,

1. Dans le cadre du programme de l’UNESCO pour le renforcement des capacités pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel (PCI) financé par le programme régu ›››

Senegal improves the safeguarding of traditional music thanks to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund

16 March 2015 – Senegal,

The adoption of safeguarding plans for traditional music marks the project’s success where local communities have been sensitized, musical traditions inventoried, a database and a ›››

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 ›››

Eleven new inscriptions on the Representative List

5 December 2013 – North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Peru, Romania, Senegal, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam,

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage, holding its 8th session until 7 December, today inscribed 11 elements on the Representative List of the ›››

Senegal launches an inventory of its traditional music

13 August 2013 – Senegal,

Senegal is mobilizing local authorities and communities to undertake an inventory of its traditional music situated in the Senegal River Valley in the north-east ›››

Regional meeting for West Africa

4 December 2006 – Senegal,

Sub-regional meeting for West Africa to promote the 2003 Convention. Its objectives were to: inform participants about the preparation of the implementation of the 2003 Convention ›››

Regional meeting for West and Central Africa

7 June 2004 – Senegal,

The purpose of the two-day regional seminar was to promote the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was to encourage States ›››

Regional committee of experts on means of implementation in Africa of model provisions on intellectual property aspects of protection of expressions of folklore

23 February 1983 – Senegal,

The Working Group on the Intellectual Property Aspects of Folklore Protection that had met in Geneva from 7 to 9 January 1980 had recommended that both Secretariats ›››