ARPAC and UNESCO assess conservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Maputo

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ARPAC and UNESCO assess conservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Maputo

7:59 CAT | 10 May 2016

World Nomads / The Nyau is a dance of Tete in the north of Mozambique, UNESCO world heritage

UNESCO has initiated a training program to strengthen capacity to safeguard cultural heritage in Portuguese-speaking African Countries.

The project forms part of the 2003 Convention on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and is being funded by the government of Norway.

The Institute of Socio-Cultural Research (ARPAC) facilitated the training in Sao Tome and Principe, Cape Verde and Angola. The training program ended with a workshop in Guinea-Bissau last month which enabled participants to prepare requests for IGH fund assistance and nominations to the 2003 Convention cultural heritage lists.

ARPAC, in cooperation with UNESCO, is now organizing a Final Assessment seminar to evaluate the project, to take place in Maputo 09 to 13 May.