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Culture and poverty alleviation
Where
Nigeria
Nigeria
When
2017
2017
Who
Federal ministry of information and culture in conjunction with small and medium enterprises development agency of nigeria (smedan)
Federal ministry of information and culture in conjunction with small and medium enterprises development agency of nigeria (smedan)
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Description of the policy/measure
Empower young people through apprenticeship in arts and crafts;encourage awareness campaign for sensitizing nigerians on the importance of preserving cultural heritage assets;mainstream culture as a cross-cutting theme in poverty reduction strategies;encourage inter-agency collaboration for marketing arts and cultural products,locally an internationally
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Results achieved
Economic empowerment of the less privileged and youths;preservation of nigeria cultural heritageinternational awareness and market for indigenous creative productspromote cultural industries in nigeriagender equality and social inclusion
Financial resources allocated to the policy
National statutory budgetary allocation,funds from bank of industry for small and medium scale enterprises