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Signature of UNESCO-Sudan Agreement to Implement a Project for Capacity Building in Sudanese Intangible Cultural Heritage Management
On 1 May 2018, the UNESCO Representative to Sudan, H.E. Dr. Pavel Kroupkine, and the Sudanese Minister of Culture, H.E. Mr. Al-Tayeb Hassan Badawi, signed the cooperation agreement for implementing a project 鈥淪trengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in Sudan鈥.
漏UNESCO: The UNESCO-Sudan Cooperation for Sudanese Intangible Heritage Management, Khartoum, the Ministry of Culture, 01/05/2018: Signing the Agreement.
The project is funded by the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (ADTCA), United Arab Emirates, and it aims to provide advisory and training services to the Government of Sudan (mainly, to the Ministry of Culture and National Commission for Education, Science and Culture) and other players in Sudanese Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Management. The project will result in strengthening national capacities for the following:
- Knowing the and its instruments
- Developing national policies to strengthen institutions around ICH and 2003 Convention
- Developing inventories for ICH
- Building safeguarding plans for ICH
- Preparing requests for international assistance
