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Since 2010, UNESCO goes into partnership with the French Foundation « Fondation Culture & Diversité » for an international travel programme for students studying arts and crafts.

Students who participated in the programme “” in 2011-2012 will present the results of this initiative at UNESCO from 8 to 12 July 2013 (Hall Room X).

Before the closing of the exhibition, the representative of the Director General and Mr. Ladreit de Lacharrière, President of the Fondation Culture & Diversité and Goodwill Ambassador for UNESCO will present the certificates to the laureates 2012-2013 edition of the programme.

This programme enables arts and crafts students coming from disadvantaged backgrounds to complete a study tour abroad and to benefit from new skills of local craftspeople while also sharing their own experience with others. Therefore it allows young French scholarship students nearing the end of their studies to discover the know-how of craftspeople in developing countries; and it allows students from developing countries to discover the know-how of French craftspeople.

This programme helps students launch their professional career by enabling them to:

• work in a professional environment ;
• acquire new skills;
• gain experiences abroad ;
• benefit from a creative and innovative professional experience  ;
• develop a professional network;
• participate and present their work at international fairs.

In addition to the partnership with the , this programme is implemented with the support of several educational institutions.

In France :

• the (Paris – France),
• the (Paris – France),
• the (Paris – France),
• the (Nogent-sur-Marne – France),
• the  (Paris – France).

Aborad :

• the Ecole Nationale d’Art et Manufacture (Libreville – Gabon),
• the Institut National des Beaux-Arts de Tétouan (Tétouan – Marocco),
• the, (La Plata – Argentina).

In France, the students studied at

• at the ,
• at and with the ceramists of the Association des Potiers de Saint-de-Fos and with the support of the ,
• in the lacquerware workshops of  Aurélie Pimont, , for the , , and with the support of the .
• with the ceramists , , , and with the support of

Abroad, they were hosted by :

• the bronze workshop of (Ouagadougou – Burkina–Faso),
• the engraving/printing workshop of (Buenos-Aires – Argentine),
• the costumes workshop of the (Buenos-Aires – Argentine),
• (Hanoi – Vietnam).

Students talk about their experiences (in French):

• , Gabonese student in France
• , Argentine student in France
• , French student in Argentine
• , French student in Argentine
• , French student in Burkina-Faso
• , French student in Vietnam
• , French student in Vietnam