CULTURE

Kenyan National Meeting on the Implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Following Kenya’s ratification of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in October 2007, the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services and the UNESCO Office in Nairobi are jointly convening a two-day meeting on the implementation of the Convention.

Some sixty participants, representing ministries, provincial administrations, universities, non-governmental organizations and individuals working in the field of culture will attend the meeting.

The objectives of the workshop are to provide stakeholders with the information relating to the 2003 Convention and to discuss a national strategy for its implementation, with particular attention to the:

  1. preparation of an inventory or inventories of intangible cultural heritage on Kenya’s territory;
  2. preparation of nomination files to the Representative List and to the List of Intangible Heritage in Urgent Need of Safeguarding, and;
  3. enhancement of the existing national mechanism, including the participation of communities, for promoting and safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage in Kenya.


Title Kenyan National Meeting on the Implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Short Description

Following Kenya’s ratification of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in October 2007, the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services and the UNESCO Office in Nairobi are jointly convening a two-day meeting on the implementation of the Convention.

Some sixty participants, representing ministries, provincial administrations, universities, non-governmental organizations and individuals working in the field of culture will attend the meeting.

The objectives of the workshop are to provide stakeholders with the information relating to the 2003 Convention and to discuss a national strategy for its implementation, with particular attention to the:

  1. preparation of an inventory or inventories of intangible cultural heritage on Kenya’s territory;
  2. preparation of nomination files to the Representative List and to the List of Intangible Heritage in Urgent Need of Safeguarding, and;
  3. enhancement of the existing national mechanism, including the participation of communities, for promoting and safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage in Kenya.
Source Fumiko Ohinata, Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO Nairobi Office
Publication start date 2008-03-05 2:00 pm
Publication expiry date 2008-03-06 2:00 pm
Author(s) of the present sheet LS_NB
Event Location Nairobi, Kenya
City Nairobi
Country Kenya
Start date - Local time 2008-03-05 2:00 pm
End date - Local time 2008-03-06 2:00 pm
Type of event (generic) Meeting
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Name of Contact 1 Fumiko Ohinata, Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO Nairobi Office
E-mail address f.ohinata@unesco.org
Name of Contact 2 Silverse Anami, Director of Culture, Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services
E-mail address anamisilverse@yahoo.com.
URL for Link 1 http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=EN&pg=home
Text for Link 1 Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Destination of Link 1 (field not displayed) UNESCO.ORG
Destination of Link 2 (field not displayed) UNESCO.ORG
Destination of Link 3 (field not displayed) UNESCO.ORG
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