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| Title: |
Kenyan National Meeting on the Implementation
of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage |
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| Dates: |
5 - 6 March 2008 |
| Venue: |
Nairobi, Kenya |
| Organizers: |
The Department of Culture of the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture
and Social Services and the UNESCO Office in Nairobi |
| Contact: |
Fumiko Ohinata, Programme Specialist for Culture,
UNESCO Nairobi Office
E-mail address : f.ohinata@unesco.org and Silverse Anami, Director
of Culture, Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services
E-mail address : anamisilverse@yahoo.com. |
| More info: |
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=36481&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |
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| Summary: |
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:
- preparation of an inventory or inventories of intangible cultural
heritage on Kenya’s territory;
- preparation of nomination files to the Representative List and
to the List of Intangible Heritage in Urgent Need of Safeguarding,
and;
- enhancement of the existing national mechanism, including the
participation of communities, for promoting and safeguarding the
intangible cultural heritage in Kenya.
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| Topic: |
03.- UNESCO Conventions in the field of Cultural Heritage |
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