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Listing of ICH
Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking traditional musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe (2020, RL)
6 elements inscribed
Project
Safeguarding of ludodiversity in Malawi through formal and non-formal education
26 June 2023 – 15 July 2026Amount (US$) 305,144
Strengthening capacities for periodic reporting under the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa
1 July 2023 – 1 July 2024Amount (US$) 250,000
Safeguarding ICH in Malawi through non-formal learning and transmission
1 July 2019 – 31 May 2022Amount (US$) 91,860
Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in the countries of Southern African sub-region
8 May 2025 – 8 May 2025Amount (US$) 59,571
Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (Phase III)
1 May 2018 – 1 June 2019Amount (US$) 117,467
Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in the countries of Southern African sub-region
8 May 2025 – 8 May 2025Amount (US$) 51,114
Safeguarding of Nkhonde, Tumbuka and Chewa proverbs and folktales
30 June 2016 – 16 June 2017Amount (US$) 90,533
Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Part II
1 March 2016 – 31 July 2017Amount (US$) 250,000
Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
1 December 2013 – 1 March 2015Amount (US$) 250,000
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
1 February 2011 – 1 April 2013Amount (US$) 399,785
Development of an inventory of intangible heritage of Malawi
10 September 2012 – 30 March 2013Amount (US$) 24,947
A series of pilot projects in community-based intangible heritage inventorying on a grassroots-level in six selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
1 September 2009 – 1 December 2011Amount (US$) 275,000
Safeguarding of the Gulu Wamkulu, the Great Dance of the Chewa People
1 November 2006 – 1 December 2009Amount (US$) 129,374
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Vimbuza Healing Dance
1 November 2006 – 1 December 2009Amount (US$) 90,834