The AWHF is a Category II Centre under the Auspices of UNESCO

The AWHF is a Category II Centre under the Auspices of UNESCO

THE AFRICAN

WORLD HERITAGE

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QUARTERLY

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MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Briefing meeting with Mr. Paul Mashatile, Minister of Arts and Culture, South Africa On 9th September 2013 a delegation led by the Chairperson of the African World Heritage Fund Board of Trustees, Mr. Sibusiso Xaba, met with Mr. Paul Mashatile, Minister of Arts and Culture, South Africa. The meeting took place at

the Minister’s Office in Pretoria, South Africa. The meeting was convened to brief the Minister on the AWHF fundraising activities.

The forthcoming AWHF Side Event was discussed at length. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) H.E. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has accepted to organize a Side Event at

the occasion of the 22nd African Union Heads of State Summit in January 2014. At the event the Chairperson will sensitize the Heads of State and decision makers on the role of AWHF on the continent and urge the Heads of State to support the AWHF fundraising efforts.

The Director of the Fund Dr. Webber

Ndoro appealed to the Minister’s support towards planning of the event.

As host Country, the minister reiterated South African government commitment to the operations of the Fund. The Minister also called upon other African Countries to support financially the operations of the Fund.

Meeting with the Minister of Culture, Mr. Paul Mashatile

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AWHF signs Partnership Agreement with the Brazilian National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN) and the Lucio Costa Centre (CLC), Brazil A meeting of the African Portuguese Speaking Countries (PALOP) was held in Brazil from the 9th to 13th September 2013 to discuss and develop a 4 year joint program for PALOP countries. Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tomé and Principe and Cape Verde

attended the meeting. At the occasion Lucio Costa Centre and AWHF signed a Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration on various programmes.

New Staff at AWHF

AWHF is pleased to welcome Ms. Comfort Mtotha from Malawi who joined AWHF in September. Ms. Mtotha is on a three month internship supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign

Affairs through the Implementation of the 2nd Periodic Report for Africa programme framework. Comfort is an ethnographer at the Museums of Malawi and has a Bachelor's Degree in Humanities.

AWHF is also pleased to welcome Ms. Tintswalo Shabangu at

AWHF. Ms. Shabangu joined the AWHF team in September to support the administrative functions at AWHF. Ms. Shabangu has wide experience in administration having worked for the Development Bank of Southern Africa for six years.

Participants at PALOP meeting, Brazil

Ms. Mtotha

Ms. Shabangu

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MAKING THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST CREDIBLE

Nomination Training Course for English Speaking Countries

The 2nd Workshop on Nomination

training Course for English Speaking Countries in Africa was held in Entebbe Uganda from the 29th July to 10th August 2013. Sixteen (16) participants from the Historic city of Asmara (Eritrea), Navrongo Cathedral (Ghana), Thaba Bosiu National

Monument (Lesotho), Bunce Island and Gola Rainforest and National Park (Sierra Leone), Barbeton Mountains

(South Africa), Bigo bya Ntusi

(Uganda) and Ziwa agricultural landscape (Zimbabwe) attended the workshop. AWHF is grateful to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNESCO and the government of Uganda for supporting the training course.

Field session at Ntusi, Uganda

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CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE PLACES

Implementation of Second Periodic Report in Africa

Field Project – Risk Management – 9th -27th September 2013, Mauritius

The African World Heritage Fund in

collaboration with the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa (CHDA) and the Ministry of Culture, Mauritius organized a field project on Risk Management at Le Morne Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site in Mauritius from 9th to 27th September

2013. Ten (10) participant from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Zambia, Seychelles, Swaziland, and Lesotho and 20 local participants took part in the field project.

The project focused on 3 different

themes: risk assessment; conservation

interventions; and community initiatives.

The risks and threats at Le Morne

Cultural Landscape were assessed as

well as the state of conservation of the

property. Le Morne is threatened by

coastal erosion, pollution, fire and

increasing urban development. A draft

risk preparedness plan was formulated

to tackle these issues. The project also

offered a forum for the participants to

share their experiences for better

management of heritage resources.

AWHF is grateful to the Norwegian

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the

Government of Mauritius for supporting

the field project.

Field session at Le Morne Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site

Mauritius

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FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATION

AWHF attends the 20th Session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNTWO) Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe/Zambia

At the occasion of 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly, which took place in Victoria Falls Zimbabwe/Zambia from the 25th to 29th August 2013, AWHF organized Ministerial roundtable discussion on the

Role of Heritage as a Catalyst for Economic Development and the Promotion of Tourism. The meeting was attended by ministers of Tourism,

Culture and Home Affairs from South Africa, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Paraguay, Zimbabwe and Zambia. AWHF also organized an exhibition which was officially opened by the Minister of Home Affairs of Zimbabwe and the Minister of Arts and Heritage of Zambia.

The exhibition generated a lot of interest in AWHF’s programmes.

Consortium of African Funds for Environment (CAFÉ) General

Assembly in Madagascar The 3rd General Assembly of

Consortium of African Funds for the

Environment (CAFÉ) was held in

Antsiranana, Madagascar from 19th -

20th September 2013. In partnership

with RedLac, a training workshop on

governance for Conservation Funds

was held with its current and new

members.

Strategic Meetings were held with

the Ambassadors of Morocco, Algeria,

Finland and Denmark during this

quarter, to thank and update them on

the progress of the Fund and explore

possibilities of further collaboration.

Participants, CAFÉ General Assembly, Madagascar

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AWHF signs five year Funding Agreement with the governments of Namibia and Lesotho The African World Heritage Fund

(AWHF) signed a five year funding

agreement in September 2013 with

the government of Namibia and

Lesotho. Namibia shall contribute

One million Namibian Dollars (N$

1,000,000) annually to the African

world Heritage Fund. Lesotho will

contribute one hundred thousand

Rands (ZAR 100,000) annually to the

Fund.

Countries which have so far signed

funding agreements with the Fund

include Corte d’Ivoire, Morocco,

Namibia and Lesotho. AWHF would

like to thank the governments of

Namibia, Lesotho, Corte d’ Ivoire,

Morocco for taking the lead in signing

formal commitment to support the

activities of the Fund.

Plans are also underway to sign

funding agreements with other

countries including Angola, Togo,

Burkina Faso and Congo.

UPCOMING EVENTS (OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2013) Regional Workshop on Harmonization and updating of Tentative Lists for

Southern Africa Regional workshop on harmonization

and updating of Tentative Lists for Southern Africa will be held on the 28th to 1st November 2013 in Johannesburg South Africa. The workshop is organized jointly by the African World Heritage Fund and the Department of Environmental Affairs (South Africa).

The main objective of the workshop is to bring together about heritage managers from Zambia, Malawi,

Botswana, Namibia, Angola,

Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique and South Africa with the aim of assisting the State Parties concerned to update and identify the most significant cultural and natural sites of international importance for possible nomination in the near future. World Heritage experts will introduce

to the participants basic concepts and practice of preparing World Heritage Tentative Lists.

Risk preparedness workshop, 25th November – 6th December 2013, Tunisia

Risk preparedness workshop for French Speaking Countries will be held from

the 25th November to 6th December 2013 in Tunisia. The principal objective

of the training workshop is to provide an overview of the various aspects of disaster risk management of cultural heritage properties. Cultural heritage

properties are increasingly being

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exposed to different threats. There has been a realization that there is lack of capacity in dealing with risk, both as a

threat to heritage properties at site-level and regional-level. The training workshop will be site specific, aiming at enhancing the knowledge and building capacity of heritage practitioners, disaster risk

professionals and communities on risk preparedness and the mechanisms for protecting, conserving and managing cultural World heritage properties.

The workshop will be implemented by Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA) in

collaboration with AWHF and the Ministry of Culture, Tunisia. The call for applications is currently out Please follow the link for the requirements and application form: http://www.awhf.net/?p=1504.

The deadline for applications is the 11th of October 2013.

2nd Workshop Nomination Training Course for French Speaking Countries The 2nd workshop of the Nomination Training Course for French Speaking Countries will be held in Grand-Bassam World Heritage Site, Cote d’Ivoire from 28th October to 6th

November 2013. This course aimed at training heritage professionals on the preparation of nomination dossiers, will be implemented by by Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA) in collaboration with AWHF and the government of Cote d’Ivoire. Participants from Medine Fort and

Komoguel Mosquee (Mali); Nkoma sacred mountain (Burundi); Archei

region Cultural and Natural landscape and Rock Art, The National Park of Zakouma (Chad); Sites of ancient metallurgy (Burkina Faso); Itombwe natural sites (DRC); Loango site

(Congo); Azagny National Park, Ehotilé Islands, Mosques with Sudanese style and the Ahouakro Archaeological Park (Cote d’Ivoire) will attend the workshop. AWHF is grateful to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNESCO and the government of Cote d’Ivoire for supporting the

training course.

AWHF Contacts

Physical address: Block A, International Business Gateway

Corner 6th & New road Midrand 1685 South Africa

Postal address: 1258 Lever Road Headway Hill Midrand 1685 South Africa

P.O. Box 1234, Halfway House, Midrand, 1685 South Africa

Email: info@awhf.net Tel: +27 (0)11 256 3552 Fax: +27 (0)11 206 3009