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GTZ themes : culture and development

| cop. 2007-
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  • Publisher: GTZ
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  • Keywords: cultural development, development, cultural aspects, democracy
One of GTZ' (German development cooperation) cross sectoral themes is Culture & Development. Their website gives information on a series of Round Tables in different countries in the world (from 2004-2006) and three case studies.

Workshop for youth participation for safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage and community development 8-11 June 2007, Tsuruoka, Japan : ACCU's community based project

| cop. 2007
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Asia/Pacific cultural centre for UNESCO (ACCU)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural heritage, community participation, youth
Representatives from communities in Japan, South Africa, Thailand discussed how the local community or the preservation association can work to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage and encourage participation of young people in the activities.

National commission on culture

| cop. 2006-
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  • Publisher: National commission on culture
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  • Keywords: cultural policy, cultural development, cultural heritage, ghana
The NCC was established to manage from a holistic perspective the Cultural life of Ghana through the promotion of the evolution of an integrated National Culture, and supervision of the implementation of programmes for the preservation, promotion and representation of Ghana tradition and values.

AMA : Art moves Africa

| cop. 2006-
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  • Publisher: Art moves Africa (AMA)
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  • Keywords: cultural exchanges, funds, capacity building, cultural personnel, africa
AMA is aiming to facilitate cultural and artistic exchanges within the African continent.

ISFNR : International society for folk narrative research

| cop. 2006-
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  • Publisher: International society for folk narrative research (ISFNR)
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  • Keywords: folk literature, folklore, associations
The ISFNR unites folklorists and other researchers of folk narratives from all over the world. It organizes conferences and produces a [year]ly newsletter.
 

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The portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on culture for development. It is also an unique entry point for all other internet resources, including newsletters, discussion groups, websites, bibliographic databases, and directories of organizations and projects. Our ambition is to provide (almost) full coverage on the aforementioned themes.