Promoting Initiatives and Cultural Industries in Senegal

The goal of this Joint Programme is to support Senegal in implementing national policies aimed at promoting culture as an engine of sustainable human development, with a focus on vulnerable groups such as women and young people.

Programme initiatives include:

i) Improving national capabilities in terms of competitiveness and product quality, added value and skilled job creation and investment.

ii) Increasing the revenue stream for the poor and for vulnerable groups working in the area of culture and development.

iii) Ensuring the sustainability of the livelihoods and local environment of vulnerable groups through the development of natural resources and an environmental protection response.

iv) Improving the capacty of public institutions to apply the principles of human rights, gender equality and sustainable development in policies and programmes relating to culture and development.

v) Boosting the capability and resources of local communities and community organizations to participate more effectively in the process of decentralization and management of local development.

Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS

Total Budget $6,500,000

Delivery Rate

Participating Agencies UNESCO, WTO, UNIDO, UNDP, UNFPA

Recent Programme Highlights

The sites of the Saloum Delta and the Bassari Landscapes were recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
The Cultural Centre of Toubacouta opened with a space for handicrafts, women, youth and an eco-museum. Its management plan includes local population to allow them to benefit from the installations and improve their livelihoods.
Local producers received training to improve the quality of products from agriculture, farming, fishing and handicrafts and to benefit from tourism.

^*as of June 2012 programme reporting period

Contact Jeanne Seck, j.seck@unesco.org