Senegal: Promoting Initiatives and Cultural Industries in Senegal
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $6,500,000
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies UNESCO, WTO, UNIDO, UNDP, UNFPA
Main Achievements
- 72 communicators from 24 "CMC" Community Multimedia Centres trained and advocating for the National Strategy on Gender Equality.
- 40 persons trained in local economic development. Capacities of artists and artisans developed in Delta du Saloum and Pays Bassari, including the establishment of the Grand Ballet of Pays Bassari.
- Delta du Saloum recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in June 2011.
Contact Jeanne Seck, j.seck@unesco.org
The joint programme (UNDP, UNFPA, UNIDO, UNESCO, WTO) advocated for Senegal has been drawn up according to priorities defined in the National Strategy for Accelerated Growth (SNCA), the National Programme for the Development of Culture in Senegal (PNDC), the Action Plan on Sustainable Methods of Production and Consumption, as well as different Conventions and the Action Plan for cultural policies adopted by UNESCO, and is designed to contribute to the achievement of the MDGs 1, 3, 7 and 8.
Furthermore, it represents a contribution to the collective response from the UN in Senegal defined in the UN Development Assistance Framework Guidelines (UNDAF) for 2007-2011. The main goal is to support the implementation of national policies aimed at promoting culture as an engine of sustainable human development taking into account the Human Rights and vulnerable communities’ (women and young people) components.