Mozambique: Strengthening cultural and creative industries and inclusive policies in Mozambique

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Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS

Total Budget $5,000,000
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies UNESCO, UNFPA, FAO, ITC, UNHCR, ILO
Main Achievements
  • Legal, regulatory and fiscal framework supporting Craft and Music Industries reviewed and recommendations for change identified. Regulation of copyright law and related rights elaborated.
  • Nearly 40 trainers certified and 470 artisans and musicians trained in cultural business skills.
  • Government ministries and artisans have developed a national craft curriculum and practical, market-based strategies to support Mozambican artisan enterprises. Tree nurseries established to replenish woods used in traditional instruments and housing.
Contact Lorraine Johnson, l.johnson@unesco.org

The MDG-F Joint Programme on strengthening Cultural and Creative Industries and Inclusive Policies in Mozambique aims to promote cultural and creative industries' contribution to social and economic development and ensure the inclusion of social and cultural aspects in development policies and strategies. It sets out to improve the enabling environment that supports the cultural and creative industries and, through pilot activities, demonstrate that with strategic inputs in both the cultural and creative industries and purposeful inclusion of culture in development planning - culture in all its forms "can make a difference."

The Programme works in partnership with nine government ministries (MINEC, MC, MITUR, MITRAB, MISAU, MINAG, MJD and MCT) and involves six UN agencies (UNESCO, ITC, ILO, FAO, UNHCR, UNFPA) working in an integrated approach to meet project goals. UNESCO is the coordinating agency providing overall program management and in-country coordination. The Programme is being implemented in select locations in three provinces: Maputo City, Inhambane city and its surroundings, the district of Zavala, Nampula city and the districts of Mossuril and Mozambique Island.

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