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THE AFRICAN WORLD HERITAGE FUND

QUARTERLY REVIEW

OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2015

Omo River - Lower Valley of the Omo, Ethiopia

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KENYA HOSTS 18TH

AWHF BOARD OF TRUSTESS MEETING

The AWHF Board of Trustees met on 15th – 17th

December 2015 in Mombasa, Kenya. The meeting was

attended by the regional representatives from North,

South, East, West and Central Africa as well as

professional members, Observers from the

Development Bank of Southern Africa, ICCROM and

IUCN, Advisor to the Board, and representatives of

the Kenya government and South Africa High

Commission in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting was

chaired by H.E. Mr Rapulane Molekane, the ambassador

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION “To ensure that the mission and objectives of the African World Heritage Fund are achieved by

consolidating institutional Capacities”.

Delegates at AWHF Board of Trustees meeting, Mombasa Kenya, 15th December 2015

(Left- Right) Dr. Gauze, Dr. Wario (Minister) and Ambassador Molekane.

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of South Africa to France and Permanent Delegate of South Africa

to UNESCO. The meeting was officially opened by Prof. Hussein

Golicha, the Chairperson of the National Museums of Kenya

Board. Dr. Hassan Wario, the Cabinet Secretary (Minister),

Ministry of Sports, Culture and The Arts, Kenya closed the

meeting on 17th December. The Government of Kenya supported

the meeting through the Ministry of Sports, Culture and The Arts,

and coordinated by the National Museums of Kenya.

Speaking at the closing ceremony, the Minister commended the

Fund’s achievements across the continent and particularly for

supporting a number of projects in Kenya. The Minister assured

the Board that Kenya will honour its full pledge of 1.5 US$. Kenya

has to date paid one million to the Fund.

Board proceedings

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NEW STAFF AT AWHF

AWHF LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE

We are delighted to announce the launch of our revamped website. The new website is designed to

increase public awareness of our work, easy and efficiently access to the tools and resources you need. The

updated includes the Logo layout to reflect the 10th anniversary commemoration in 2016.

Ms. Tsholofelo joined

AWHF in December

2015 as a Finance

Officer. She is a trained

Accountant with vast

international experience

in financial

management. She holds

a Bachelor of Commerce

Degree (Hons) -

Business Management.

Ms. Tsholofelo Legae

Finance Officer

Ms. Inhle Mdlalose

Fundraising Officer

Ms. Inhle joined AWHF in

December 2015 as a

Fundraising Officer. She

holds a Bachelor of Arts

Degree- Development

Studies. She’s an

experienced Fundraiser and

has worked for various

organizations.

www.awhf.net

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The WHSTP is implemented by AWHF

in collaboration with UNESCO’s World

Heritage Centre. UNESCO has

developed a capacity building tool (“How

To” Guide) for site managers and

stakeholders to help manage tourism at

their sites more sustainably.

The aim of the programme is to introduce

the toolkit to the planning and

management of tourism activities at

World heritage sites in order to enhance

broad stakeholder engagement in

planning, development and management

of tourism, and provide World Heritage

stakeholders with the capacity and the

tools to manage tourism efficiently,

responsibly and sustainably based on the

local context and needs.

WORLD HERITAGE SITES AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PROGRAMME (WHSTP)

CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE PLACES “To ensure improved management and conservation of World Heritage in Africa through

participation of all stakeholders including local communities”

The final workshops on World Heritage Sites and Sustainable

Tourism Programme (WHSTP) were held on 6th - 7th October

2015, at Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls World heritage Site

(Zambia), 5th - 6th November 2015 at Maloti-Drakensberg Park

World heritage Site (South Africa) and, 9th - 10th November 2015

at Lake Malawi National Park World Heritage Site (Malawi).

These workshops focused on finalizing the sustainable tourism

strategies for the three sites. The AWHF and UNESCO would

like to thank the Flanders Government for supporting the

Programme, along with the Governments of Zambia,

Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi

Participants WHSTP Workshop, Zambia

Lake Malawi, National Park, Malawi

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MALI AND ETHIOPIA HOST NOMINATION TRAINING WORKSHOPS

The overall goal of the nomination training programme is to build the capacity of the State Parties in the preparation of

nomination dossiers to increase the representation of African sites on the World Heritage List. The objectives of the

course are to: 1). Give competence to African natural and cultural heritage practitioners thereby improving the quality

of African nomination files submitted to the World Heritage Committee; 2). Increase the number and diversity of

African heritage properties inscribed on the World Heritage List; 3). Reinforce the network of African heritage

professionals working on World Heritage properties; 4).Set up a support and follow up mechanism to facilitate delivery

of credible nomination files.

Francophone Nomination Workshop - Mali The Francophone workshop took place in Segou, Mali, from the 5th to 16th October 2015. The workshop gathered 14 participants from Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Mali. Eight (8) nomination dossiers were examined. These include: National Park of Zakouma (Chad); Ancient Metallurgy Sites (Burkina Faso); Tiebele Royal Yard (Burkina Faso); Diawling National Park (Mauritania); Extension of Banc d’Arguin National Park (Mauritania); Kangaba Sacred House in Mande Land (Mali); Fort Medine (Mali); Vestibule of the Bamanan Kingdom founder (Mali).

MAKING THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST CREDIBLE, REPRESSENTATIVE AND BALANCED

“To ensure increased number of sites from Africa inscribed on World Heritage List”

(L-R) Workshop participants and the Deputy Mayor of Segou addressing participants during the opening ceremony

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Anglophone Nomination Workshop - Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Government through the Ministry

of Culture and Tourism hosted the Anglophone

Nomination training workshop in Robe and Addis

Ababa, Ethiopia from the 16th - 27th November

2015. The workshop focused on finalizing dossiers

which are already being processed. Twenty one

(21) participants from 7 countries i.e. Ethiopia,

Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Zambia, Seychelles

and Uganda, attended the workshop.

Dossiers for the following sites were examined:

Dirre Sheikh Hussein Religious, Cultural and

Historical Site [Ethiopia]; Holqa Sof Umar: Natural

and Cultural Heritage (Sof Umar: Caves of Mystery)

[Ethiopia]; Bale Mountains National Park [Ethiopia];

Thimlich Ohinga Cultural Landscape [Kenya]; Human

Right, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela

legacy sites [South Africa]; Sanganeb Marine National

Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine

National Park [Sudan]; Nyero and other hunter-

gatherer geometric rock art sites in eastern Uganda

[Uganda]; Barotse Cultural Landscape [Zambia]; and

Venn’s Town Mission Station Historical Site

[Seychelles].

Workshop participants

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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM STATE PARTIES AND PARTNERS

The Fund would like to thank all its partners and

funders for the generous support to the Fund’s

activities on the continent.

PARTNERSHIP AND FUNDRAISING

“To seek support for the AWHF Endowment Fund and Operational Funding”

In November 2015, the Ministry of Culture, Côte d'Ivoire

through its Embassy in South Africa, contributed 1.4 Million

Rands to the Fund. The amount is part of the multi-year agreement

signed between AWHF and the Government of Côte d'Ivoire.

In January 2016, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,

Mozambique, contributed 50,000 US$ to the Fund to support the

operations and activities of the Fund.

In January 2016, Lesotho contributed 79,000 Rands. Lesotho

signed a three year funding agreement with the Fund.

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LAUNCH OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE 10TH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE AFRICAN WORLD

HERITAGE FUND

In 2016, the AWHF will be commemorating the

10th anniversary since the creation of the Fund. In

the framework of the 38th session of the General

Conference, the UNESCO African Group, together

with the World Heritage Center and AWHF

organized a Side Event on 12 November, 2015 to

launch activities for the celebrations of the 10th

anniversary. The event was chaired by the

Director General of UNESCO and the Chairperson

of the 38th General Conference. The event gathered

more than 300 officials and representatives of

States Parties. Among the delegates present

included: H. E. Mr Stanley Mutumba Simataa,

Deputy Minister of Information and

Communication Technology of the Republic of

Namibia, Chairperson of the General Conference;

Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO;

H. E. Mr Jean-Marie Adoua, Ambassador and

Permanent Delegate of Congo to UNESCO, the

Chairperson of the Africa Group; H. E. Mr

Diekumpuna Sita N'sadisi José, Ambassador

and Permanent Delegate of Angola to

UNESCO, who represented the Chairperson of

the African World heritage Fund at the event.

Various achievements in the field of Culture in

Africa were highlighted by various speakers.

They also called upon African States Parties to

host events in the framework of the

commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the

African World Heritage Fund in 2016. 5th May

was declared “the African World Heritage

Day”.

Delegates at the Event

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UPCOMING EVENTS

(JANUARY - MARCH 2016)

Risk preparedness workshop Anglophone, 19th February-3rd March 2016, (Brandberg, Namibia)

Side event at Mining Indaba February 2016 (Cape Town, South Africa)

AWHF 10TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS

CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF

PROMOTING AFRICA’S HERITAGE

Regional Youth Forum on “Youth and World Heritage in Africa, 28th April – 4th May 2016, Robben Island, South Africa

An International Conference on African World Heritage -

Conservation and Sustainable Development (South Africa,

4-6 May 2016)

The 10th Anniversary Night of African Legends (South

Africa, 6 May 2016)

The Side Event at the African Union Heads of States

Summit (June 2016 possibly in Kigali, Rwanda)

A Side Event on World Heritage and Sustainable

Development at the 40th World Heritage Committee

meeting(Istanbul, July 2016)

Mozambique Island