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International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Art (CIOFF) is an international non-governmental organization. This NGO maintains formal consultative relations with UNESCO.

Founded in 1970, CIOFF is present in nearly 90 countries dispatched on the five continents. It is gathering almost 250 international festivals in the world and promotes, each year, the exchange of nearly 50,000 amateur artists.

CIOFF aims at defending the cultural diversity and promoting an intercultural dialogue to serve the cause of peace and non-violence. The traditional and folk culture is at heart of the matters. And through its large net of members, CIOFF is setting different programmes of activities in favour of the safeguarding and the promotion of this heritage through its various forms of expression such as dance, music, games, rituals, customs and other arts.

In 1998, spurred on by the Director general of UNESCO Federico Mayor and thanks to the financial support of UNESCO, CIOFF extended its regional activities and starts notably its programme in Africa.

West Africa and Central Africa were first at heart of the matters. In February 1999, during the Marché des Arts et du Spectacle Africain (MASA, African Market of the Performing Arts), CIOFF net in Africa was officially launched during the meeting of Bingerville (Ivory Coast).

Currently, the programme is extended to the others African regions: Austral Africa, East Africa and the Horn of Africa.

6/30/2008
UNESCO Conventions
From 16 to 19 June 2008, took place a general meeting of states parties to the Convention on Intangible Heritage-2003.
In this sense, a meeting of African states parties to the Convention in 2003 ran from 23 to 24 June. During the workshop, discussions were held on how to implement the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, nationally and internationally.

From 24 to 27 June, followed the first session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions-2005. During this week, states have debated the role of civil society in implementing the Convention. It was an opportunity for NGOs, which were to recognize a true status, to raise their voices,


6/30/2008
Website CIOFF Africa in restructuring
At the moment, the website will gradually updates.
In the meantime, all the information, on sections of the country, have been renovated.


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