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Some achievements
Paper publishing: • Proceedings of the 4th Global Strategy Meeting of UNESCO, financed by the World Heritage Centre, 1999
• 8th PREMA Newsletter, 1999
• Porto-Novo et ses environs - Guide des paysages culturels financed by ACCT, 2001
• Mock-up of two tales: The Magic Drum and How Chameleon Became a Teacher, 2002
• Mock-up of the guide Sur la Route de l’Esclave en Afrique occidentale et centrale - Guide de tourisme culturel, 2004
Digital publishing:
• Abomey Historical Museum, 1999 • Ecole du Patrimoine Africain, 1999 • Symbolique nationale (temporary exhibition of the Musée des Forces Armées Sénégalaises), 1999 • JICPA (Joint IFLA/ICA Committee for Preservation in Africa), 2000 • Numibia : African Art on the Web (Mock-up: http://www.numibia.net). Financed by the Cultural Heritage Division of UNESCO, 2001 • Center for Heritage Development in Africa - CHDA, 2002 • Nubia Museum in Aswan, Egypt, financed by UNESCO's World Heritage Division, 2003 • Africa 2009 Programme, 2005 • Musée des Arts et Traditions du Gabon, 2006 • Nineteen issues of the EPA Newsletter (published quaterly), 2002-2007

Background:

The department started in 1999 with the publication of the Proceedings of the 4th Global Strategy Meeting of UNESCO financed by the World Heritage Centre.

Objective:
Conceive and/or publish specialised material on African cultural heritage for professionals (heritage professionals, trachers, researchers...) and civil society (amateurs).

Missions:		Target audiences
- Publish books on African heritage: proceedings, studies, catalogues...		Heritage institutions (heritage professionals, researchers).
- Publish educational books on African heritage		Teachers, mediators, children
- Publish resources for heritage professionals		Institutions and heritage professionals
- Conceive and develop web sites on heritage		Heritage institutions and general public
- Ensure the publishing and dissemination of the EPA Newsletter		Institutions and heritage professionals
- Assist EPA departments in the conception of their various documents (proofreading, design...)		Institutions and professionals from the EPA network (EPA staff)

2008 team:
- Anne Ambourouè Avaro, coordinator
- Diane Toffoun
- Firmin Nounagnon

Indicative 2008 programme:
- Web portal on private museums of Africa;
- Publishing and dissemination of four issues of the EPA Newsletter;
- Publishing of the "Cahiers du patrimoine"