ACTIVITIES 2004 I. Professional training Teachers' training workshop Financed by: Getty Grant Program; ICCROM Date: 16 - 27 February, 2004 Place: EPA, Porto-Novo Participants: 13 African professionals working in the area of cultural heritage, from 8 countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Niger, Senegal). Objectives: to form a second generation of African trainers to the design and the animation of courses in the field of conservation, management and mediation of cultural heritage; to diffuse recent teaching techniques and the specific didactic materials designed during the Generation 2 Project; to reinforce the network of trainers able to support EPA, PMDA and other African institutions in their training programmes. Results: qualified, autonomous heritage professionals capable of working alone or within a group of trainers; heritage professionals capable of using and adapting available teaching resources in any given teaching situation; of creating new teaching materials; a team of qualified and operational trainers for African training institutions. The scientific and cultural project Financed by: ICCROM; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy Date: 3 - 7 May, 2004 Place: EPA, Porto-Novo Organised by: Institut national du patrimoine, France / Ecole du Patrimoine Africain Participants: 19 persons in charge of museums or related institutions and senior executives having already carried out projects for museums in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Chad and Togo. Objectives: to provide heads of heritage institutions with tools for the elaboration of a scientific and cultural project for their institution. 6th Africa 2009 Regional Course Financed by: ICCROM; NORAD; Swedish National Heritage Board; Swedish International Development Agency; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland; Unesco World Heritage Fund Date: August 30 - November 19, 2004 Place: EPA, Porto-Novo Organised by: Africa 2009 Programme, Beninese Cultural Heritage Directorate, Ecole du Patrimoine Africain Participants: 19 high level professionals (architects, curators, town planners, archaeologists, historians) from heritage institutions from 15 French-speaking African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo). Objectives: to gather African professionals working in the sector of cultural heritage and to sensitize them to the most important aspects related to the planning and the management of conservation activities in sub-Saharan Africa. Territories and heritage workshop: a sense of place Financed by: UNESCO; Inp; EPA Date: November 29 - December 3, 2004 Place: EPA, Porto-Novo Organised by: Institut national du patrimoine - Inp, Ecole du Patrimoine Africain - EPA Participants: 19 African professionals in charge of urban planning and environment, heads of rehabilitation projects from the French- and Portuguese-speaking countries of EPA's network. Objectives: to point out to environment and urban planning professionals the necessity to carry out intervention policies and to develop land planning policies which take into account the safeguarding and the promotion of the identity of African territories. ACTIVITIES 2004 II. Seminars and workshops Launching of the distance learning course in Cultural mediation Financed by: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; UNESCO; EPA; CNED Date: 22 - 29 March, 2004 Place: EPA, Porto-Novo Participants: 10 heritage and media professionals from Angola, Benin and Senegal. Objectives: Study the modalities to implement the training programme and the use of the CampusCultura web site of the CNED. Stakes and perspectives of being on the World Heritage List Financed by: UNESCO; Ministry of Culture, Handicrafts and Tourism of Benin Date: 16 - 18 June, 2004 Place: EPA, Porto-Novo Participants: Objectives: Make mayors and town authorities acquainted with the procedures, advantages and obligations linked to the listing of Slave Route sites on the World Heritage List, in the context of decentralisation Define local and global strategies which can enable towns to ensure the protection of sites for the well being of the local populations. Results: A definition of the mechanisms of management of Slave Route sites on the local, regional and national levels The conception of a common project for a communal decree for the protection and promotion of Slave Route sites A better understanding by town authorities of the stakes of the promotion and enhancement of sites linked to the Slave Trade for the development of tourism. 6th Africa 2009 Seminar for Directors Financed by: ICCROM; NORAD; Swedish National Heritage Board; Swedish International Development Agency; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland; Unesco World Heritage Fund Date: 15 - 19 November, 2004 Place: EPA, Porto-Novo Organised by: Africa 2009 Programme, Beninese Cultural Heritage Directorate, Ecole du Patrimoine Africain Participants: 41 people, including 26 cultural heritage directors from French-, English- and Portuguese-speaking African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, South Africa, Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe). Objectives: Analyse the applicability of the modules studied during the Africa 2009 course; Give professionals from sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity of presenting immovable cultural heritage sites linked to the Slave Trade in their countries, and particularly show how theses sites are managed; Identify the categories an typologies of sites linked to the Slave Trade (immovable and intangible); Conceive an action plan which will help promote, conserve and control these sites which are sometimes cross-boarder sites. Colloquium: Assessment and perspectives of private museums in Africa Financed by: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; EPA Date: 3 - 4 December, 2004 Place: Dakar, Senegal Organised by: Musée de la Femme Henriette Bathily (Henriette Bathily Museum of Woman), Ecole du Patrimoine Africain Participants: 11 founders of private museums of sub-Saharan Africa. Objectives: Analyse the current situation of private and community museums by identifying their strengths and limitations regarding their development in the African context List the main needs of private museums, especially Museums of Woman, in the perspective of suggesting projects/programmes to be carried out in 2005-2007 in collaboration with the Ecole du Patrimoine Africain. ACTIVITIES 2004 III. Providing of services Study on the reduction of poverty and cultural heritage in Porto-Novo   Play performed by the pupils of the Gbècon school Financed by: UNESCO Date: January 2003 to June 2004 Place: historic district of Accron and Gbècon, Porto-Novo, Benin Objectives: pilot projet for the creation of a fund to help the poorer inhabitants of the district to rehabilitate and promote habitat with a strong cultural identity; develop a sensitisation programme on the problem of cultural heritage in public primary schools of the historic district of Accron and Gbècon. Read more Advisor of the Ministry of Environment, Habitat and Urban planning for the building of the new headquarters of the National Assembly Financed by: Ministry of Environment, Habitat and Urban planning of Benin Date: from October 17, 2003 to August 25, 2004 Place: Porto-Novo, Benin Objective: Assist the Directorate of the lPSRPN (Programme spécial de réhabilitation de la ville de Porto-Novo) in the building project of the new headquarters of the National Assembly of Benin in Porto-Novo, so as to ensure that the project takes into account the safeguarding and the enhancement of cultural heritage of the town, and does not put at risk its application to the World Heritage List. Results: Conception of a document containing prescriptions on the treatment of the heritage components of the area in which the building work will take place, with recommendations presenting aesthetical and functional requirements to which the site will have to answer. Creation of a specific documentary service at EPA's resource centre. Organisation of information meetings and guided visits at EPA and on the site, for the candidates to the competition and other people concerned Organisation of workshops on heritage issues linked to the project and visits for the jury members of the competition Participation in the competition deliberations. Evaluation of the state of conservation of the Island of Gorée Financed by: ICOMOS Date: 29 March - April 2, 2004 Objectives: evaluate the conservation of the Island of Gorée listed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Research programme on the African collections of the University of Turin Financed by: MEBAO/Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Centre for African Studies of Turin Date: June 10 - July 7, 2004 Place: Museum of the Mission of the Consolata, Italy Objectives: study and evaluate the African collections of Italian museums. ACTIVITIES 2004 IV. Publishing Reports and documents: Report on the workshop on The scientific and cultural project Report on EPA's activity as Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Habitat and Urban Planning Report on the 2nd phase of the project on Sustainable management of cultural heritage for the reduction of poverty Other: Mock-up of the guide: Tourisme culturel sur la Route de l'Esclave en Afrique occidentale et centrale (Cultural tourism on the Slave Route in West and Central Africa) Four issues of the EPA Newsletter (electronic newsletter published quaterly). ACTIVITIES 2004 V. Other activities Académie des Fées (Academy of Fairies) Financed by: EPA; Benin Date: launched on February 12, 2001 Place: Porto-Novo Participants: 1464 schoolchildren from 32 classes from 13 primary schools of three towns of Benin (Porto-Novo, Lokossa, Athiémé) 21 secondary schoolchildren Objectives: to improve the quality of African children's lives (aged 6 to 14) by suggesting activities which develop their cultural and artistic sensitivity. This is essential for the preservation of the positive values of creativity and innovation. The theme for the year 2004 was "Educating children through tales". Results: the following activities were carried out using the selected tale: Activities in school Creation of puppets to act out the tale Acting with the puppets and with the children Creation of masks and costumes for actors Training on storytelling Creation of a calendar with drawings depicting scenes from the tale Creation of Senguè (traditional purses) with drawings of characters from the tale. Activities outside school Visit of Académie des Fées classes by academic authorities Pedagogical tour of Académie des Fées teachers to another town of Benin Training on storytelling : " Conte ! raconte " ("Story! tell!") with secondary school children. Exhibition " Porto-Novo : une ville des patrimoines " Financed by: French Cultural Centre of Cotonou; EPA Date: June 22 - July 10, 2004 Place: Cotonou, French Cultural Centre Objectives: introduce this exceptional but endangered cultural heritage to the inhabitants of the megalopolis of Cotonou, at 30 km of Porto-Novo; inform the general public on the results of the study on the rehabilitation of the immovable cultural heritage of Porto-Novo carried out by EPA and EAMAU (Ecole africaine des métiers d'architecture et d'urbanisme) between 2001 and 2003. International meetings Participation in discussions on the Africa 2009 Programme at ICCROM, Rome, Italy, 13-17 December, 2004. Participation in a regional conference on training in the area of cultural heritage in Africa, organised by UNESCO's regional office in Accra, Ghana, 1-6 November, 2004. Invitation to the CIAD (Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora), Dakar, Senegal, 7-9 October, 2004. Second EPA Board Meeting and Second Meeting of the Management Committee of the EPA Endowment Fund, Porto-Novo, Benin, September 15, 2004. Participation in a meeting of Campus Cultura tutors on invitation of the CNED, Marseille, France, 5-9 July, 2004. Participation in a meeting on the revision of the Sharing Conservation Decisions programme at ICCROM, Rome, Italy, May 27-June2, 2004. Participation in the meeting of the Coordination Committee and the Piloting Committee of the Africa 2009 programme, Cape Town, South Africa, May 12-19, 2004. Communication at the FAIMP 2004 conference (Festival Audiovisuel International Musées & Patrimoine), Taipei, Taiwan, May 3-7, 2004. Visit of an EPA delegation to the USA, Dartmouth, Boston, New York, New Brunswick, Washington, April 8-24, 2004. Participation on invitation of the President of the African Commission, to a consultative meeting on the programmes of the Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8-9, 2004. Participation in the evaluation of the 5th Africa 2009 course, Mombassa, Kenya, March 1-12, 2004. Participation in the workshop "Heritage and Reduction of Poverty" organised by UNESCO, Luang Prabang, Laos, February 7-12, 2004. Participation in the workshop "Evaluating the Generation 2 Project and Preparing for the Future" organised by ICCROM's Generation 2 project, Rome, Italy, February 2-6, 2004. Invitation to the 8th SITEM (Salon International des techniques muséographiques), Paris, France, February 2-5, 2004. Participation in a restitution seminar on the rehabilitation of historic houses of the historic city of Djenné, Djenné, Mali, January 14-15, 2004. They visited us 12/03/2004 M. de Bonnecorse, Advisor at the Elysée 13/09/2004 Mr. Stanley-Price, DG ICCROM 21/09/2004 Mr. Daziano, Ambassador of France in Benin 23/09/2004 Mr. Ricoveri, Ambassador of Italy in Benin 14/10/2004 Mr. Wienand, Ambassador of Germany in Benin 10/12/2004 H.E. Mr. Köhler, President of Germany All our thanks to our funding, institutional and technical partners for supporting our activities in 2004: The Getty Foundation Government of Benin ICCROM ICOMOS Ministry of Culture, Handicrafts and Tourism of Benin Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy UNESCO World Bank World Heritage Centre (UNESCO) Center for African Studies of Turin University of Abomey-Calavi Africa 2009 Programme Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED)