YesMauritaniaValorisationCultural heritage and innovationUncategorized
Founded in 2019 by Aicha Chighaly, the Mauritanian company ARDINE works on promoting and preserving…
YesValorisationTogoPerforming artsUncategorized
Femmes en création
The Kadam-Kadam Association is active in the artistic and cultural, social and educational fields,…
YesValorisationTogoFilmUncategorized
“If you can’t go to the cinema, the cinema will come to you” – this is the raison d’être of the…
YesMauritaniaValorisationArts and CultureUncategorized
Valorisation des styles musicaux en voie de disparition
The TERANIM Centre for Popular Arts is an independent cultural institution, committed since 2014 to…
YesThe GambiaValorisationMoving image educationUncategorized
Art Education for Change
Specialising in training in the travel and tourism sector, ITTOG has been involved in numerous…
YesValorisationBurkina FasoPerforming artsUncategorized
The association ART AU DELÀ DU HANDICAP (Art Beyond Disability) aims to promote the personal…
YesStructurationPerforming artsMusicMauritaniaUndefined
“Sahelles connect”, promotion of Cultural and Creative Industries
The “Sahelles connect” project consists of a programme to structure the cultural and…
MaliPerforming artsYesStructurationDanceUncategorizedUndefined
“De l’Homme vers l’Homme”, contemporary dance
Specialised in the field of contemporary dance, the Don Sen Folo association anchors its project in…
Performing artsYesStructurationSenegalDanceUncategorizedUndefined
“Présence Noire dans la Danse”, promotion of dance arts
More than ever, École des Sables wants to maintain its educational role and offer development…
YesValorisationSierra LeonePerforming arts and creative artsUncategorized
Remembering our Legends: They left gifts behind: Can we bridge the gap?
The Academy was created in 1995 to preserve, enrich and develop the national cultural heritage of…
Festival International de Théâtre de l’Afrique de l’Ouest – FITAO Casamance en Scène
Through its animation and awareness-raising activities in Africa, the association participates in citizen development. Since...
“Maremusica”, production and distribution of music from Cape Verde
Highly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cape Verdean cultural industry, and even more so...
Mon panégyrique, mon identité culturelle
The mission of the Humanist Writers Association of Benin is to make writing, books and...
Art is Devel@pment
ADPP-GB works to support and empower the most vulnerable populations in Guinea-Bissau. Adapting to the...
The cultural association Koumakan was founded in Conakry in 2017 to promote creativity as a...
Presentation of the AWA programme
TheACP-EU Culture Programme: Support to the cultural and creative sectors in West Africa – AWA (Art in West Africa), benefits from the financial contribution of the European Union and the support of the Secretariat of the Organisation of ACP States. Implemented by the consortium formed by the Institut français and the Centre Culturel Kôrè Ségou (Mali), its ambition is to sustainably support the structuring of the cultural and creative industries in 16 West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo) and to boost their competitiveness

16
countries in West Africa
6,2
million euros in funding
160
e-learning modules
15
Beneficiaries of the "Structuring Fund for Cultural Operators
96
Beneficiaries of the "Fund for the promotion of West African cultures
" Culture gives us our identity, it defines who 'we' are It conveys the values of our society and creates jobs for young people. Openness to another culture contributes to the understanding of the other and helps to broaden our notion of who 'we' are. "
Jobst Von Kirchmann, EU Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire
" Culture is extremely important. It deserves to be funded. We help to fund it because it is the key to understanding both others and ourselves. "
Jobst Von Kirchmann, EU Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire
" Cultural heritage is a fundamental resource for the promotion of territories, traditional know-how and the development of tourism."
George Rebelo Chikoti, Secretary General of the OACPS
" The arts help to affirm the identity of populations and strengthen social cohesion in the creation of a creative economy. "
Mamou Daffé, Director of the Centre Culturel Kôrè in Ségou - Mali
With the financial contribution of the European Union and the support of the OACPS Secretariat –
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States




