Rwagweri attends the 17th Session of UNESCO’s of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Rabat, Morocco

Stephen Rwagweri

 The Executive Director of Engabu Za Tooro (Tooro Youth Platform for Action) and CEO of “African Continental Crafts Ltd” which is a for profit social enterprise incorporated in Uganda and having a business focus on the artisan sector across Africa travelled to Rabat Morocco today to attend the 17^th Session of UNESCO’s of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

 

The seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will be hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco in Rabat (Sofitel Rabat Jardin des Roses) from 28 November to 3 December 2022.

 

The UNESCO meeting has 980 delegates who are registered to attend from 146 countries across the world. They include ambassadors of UNESCO, culture ministries representing governments, UN agencies, intergovernmental and multilateral bodies, independent culture experts and 147 globally accredited culture NGOs.

 

During the UNESCO meeting, Engabu Za Tooro Stephen Rwagwri will be formally adopted into a global pool of experts who UNESCO presents to governments all over the world to provide consultancies to UNESCO’s ICH projects

 

Engabu Za Tooro which is a cultural Non Governmental Organisations based in Fort Portal and operating in the Rwenzori region was accredited by UNESCO in 2010. Engabu Za Tooro provides advisory services to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.