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Abidjan Meeting, Côte d'Ivoire 1998

As a follow-up of the Training Strategy adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 20th session in December 1996, the participants of the seminar coming from BENIN, COTE D'IVOIRE, ETHIOPIA, GHANA, KENYA, MALI, TANZANIA MAINLAND, ZANZIBAR, ZIMBABWE.

Thank

The Ministry of Culture of the Côte d'Ivoire, the French Mission for Cooperation and Cultural Action in Abidjan, UNESCO, the World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, and CRATerre-EAG for helping to organize this meeting.

Recommend

That the programme AFRICA 2009, as discussed and approved, should be implemented to contribute to the well-being of African communities and permit the sustainable conservation of their immovable cultural heritage.
That during the three years of the pilot phase of the programme, a series of activities will be carried out, as indicated, aimed at various groups and actors at the continental level (projet cadre) and at the national level (projets situés).
That a coordination structure be established and supported, by, among others, a communication network for the harmonious implementation of the programme.

Appeal

To the diverse international, national, and non-governmental organizations and African and other interested governments to join together to assure the success of the programme AFRICA 2009.