Culture

December 16, 2021

HONOURABLE MARK OKRAKU MANTEY, DEPUTY MINISTER FOR TOURISM, ARTS, AND CULTURE HAS LAUNCHED THE FIRST-EVER MULTI-STAKEHOLDER HERITAGE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR GHANA.

This morning, Honorable Mark Okraku Mantey, Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts, and Culture launched the first-ever Multi-stakeholder Heritage Strategic Framework for Ghana in the West African […]
December 15, 2021

LAUNCH OF A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER HERITAGE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR GHANA

Tomorrow, the Ghana Heritage Committee under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture will launch the first-ever Multi-Stakeholder Heritage Strategic Framework for Ghana. […]
December 7, 2021

LAUNCH OF THE MULTI-STAKEHOLDER HERITAGE STRATEGIC PLAN FRAMEWORK

Today, the Ghana Heritage Committee under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and Ghana Commission for UNESCO organized a workshop to validate […]
October 15, 2021

New edition of Asante Traditional Buildings publication aims to promote sustainable heritage tourism

As part of the Sankofa Project, sponsored by the French Embassy in Kumasi, Ghana – the revision and 2021 edition of Asante Traditional Buildings has been published. The […]
September 1, 2021

Preparation of a Multi-Stakeholder Strategic Plan Framework for Effective Management of Ghana’s Heritage Resources (2022-2029)

On 31st August, the Working Group of the Ghana Heritage Committee, opened up a 3-Day Workshop to develop a Strategic Plan Framework for the effective management […]
August 23, 2021

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

The night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) saw the beginning of the uprising that would play […]
June 24, 2021

Ghana inaugurates the rehabilitated Ussher Fort Slave Museum and Documentary Centre

On 8 June 2021, UNESCO, the Ghana Museums and Monuments Boards (GMMB), and the Netherlands represented by the Dutch Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Ron Strikker, inaugurated the […]
June 8, 2021

REPORT OF THE EIGHT SESSION OF THE 2005 CONVENTION

The Session was virtually held from 1-4 June. The Ghanaian team participated in the Session from the GTA Conference Room.   The Session examined 14 Agenda […]
January 20, 2021

Preparation of a Management Plan for Ghana’s Forts and Castles

On 19th January 2020, the Ghana Commission for UNESCO joined the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board and UNESCO Office in […]