2007 Activity Report - L`Ecole du Patrimoine Africain-EPA

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2007 Activity Report
2007 ACTIVITIES
I. Museums Department
A - First meeting of the BA in conception and implementation of
cultural projects
Context: This on line BA course is a collaborative undertaking
within the partnership established in 2004 with Université de
Provence Aix- Marseille 1 for the training of high level professionals
in cultural outreach in the EPA network. This first meeting of
students was also the launch of the second course baptised
Jean-Charles Berardi. This course is given on line through a
platform named Claroline of the Université de Provence Aix
Marseille 1.
Target: 15 cultural heritage professionals from seven African
countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Mali,
Senegal) .
Objectives: make a concrete approach of Units E1- 2- 3 - 4, in
particular an individual contact on the Unit 1 project; organise intensive technical internships and a first exam
on the four Units; clarify and implement pedagogical and administrative arrangements, such as submissions
to be exempted of certain levels, the adoption of the EPA / University agreement.
Dates: June 25 - July 7
Content:
- theory (Unit E5 The exhibition and its audiences, Unit E10 Administrative and financial management)
- practice (UE1 project, UE2 Culture and outreach, UE 3 Public cultural policies, UE4 Study of cultural
audiences)
- Evaluations: UE2- UE3- UE4- UE5- UE10
Place: Porto-Novo, Benin
Partners: Université de Provence-Aix Marseille 1
Financing: Mission de Coopération Française FSP « Les musées au service du développement. »
B - Survey on documentation practices in museums of sub-Saharan
Africa
Context: In order to help smaller museums from developing countries, ICCROM and UNESCO (Museums
section) have drawn up a three year programme to develop pedagogic tools in four priority areas.
Documentation of collections is one of them and EPA's expertise was solicited.
Objectives: to know from a survey carried out in targeted museums the state of documentation and the
various initiatives in documentation which have taken place during the last 20 years.
Content: a survey carried out in 14 English-, French- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Target: a dozen museums of sub-Saharan Africa.
Dates: April to September
Financing: UNESCO, ICCROM, EPA
C - Evaluation workshop of the survey on documentation practices in
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museums of sub-Saharan Africa
Context: In order to better help museums from developing countries, ICCROM and UNESCO (Museums
section) ordered from EPA a survey on documentation practices in African museums.
Target: About ten professionals from African museums; representatives of ICCROM and UNESCO.
Dates: 20 -21 September
Objective: From the data gathered from the survey carried out by EPA, evaluate documentation practices in
African museums to better help them in the implementation of simple and efficient documentation tools.
Coordination: Ecole du Patrimoine Africain-EPA / ICCROM
Financing: UNESCO, ICCROM, EPA.
D- Académie des Fées
Objective: Develop cultural and artistic awareness within children
from 6 to 12 years old centred on Guèlèdè masks.
Participants: 200 primary school children from Attakè and Dedomè
schools in Porto-Novo.
Content: - Training of teachers, cultural outreach facilitators and
activity leader
- Guided tours of exhibitions (children's trails and Guélédé trails)
- Workshops: painting– dyeing– storytelling– poetry - song/dance…
Dates: March to June
Place: Musée ethnographique S.A Adande and Attakè and Dedomè
schools, Porto-Novo, Benin
Coordination and animation: Ecole du Patrimoine Africain
Financing: Ecole du Patrimoine Africain
E - Organisation of the Musée des Masques d'Adjarra (Museum of
masks)
Context: In the framework of the setting up of this private museum, its director beneficiates from permanent
assistance from EPA through the Museum Department.
Content: all the artefacts were photographed, a documentary file was created and sent to the Institut des
Musées Nationaux in DRC (from where most of the collection originates) for expertise, in order to certify that
the artefacts have been lawfully acquired. Also, the inhabitants of the locality have been sensitized to the
concept of cultural banks.
Place: Adjarra
Financing: FSP-Musées: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007 ACTIVITIES
II. Landscapes and Heritage Department
In 2007, the department's activities were centred on its mission of advising and assisting city councils and
African institutions, especially with the school-building site for the rehabilitation of the Migan building, soon to
become the House of Heritage and Tourism of Porto-Novo. The main activities carried out are the following:
A- Information workshop for town councillors of Porto-Novo
Context: evaluate the dynamics of heritage rehabilitation of the town and perspectives for the implementation
of heritage management tools.
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Target: town councillors of Porto-Novo
Objective: Inform the councillors on the studies carried out and studies in progress and on perspectives for
the management of cultural heritage in Porto-Novo.
Dates : February 28
Place: EPA, Porto-Novo (Benin)
B - Workshop on the rehabilitation of the Migan building
Context: In order to develop means to protect and enhance cultural heritage, the town of Porto-Novo has
chosen to rehabilitate the colonial house named Migan building, in order to make it into the future Maison du
patrimoine et du tourisme (House of Heritage and Tourism). The rehabilitation of the building was the subject
of a technical study workshop in order to avoid interventions which would spoil or destroy the identity of cities
and townscapes.
Target: About 40 stakeholders (students and teachers from technical and professional schools of Porto-Novo
in the following specialties: Employee – Technician - Supervisor - E.T.A.M.; artisans, technical partners,
professionals in the building area, local residents…).
Objectives: Determine approaches, tools and methods for the setting up of rehabilitation school-building sites
for colonial (Afro-Brazilian) buildings of Porto-Novo.
- Sensitize the local community to heritage through demonstrative operations.
- Present tools for the mounting of rehabilitation operations of old buildings
- Suggest a programme of actions for the promotion of the historic heritage of Porto-Novo.
Content: Technical meetings on the Migan site, communications, debates, case studies, field trips.
Dates: 22 - 28 March 2007
Place: EPA, Porto-Novo (Benin)
Partners: COOPARCH-R.U, Culture Lab, Université de Copernic, Association Giovanni Secco Suardo,
Ricerca et Cooperazione, City of Lyon, Communauté urbaine du Grand Lyon, City of Porto-Novo,
Coordination: Ecole du Patrimoine Africain - EPA
Financing: Projet Culture 2000
C – School-building site for the rehabilitation of the Migan building
"Maison du patrimoine et du tourisme de Porto-Novo"
Context: The town council of Porto-Novo asked EPA to supervise
its programme of rehabilitation and enhancement of the city's
immovable heritage. This programme has three main aspects: the
drawing up of a legal and economic model for the rehabilitation of
the town's old private buildings, the setting up of a municipal
structure for the management of heritage and tourism, and the
carrying out of a pilot operation consisting in a school-building site
to launch the rehabilitation process.
Objectives: Mobilise and transmit local know-hows in traditional
materials and building techniques to pupils of professional and
technical schools, workmen and artisans from different specialties
in the building trade participating in the operation. Draw up a
reference document with all the specific activities for the Rehabilitation of the House of Heritage
rehabilitation of Porto-Novo's immovable heritage, and the list of associated skills.
Target: Workmen - Members of a trade guild - Pupils of technical schools – Master artisans.
Approach and organisation:
- Elaboration of a draft reference document listing specific activities and skills necessary for the rehabilitation
of old buildings of Porto-Novo.
- Identification of different trades and choice of the master artisans specialised in rehabilitation work and other
facilitators. Organisation of seven workshops each directed by a master artisan of the corresponding specialty
backed by a supervisor, a civil engineer, a person in charge of administrative and financial matters and a
director of operations.
- Creation of "heritage workman or artisan" certifications.
Dates: 29 May - 31 August
Place: Porto-Novo (Benin)
Conception, follow up and supervision: Ecole du Patrimoine Africain - EPA
Client: Porto-Novo town council.
Financing: Villes Unies contre la pauvreté, City of Lyon and Le Grand Lyon, Culture 2000, Porto-Novo town
council.
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D – Journée Cesare Brandi : Restitution workshop on the rehabilitation
school-building site of the Maison du patrimoine et du tourisme
Context: The Migan building was rehabilitated to house the Maison du patrimoine et du tourisme (House of
Heritage and Tourism) of Porto-Novo. This makes it one of the realisations of the conclusions and
recommendations of the Study for the rehabilitation of Porto-Novo's historic heritage, carried out from
September 2001 to April 2003.
This day was dedicated to Cesare Brandi (1906 – 1988), philosopher, Italian art historian and critic, whose
work was fundamental for heritage preservation and conservation.
Target: About 40 participants, including Senator and Deputy Mayor of Chinon, Yves Dauge and the Deputy
Mayor of Lyon, Patrice Béghain.
Objectives: Considering that the colonial architecture of African towns is a joint heritage of Europe and
Africa:
- Give a feedback and close the activities of the "Culture 2000" project, particularly the rehabilitation of the
Migan building into the Maison du patrimoine et du tourisme of Porto-Novo;
- Present the results of the inventory of Lubumbashi and the safeguarding and enhancement programme of
the historic centre of Porto-Novo;
- Put into perspective and analyse the modalities for the management of the cultural heritage of a city for its
local development;
- Identify future programmes;
- Officially inaugurate the building.
Content: Communications, debates, official receipt of the building
Date: 21 September
Place: EPA, Porto-Novo
Coordination: Ecole du Patrimoine Africain - EPA
Financing: Porto-Novo town council, Communauté urbaine de Grand Lyon, Culture 2000, Villes Unies contre
la pauvreté, EPA.
E - Launch and follow up of the building of the multi-purpose room at
EPA.
F - Evaluation mission at Sainte Anne
Context: The Sainte Anne mission, whose church was conceived and built by Gustave Eiffel in 1887, is a
coherent architectural ensemble with the church and the mission buildings, on the edge of the Fernan Vaz
lagoon.
Place: Sainte Anne, Odimba, Gabon
Objectives: assess the state of the site as potential cultural heritage site of Gabon, with particular attention
on its physical and architectural dimension, and to its historic and cultural importance. Make suggestions for
the setting up of conservation, safeguarding and enhancement measures for the site.
Date: 24 - 28 September
Financing: Libreville UNESCO cluster office.
Main partners in 2007: Villes de Porto-Novo et de Lyon, Convention France–Unesco, Partenariat pour le
développement municipal (PDM), CPM, ONG Hope for Africa, Projet Culture 2000, FSP Musée-Coopération
française, Agence de coopération espagnole, INHA – Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, MAEE,
Chaire UNESCO en patrimoine culturel de l’Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
2007 ACTIVITIES
III. Publishing Department
ICT:
Maintenance of the EPA web site.
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Maintenance of the Africa 2009 Programme web site.
Maintenance of the Abomey Museum web site.
4 issues of the EPA Newsletter, published quarterly
Publications:
Mock up of the Cahiers du Patrimoine
Translations, design :
Translation into English and revising of documents produced by
other departments, mainly the Special Projects Department (Msd).
Design of some Msd documents.
2007 ACTIVITIES
IV. Partnership activities
Welcoming of interns and researchers
• Daniel Hounkpevi (Benin), student in urban planning. Research on projects carried out by the Landscapes
and Heritage Department for the city of Porto-Novo, on projects in progress and their perspectives.
• Bibata Tiendrébéogo and Rasmata Kaboré (Burkina Faso), guides at the National Museum of Burkina
Faso. Followed an internship on end of year pedagogic activities at the Jardin des Plantes et de la Nature JPN.
V. International meetings
Gérard Tognimassou: 8th Africa 2009 Regional course evaluation meeting and preparation of the 9th.
Mombasa, Kenya, 19 - 23 February 2007.
Alain Godonou: 15ème édition des Entretiens du Patrimoine "Patrimoines de l'Europe, patrimoine
européen". Intervention dans la table ronde "le patrimoine au regard de l'Autre". Paris, France, 19 - 21 March
2007.
Alain Godonou: colloquium "Dialogue on Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Development", World Bank, .
Washington, USA, 16 April 2007.
Victoire Adégbidi: "Architecture Coloniale, une identité à partager" workshop organised by the Réseau
Cooparch-R.U in the framework of the European Programme "Culture 2000". Lubumbashi, DRC, 9 - 15 May
2007.
Alain Godonou: evaluation meeting of the Nordic World Heritage Foundation (NWHF) projects. Oslo,
Norway, 21 - 25 May 2007.
Gérard Tognimassou: 22nd session of the Africa 2009 Programme's steering committee. Kampala,
Uganda, 22 - 25 May 2007.
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Alain Godonou: International colloquium dedicated to the centenary of Cesare Brandi (1906-1988)
organised by the Cesare Brandi Association. Rome, Italy, 30 May-1st June 2007.
Félicité Houngbo: 6th Pan-African Music Festival (FESPAM), with a presentation of the Académie des
Fées programme of EPA. Pointe Noire, Congo, 7 - 14 July 2007.
Ismailou Baldé: regional workshop "Méthodologie de recherche et rédaction scientifique" organised by
the Educational Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA). Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 9 - 12 July 2007.
Gérard Tognimassou & Victoire Adégbidi: "Patrimoine culturel et développement local" workshop
organised in the context of the France-Unesco Convention. Paris, France, 3 - 5 September 2007.
Alain Godonou: Forum Privatisation et patrimoine culturel. President of the panel "Partenariats /
coopération dans la gestion du patrimoine culturel pour un développement durable : critères et
perspectives". Catania, Italy, 13 - 15 September.
Victoire Adegbidi: UNESCO international conference " Cidade Velha : le futur du passé ", with a
presentation on the UNESCO' s Slave Route project. Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde, 2 - 5
October 2007.
Gérard Tognimassou: 9th Africa 2009 Seminar for Directors at CHDA. Mombasa, Kenya, 8 - 13 October
2007.
Gérard Tognimassou: 8th Africa 2009 thematic seminar, "Communication and conservation of immovable
cultural heritage sites". Nouakchott, Mauritania, 22 - 26 October 2007.
Ismaïlou Baldé: national cultural heritage week "Habiter au Mali : enjeux et perspectives de l'architecture
de terre". Bamako, Mali, 22 - 25 October 2007.
Alain Godonou & Victoire Adégbidi: Pluridisciplinary study day of the Réseau patrimoine et
développement on the Rehabilitation of the cultural heritage of Porto-Novo. Institut national d'histoire de l'art
(INHA), Paris, France, 27 October 2007.
Victoire Adégbidi: colloquium "Journalisme et patrimoine mondial" with a presentation on African
heritage in danger. Luxembourg, 10 - 17 November 2007.
Anne Avaro: OCIM (Office de Coopération et d'Informations Muséographiques) conference, "Sites
Internet : quelles ressources pour les visiteurs ?" with a presentation on the African audiences of web
sites developped by EPA. Paris, France, 21 - 22 November 2007.
Gérard Tognimassou: consultative meeting on the Programme sur l'Architecture de terre of the World
Heritage Centre of UNESCO. Paris, France, 22 November 2007.
Gérard Tognimassou: 24th meeting of the Africa 2009 Programme steering committee. Antananarivo,
Madagascar, 6 - 9 December 2007.
Alain Godonou: second meeting of the Urban governance task group "Appui aux politiques de
réhabilitation et de valorisation des centres urbains anciens", with a presentation on Old Accra in Ghana and
Old Porto-Novo in Benin. Paris, France, 6 December 2007.
Fakambi Bankolé: "African Perspectives" meeting organised by ArchiAfrika in collaboration with the
University of Technology of Delft. Delft, Netherlands, 6 - 8 December 2007.
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They visited us
12 to 14/02/2007
Mounir Bouchenaki
ICCROM
Director General
14/02/2007
Gayleatha B. Brown
US Ambassador
to Benin
16/03/2007
Stéphane Martin
President of the
Musée du Quai Branly
2/07/2007
Toleba Soumanou,
Minister of Culture,
Tourism and Arts
and Crafts, Benin
2/07/2007
Elisabeth Feret
Head of the European
Commission Delegation
21/09/2007
Yves Dauge
Senator and Deputy Mayor
of Chinon, France
21/09/2007
Nao Hayashi-Denis
Museums and cultural
objects section, UNESCO
17/10/2007
Carmelito de Melo
Brazil Ambassador
to Benin
All our thanks to our funding, institutional and technical partners for supporting our
activities in 2007:
AIF
World Heritage Center of UNESCO
Compagnia di San Paolo
Fondation Leventis
Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller
The Getty Foundation
Government of Angola
Government of Benin
Government Tunisia
ICCROM
Ministère des Affaires étrangères, France
Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Italie
Ministère de la Culture, France
Piémont Region, Italy
RFI
UNESCO
Africa 2009 Programme
Cities of Lyon and Grand Lyon
City of Porto-Novo
Hope for Africa
Musée national des Arts et Traditions du Gabon
Musée national du Burkina Faso
Musée du Quai Branly
Partenariat pour le développement municipal (PDM)
Projet Culture 2000
University of Abomey-Calavi
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