School of African Heritage

News highlights [Oct. 8-9] In the framework of the EPA/Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille 1) partnership, twelve dissertations for the BA in "Design and Implementation of Public Programmes" are being presented at EPA. The president of the jury is Gilles Suzanne, senior lecturer at the Université de Provence. [Sept. 22-24] Ms Adégbidi participated in a regional workshop on "Unesco's Revised framework on cultural statistics", organised by the Institute of statistics of Unesco in Maputo, Mozambique. More news...

EPA is located in Porto-Novo, Benin. It is a postgraduate university institution, specialised in the preservation and promotion of both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. It trains heritage professionals from 26 sub-Saharan African countries.

Since its creation in 1998, EPA has trained more than 600 African heritage professionals, mounted 3 exhibitions, organised an international conference, published 25 reports, one newsletter, a tourism guide and 8 Web sites, and carried out 4 surveys.

EPA is a self-financed institution which receives support from a variety of funders.

EPA - Ecole du Patrimoine Africain
01 BP 2205, Porto-Novo - Benin
Tel.: (229) 20 21 48 38
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