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Some former activities
• 8th International PREMA University Course: 1996 – 1997
• Workshop "Expos 2000", June – August 1998
• 10th International PREMA-EPA University Course: 1999 – 2000
• Course on the documentation of collections and Strategic management of Resources, Burkina Faso, 08 - 19 January 2001
• Course on Cultural mediation (outreach programmes), May– July 2002
• Course on the Documentation of collections, Angola, March 25 – April 19, 2002
• Teacher training workshop "Generation 2", February 2004
• Course on the Conservation of grphic material, February 2005
• Workshop on the Preparation of submission files for the World Heritage List, 30 May - 03 June 2005
• Workshop on "Press and Cultural Heritage", July 18-22, 2005
• Three Inp – EPA workshops on SCP and Landscapes and Heritage
• Four Africa 2009 Regional Courses: 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006
• Conception and implementation of the PSICD-Benin training programme, 2007
• More than twenty various workshops

Background:
At the origin of EPA, the Training and Research Department, until 1999, exclusively dealt with the conception and carrying out of training programmes in the field of movable cultural heritage for African museum professionals.
Since 1999, the year in which the PREMA programme ended, training programmes took a new direction with the diversification of subjects. Management of cultural projects, outreach programmes, and the management of immovable cultural heritage progressively entered EPA's curriculum.
The training of teachers is a key programme in the strategy of reinforcement of EPA's capacities as a center of excellence in the cultural area.
The Research section is an important aspect of the new orientations of the department.

Objective:
Suggest and carry out initial and professional training programmes in the field of cultural heritage.

Missions:		Target audiences
- Graduate and modular courses		Museum professionals, librarians and archivists, cultural mediators, site managers, ciltural adminsitrators, urban planners, town administrators and journalists from sub-Saharan Africa.
- Teaching of instructors		Members of the EPA network, capable of contributing to the training of their African colleagues.
- Research		Members of the EPA network, African heritage professionals, academics, researchers in social and nature sciences.

2008 team:
The team is composed of :
- Gérard TOGNIMASSOU, Coordinator
- Franck OGOU, programme assistant
- Members of the EPA network, Programme assistants, who facilitate training programmes.

Courses:

Courses Area Length Degree

University courses Conservation and management of cultural heritage
(with a specialisation in museums or in graphic material)
2 years Master 1

Cultural mediation (distance learning) 1 year BA

Modular training:
regional courses and thematic workshops Conservation and management of movable and immovable cultural heritage 1 week to 3 months Certificats d’aptitude professionnelle (Certificate of professional aptitude)

Visotor policy and cultural mediation (outreach programmes) 1 week to 3 months Certificats d’aptitude professionnelle (Certificate of professional aptitude)

Indicative 2008 programme:
- PSICD-EPA workshops
- 10th Africa 2009 regional course
- etc.

Contact :
Pôle Formations et Recherches
Ecole du Patrimoine Africain
01 BP 2205
Porto-Novo
BENIN
Tél. (+229) 20 21 28 64