Countries where the activities were carried out
Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal
Domain
and disciplineDistribution / Music
Amount allocated
332,205.00 EUR (77.54%)
Project duration
36 months
1/03/2014 - 28/02/2017
Description
The objective of the project was to contribute to the preservation and the promotion of cultural diversity, focussing in particular on the Bissagos Islands in Guinea-Bissau, by creating a network of three West African music festivals.
Results
- The Bubaque Festival provided an opportunity for greater ceremonial coordination and collaboration across islands;
- The network of stakeholders has been reinforced and micro-entrepreneurship business increased;
- The action was able to generate short-term revenues (technical festival personnel, musical artists, hotels and tour operators, micro-entrepreneurs in food services, accommodation, event attendees, cultural industry policy makers).
- Positive environmental impact was achieved through environmental education and the promotion of bio-diversity.
Key figures
- 352 jobs created
- 267 artists involved, 20,000 spectators
- 36 people trained
- 207 artistic groups promoted
ACP jobs created during the project
619
People trained
36
Produced works
3
№ of public events organised
2
Promoted / visible ACP works
207
Public
19,500
№ of young involved
1,200
№ of women involved
7,190
Afrique en Doc
Beneficiary
Doc Net, France
Partners
Be Ka Films, Mali
Endemika Films, Madagascar
Inzo Ya Bizizi, Congo
HDR Communications, France
Countries where the activities were carried out
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, Togo
Domain
Distribution/Diffusion/Promotion
Amount allocated
380,000.00 EUR (76.94%)
Project duration
36 months
13/12/2013 -12/12/2016
Description
Making African documentaries available through a film catalogue, DVDs and a web platform.
Results
- The final beneficiaries (the partners) have expanded their network in the African audiovisual field and acquired skills in the field of film sales, negotiation and sales strategies for the African audiovisual market.
- The target group (television stations) became aware of the need to broadcast high quality African programmes and African creative documentaries. They also understood the need to generate an economy for the rights holders and therefore to pay for the films;
- The project has been useful for African independent producers, offering them other prospects for distribution, partnership and acquisition of rights.
Key figures
- 1 VOD platform
- 1 catalogue of more than 100 films
- 50 films sold to African television channels
ACP jobs created during the project
1
Produced works
16
№ of workshops / residencies
2
№ of young involved
100
№ of women involved
2
Digital Capital
Beneficiary
OIF
Partners
CIRTEF, Belgium
West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)
Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, France
Institut Imagine, Burkina Faso
SARL Côte Ouest, Mauritius
Société Soon, Senegal
Countries where the activities were carried out
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Mali, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, Togo
Description
A project to boost markets and audiovisual productions in ACP countries by enhancing the value of works and digital image banks.
Results
- The project enabled the distribution of archive material and audiovisual production through value creation for archive images;
- A new generation of professionals has been trained in the production of documentaries based on archives;
- African televisions were trained in the use of archives and use the same sharing tool (Archibald platform);
- A film scanner has been installed at the Imagine Institute in Ouagadougou and several hundred hours of programmes are available;
- A regional directive on audiovisual legal deposit was drafted and approved in September 2015 by the UEMOA Ministers of Culture.
Key figures
- 300 hours of saved and accessible programmes
- 15 broadcasters connected
- 1 harmonisation text and 1 UEMOA regulation