About us

Presentation of CERAV/AFRICA

The Regional Center for the Living Arts in Africa (CERAV / Africa) based in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) is the result of a desire to offer Africa a support structure for the implementation of the Convention of 2005 on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions and specialized in the promotion of the performing arts as well as cinema and audiovisual. This will was materialized on June 14, 2010 in Paris (France) by the agreement concluded between the Government of Burkina Faso and UNESCO.

Missions and vision

Missions

In accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of the Agreement concluded with UNESCO and Article 2 of its special Statutes as EPSCT, the objectives assigned to CERAV/Africa are:

promote African performing arts in their diversity, taking into account all their creative potential and encouraging exchanges and cooperation between African countries;

assist the States cooperating with the Center in: