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Resolution No. 3/2020 approving the Statute of the Cultural Heritage Institute (IPC).

Country/Territory
Cabo Verde
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020 (2020)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Boletim Oficial, I Série, No. 8.
Subject
General
Keyword
Institution Cultural heritage Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, North Atlantic, Sahel, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Decree approves the Statute of the Cultural Heritage Institute (IPC). The Statute, consisting of 48 articles divided into seven Chapters, establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Institute entitled to perform the following activities: identify, inventory, investigate and disseminate the values ​​of culture, the movable and immovable cultural heritage of the Cape Verdean people; Preserve, defend and enhance the cultural heritage; Promote and ensure the access of all citizens to cultural heritage; Investigate, particularly, in the fields of history, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, museology, archeology, and musicology, with a view to fostering knowledge of national culture, in its most varied forms of expression; Create bodies for the defense and enhancement of cultural heritage; Propose classification of assets to cultural heritage; Identify, protect and enhance the national archaeological heritage; Pronounce, under the terms of the law, on plans, projects, works, and inventories, of public or private initiative to be carried out in inventoried, classified or classified properties, in joint monuments and sites, as well as those relating to the manifestations of cultural heritage immaterial; Provide technical advice on activities related to its mission and assignment to public or private entities, national or foreign, etc.

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