The Malian Ministry of Culture sponsored a workshop to train technical officers with the purpose of protecting and preserving national intangible cultural heritage (ICH). The Minister Ndiaye Ramatoulaye Diallo took the chance to remark the wealth and diversification of natural and intangible cultural heritage in Mali. The melting-pot of ethnic groups living in the country has created a unique identity full of cultural expressions, social rituals and peculiar religious ceremonies. The Minister also stressed how the occupation by armed groups of the territories in the north of the country has violently and precisely afflicted Malian ICH; for this reason the government intervention in this area will be a top priority of the ICH project. Officers training will be held in partnership with UNESCO and its experts; the first step will involve methods of inventory and documentation in order to develop skills and organise further regional-level workshops. The gLAWcal Team LIBEAC project Friday, 26 September 2014 (Source: Maliactu) This news has been realized by gLAWcal—Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development in collaboration with the University Institute of European Studies (IUSE) in Turin, Italy and the University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy which are both beneficiaries of the European Union Research Executive Agency IRSES Project “Liberalism in Between Europe And China” (LIBEAC) coordinated by Aix-Marseille University (CEPERC). This work has been realized in the framework of Workpackages 4, coordinated by University Institute of European Studies (IUSE) in Turin, Italy.