The Regional Centre for the Performing Arts in Africa (CERAV/Africa), a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, and the African Institute of Cultural Industries (IAIC) signed a framework partnership agreement on Friday, May 23, 2025, in Ouagadougou. This agreement marks the beginning of an ambitious collaboration between two major institutions dedicated to training, research, the promotion of the performing arts, and the development of cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in Africa. Areas of cooperation include, among others:

The Regional Centre for the Performing Arts in Africa (CERAV/Africa), a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, celebrated a major dual event on Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Ouagadougou: the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, and the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.

On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, the Regional Center for Performing Arts in Africa (CERAV/Africa) welcomed approximately thirty third-year undergraduate students in modern literature from Joseph Ki-Zerbo University for a field trip dedicated to deepening their knowledge of arts and culture.

The Regional Center for the Performing Arts in Africa (CERAV/Africa) held the first session of its Board of Directors for 2025 on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at its premises in Bobo-Dioulasso.
The opening session was chaired by Dr. Adama Segda, Chair of the Board of Directors, who expressed her gratitude to the directors for their presence. She expressed the hope that this session would help identify concrete solutions to strengthen the Center's effectiveness in fulfilling its missions.

The Regional Center for the Performing Arts in Africa (CERAV/Africa) organized a roundtable meeting with its technical and financial partners on Monday, February 24, 2025, at the festival headquarters in Ouagadougou. This activity, held on the sidelines of the 29th edition of FESPACO, was chaired by the Minister of Communication, Culture, Arts, and Tourism, and sponsored by His Excellency the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Burkina Faso.

The Regional Center for Performing Arts in Africa (CERAV/Africa), Category 2 Center, placed under the aegis of UNESCO, invites you to the round table of technical and financial partners, on the occasion of the 29th edition of FESPACO!
🔹Godfather: SEM. Youssef SLAOUI, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Burkina Faso
📅 Date: Monday February 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
📍 Location: FESPACO PRO conference room (located at FESPACO Headquarters)
🤝 Together we support technically and financially
the African cultural sector!

After three days of intensive work, the regional workshop on "Cooperation and Diplomacy for the Development of Cultural and Creative Industries (ICC)" in Africa ended this Friday in Ouagadougou. Organized by the Regional Center for Live Arts in Africa (CERAV/Africa), under the chairmanship of Mr. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel OUEDRAOGO, Minister of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism, this event brought together some thirty experts and professionals in the cultural field from various African and European countries.

On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, Mr. Herman POUYA, the General Delegate of the Regional Center for the Living Arts in Africa (CERAV/Africa), welcomed a delegation from the artistic club of Nazi Boni University in Bobo-Dioulasso, known as "Le Baobab," led by its President, Mr. Eric KIENOU.

CERAV/Africa is holding from September 25 to 26, 2024, at its headquarters in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), the 2024 edition of its Scientific and Cultural Council (CSC). This major institutional meeting brings together the members of the CSC within the framework of strategic reflections and evaluations of the center's activities.

Are you passionate about literature, the performing arts, cultural policy issues and communication? Do you work in the cultural, artistic or academic sector? The Resource Centre of the Regional Centre for the Living Arts in Africa (CERAV/Afrique) is a real treasure trove for anyone with a passion for reading, who wants to deepen their knowledge of the African living arts and contribute to their preservation and enhancement.