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General Directorate of Culture, public institution under the Ministry of Education, Culture e      _cc781901-95cf5bbd_38           _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_           _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_     _cc781905-5cd e-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_       Science of the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe

 Our Vision 

The DGCSTP's mission is to ensure the management, safeguard, enhancement, conservation and restoration of assets that form part of the country's immovable, movable, tangible and intangible cultural heritage, as well as to develop and implement the national cultural policy.

• Culture as a symbolic dimension of the constitution of individual and collective identities and social legacies;

• Culture as a fundamental element for the full exercise of citizenship;

• Culture as a right and respect for human diversity;

• Culture as a social and economic vector for sustainable development.

 Our Mission 

  • Actively support associations that promote the professionalization and financing of cultural activities;

  • Encourage the production of cultural educational projects;

  • Creation of terms of reference and regulation for the cultural sector (with regard to the use and production of cultural products);

  • Develop cultural projects with schools, in the fields of music, theatre, dance and literature;

  • Promote the internationalization of cultural products “made in STP”

  • Create the Network of Museums;

  • Candidacy of the City of S. Tomé for Cultural Heritage of Humanity;

  • Resume negotiations for Tchiloli's candidacy for UNESCO Intangible Heritage;

  • Application of Auto de Floripes to UNESCO Intangible Heritage.

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