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Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa with a total surface area of 1,241,000 km², surrounded by Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Senegal to the south, Mauritania to the west and Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea Conakry to the west.

Although shaken since 2012 by a multidimensional crisis with multifactorial causes, to stay in Mali is to enter a true haven of peace where twenty or so ethnic groups live, such as the Tuaregs (in the north), Peuhls (in the south), Toucouleurs, Sénoufos, Songhaï, Malinké, Sénoufo, Bozos, Dogon, Bambara... This ethnic diversity allows the country to draw on a rich and varied culture.

A country of flat relief watered by the rivers Niger and Senegal, the country has many hills and plains with a few plateaus including the crystalline Adrar des Iforas (highest point is 890 metres).

Apart from these reliefs, Mali's geography is mainly composed of savannahs, deserts and oases.

The objective of the programme is to support the Government of Mali in the rehabilitation of cultural heritage and the safeguarding and promotion of ancient manuscripts in Mali, following the conflict that the country experienced between 2012 and 2013. It is part of the implementation of UNESCO's "Action Plan for the Rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage and the Safeguarding of Ancient Manuscripts in Mali" (2013-2017 and 2017-2021), the most emblematic achievement of which was the reconstruction of the mausoleums of the saints of Timbuktu and the continuation of the activities of the second phase, which were completed at the end of March 2019.

UNESCO Bamako Office in close collaboration with the Ministries of Education; Health; Vocational Training; and Women, Children and Family; and within the framework of the joint UNESCO-UNFPA-UN Women Programme for the Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women, will implement a project entitled "Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education in Mali" to improve access to quality and relevant education for adolescent girls and young women. The project will be implemented in three regions of Mali (Segou, Mopti and Timbuktu) as well as in the District of Bamako.

"Equations Nomades" is a multidisciplinary meeting that integrates into a global framework of socio-economic development in Mali, particularly through the training of young people and children from all regions of Mali and the district of Bamako in the fields of music, theatre, dance, photography, video/digital art, poetry and painting. Training in cultural project management for young art students and professionals is provided as well as conference debates.

This programme broadens and consolidates the spectrum of introductory and advanced training with children in the various fields of art and culture mentioned above.

Sinaly Ecolo Express is a young company that operates in the field of the art of recycling.

The company collects old car tyres and uses them to make waste bins. Its ambition is to clean up the city of Ouagadougou and the surrounding towns and to create jobs for young people. It already employs 5 people. Its ambition is to open branches in other cities in Burkina Faso to (i) continue to clean up the environment (ii) make an ecological waste bin available to every family in the cities and (iii) create jobs for young people. The Managing Director of Sinaly Ecolo Express encourages young people to engage in entrepreneurship to meet the challenge of youth employment.

The Association "Maliens Tout Court" works in the field of peacebuilding and social cohesion by relying on endogenous mechanisms for managing disputes/conflicts. It is based in particular on the content of the Kurukan Fuga Charter (Charter of the Mande), which was included in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Association "Maliens Tout Court" works on a daily basis with local communities for the return of peace in both the North and the Centre of Mali. It is a Malian initiative to bring peace to Mali by mobilising endogenous knowledge.