Establishment of Tanzania
Culture Trust Fund (Mfuko wa Utamaduni Tanzania)
The idea of creating the Tanzania
Culture Trust Fund was a result of a joint-effort by the
Government of Sweden and the United Republic of Tanzania
in collaboration with culture stakeholders. This initiative
aims at promoting and strengthening the culture sector
in Tanzania.
The Mfuko - a non-profit seeking
organisation was registered on September 24, 1998 and
officially established a month later after the two governments
reached a joint agreement signed on November 6, 1998.
It has been working with different actors and stakeholders
of the culture sector in many different cultural and
associated activities in the country for nearly six
years. Each year since its inception, the organisation
has been broadening and improving its continued support
to the sector with the aim of playing a major role in
the national development efforts.
The Scope of Tanzania
Culture Trust Fund
Mfuko is a semi autonomous pan-territorial
cultural organisation that covers cultural and associated
activities in both Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania. Its
coverage spans from the coastal regions to the Great lakes
of Tanganyika and Victoria in the west.
One of Mfuko's wish in the future,
is to extend its reach and coverage of cultural activities
in this part of Africa by networking with similar regional
as well as international institutions and organisations
engaged in the promotion and strengthening of the culture
sectors in their countries. This cultural collaboration
will serve as a strategy to promote regional socio-economic
cooperation, which is necessary in the present era of
free market economy and globalisation.
