Traditional Korean wrestling listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage following unprecedented merged application from both Koreas
2018-11-26
The traditional Korean wrestling, ssirum/ssireum, has been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, on the basis of a joint application by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea.
Facilitators’ network supports countries to implement the Convention
2018-11-26
UNESCO’s facilitators are central to the success of its global capacity-building programme.
Thirteenth session of the Committee about to start
2018-11-26
From November 26 to December 1 2018, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will come together for its thirteenth session in Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius.
Senegalese communities at the heart of inventories of intangible cultural heritage
2018-11-20
The Ministry of Culture of Senegal and the UNESCO Office in Dakar organized from 15 to 22 October 2018 a capacity-building workshop on community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage.
Community-based inventorying and digital documentation of ICH in the Lamu World Heritage site
2018-11-12
The UNESCO Office in Nairobi, the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO and the National Museum of Kenya organized a community-based inventorying workshop from 8 to 23 October in Lamu, Kenya.
Major strides made in strengthening safeguarding capacities in Eritrea
2018-11-09
The project “Strengthening the capacities of Eritrea for implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage” made major strides towards raising safeguarding capacities on a national level.
UNESCO to explore the role of living heritage in the cities of George Town (Malaysia), Harare (Zimbabwe) and Kingston (Jamaica)
2018-10-22
A meeting held on 22 and 23 October 2018 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris will kick start the project ‘Community based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage in urban contexts’.
Upcoming virtual conference on intangible cultural heritage in technical and vocational education and training
2018-10-19
From 29 October to 7 November, 2018 the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section and UNESCO-UNEVOC will co-host a virtual conference on ‘Integrating the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in technical and vocational education and training (TVET)’.
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