Abu Dhabi strengthens its capacities to inventory living heritage
2019-04-12
The Abu Dhabi Department of Tourism and Culture is taking active steps in supporting the implementation of the 2003 Convention by hosting a community-based inventorying workshop for its staff, from 14 to 23 April 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Report shows safeguarding living heritage in technical and vocational education and training a promising new area
2019-04-10
A new report published by UNESCO shows that safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is a pertinent, yet unexplored, topic.
IRCI's International Symposium was held for ICH's contribution to education
2019-02-18
IRCI organised an International Symposium on “Multi-disciplinary study on intangible cultural heritage’s contribution to sustainable development: Focusing on education” on 21 and 22 January 2019 at Nara University of Education in cooperation with Nara University of Education.
Survey reveals a diversity of university programmes in Southern Africa working on intangible cultural heritage
2019-02-08
A recent survey of universities in Southern Africa acknowledged that a diversity of disciplines are integrating intangible cultural heritage including culture, heritage, archaeology, tourism, history, indigenous knowledge systems, theatre and African languages.
Lebanon launches pilot project on intangible cultural heritage and education
2019-01-30
On December 18, 2018, UNESCO Beirut launched a pilot project called ‘Learn with the Intangible Cultural Heritage for a sustainable future’ that targets Lebanese public and private schools that are part of UNESCO’s Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet).
Comoros strives to strengthen its legislative framework for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage
2019-01-21
A national workshop for the elaboration of a strategic review document to strengthen the legislative framework for the safeguarding of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Comoros was held from 20 to 22 November 2018, in Moroni.
Ghana developing an enabling environment for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
2019-01-14
Following the fieldwork in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Cape Coast to identify the needs for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Ghana, the UNESCO office in Accra organized a needs assessment validation workshop on 13 and 14 December 2018.
Heritage, education and youth: UNESCO and the European Union launch a new project
2019-01-08
Under the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, UNESCO and the European Union teamed up to develop a new project strengthening the connections between heritage, youth and education.
- Capacity-Building workshop on Multinational Nomination of Intangible Cultural Heritage targeting Southeast Asian countries (2021.7.26-29)
- Capacity Building Workshop on ICH for Youth: First Workshop of the Three-Year Training Programme (2021.7.5-)
- Online Capacity-building Workshop on ICH Safeguarding for community youth leaders in Thailand (2020.12.1-22)
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