UNESCO launches the International Decade of Indigenous Languages
2022-12-12
UNESCO will organize and host a High-level Celebration on 13 December 2022 from 10am to 6.30pm at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. For the occasion, discover how living heritage and indigenous languages are connected.
Botswana to host 18th session of the Committee next year
2022-12-06
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Saturday ended its 17th session that took place in in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.
Discover the newly inscribed elements on the 2003 Convention Lists!
2022-12-02
During this year’s session in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed 4 elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and 39 elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The 17th session of the Committee begins with an opening ceremony in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco
2022-11-29
M. Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid, Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, and UNESCO Director-General Ms. Audrey Azoulay, were among the participants who attended the opening ceremony of the seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage taking place in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.
Stories of Water and Humanity, 2022 Living Heritage Series Published
2022-11-28
The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region and the International Centre for Water Security and Sustainable Management, both under the auspices of UNESCO published the 2022 Living Heritage Series, Water: Interconnectivity between Intangible Cultural Heritage and Science. The publication commemoration seminar was held as a program of ‘Water Culture and Citizen Forum’ during the Korea International Water Week.
‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’ and its Facebook group launched
2022-11-28
IRCI recently created a new platform, ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’, for enhancing research and international collaboration among ICH researchers in the Asia-Pacific region. This Forum offers programmes such as online seminars and conferences addressing various issues and the latest trends in ICH research as well as programmes for young ICH researchers.
Capacity building for periodic reporting kicks off in Africa with facilitators working group training
2022-11-16
Africa will be the fourth region to undergo the periodic reporting exercise in 2023. To support this process, UNESCO carried out a series of online trainings for 10 members of the facilitators network in Africa to prepare them to support the capacity-building strategy and the training of country focal points on periodic reporting that will take place in 2023.
UNESCO Cluster Office in Beijing Visited ICHCAP for Future Collaboration
2022-11-15
On 12 October 2022, Dr. Shabaz Khan, Director of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Beijing, and specialists from the Office visited ICHCAP to discuss the future collaboration for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the Northeast Asia region.
- Workshop on Documentation and Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sri Lanka held in Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Capacity Building Workshop on Teaching and Learning with East Asian Shared Heritage
- The Training of Trainers Workshop on the 2003 Convention for China (Second session) (Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau)
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