Gambia capacity-building project advances to strengthen links between living heritage and sustainable development
2022-11-14
Following its successful launch in April 2022, the project ‘Capacity Building for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Contribution to Sustainable Development in The Gambia’ has advanced with a second workshop in Serrekunda, the Gambia, over the summer.
UNESCO visits India ahead of the Durga Puja in Kolkata
2022-11-14
Tim Curtis, Secretary of the 2003 Convention, and Eric Falt, Director of UNESCO New Delhi, discovered the intense preparations ahead of the Durga Puja in Kolkata, India, during a mission.
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Traditional knowledge is celebrated at the 2022 World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage
2022-11-14
The 2022 edition of the ‘World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage’ is bringing together key researchers and institutions from several countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Three new International Assistance (IA) requests approved by the Bureau of the 17.COM, including the first multinational request
2022-11-14
On October 4 2022, the Bureau of the Seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage examined three requests for International Assistance (IA) up to US$100,00. The first multinational IA request, submitted by Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, was approved. It is the result of a six-months collaboration between the nine States Parties, UNESCO Office in San Jose, the Category 2 institute and centre under the auspices of UNESCO (C2C) Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Latin America (CRESPIAL), and the Living Heritage Entity.
The Ministry of Information, culture, and Tourism (MICT) of Lao People’s Democratic Republic visited ICHCAP
2022-11-11
Ten Lao government officials from the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism of Lao PDR (MICT), visited ICHCAP on 7 November 2022. The delegation included the Director of Foreign Cooperation Bureau and the Directors of the National Museum, and the National Library of Lao PDR.
UNESCO is ready for MONDIACULT 2022
2022-11-11
The cultural sector itself has evolved considerably over the past decades covering a wide range of areas of development but also influenced by societal change and the digital transformation.
Ugandan museums as key actors for the safeguarding of living heritage
2022-11-11
An International Assistance (IA) project achieved encouraging results in the involvement of museums in the safeguarding of Ugandan living heritage.
UNESCO Chairs are coming together during a series of webinars on living heritage and sustainable development
2022-11-11
The UNESCO Chair dedicated to living heritage and sustainable development at the Cergy Paris Université, France, is organizing a series of webinars bringing together researchers and academics from various UNESCO Chairs.
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