'Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking' inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
2022-07-25
Ukrainian borscht - national version of borscht consumed in several countries of the region - is an integral part of Ukrainian family and community life. Festivals and cultural events are dedicated to it.
Capacity-building for safeguarding living heritage and sustainable development in Ghana
2022-07-25
Thanks to the voluntary contribution by France to the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Fund, and aligned with the funding priority “Strengthening capacities to safeguard intangible cultural heritage and contribute to sustainable development”, Ghana launched the Capacity-building for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and contributing to sustainable development project.
ICHCAP and BIPA Signed MoU for the Development of Digital Cultural Heritage Content of ASEAN
2022-06-24
On 19 April, International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (hereinafter referred to as “ICHCAP”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency (hereinafter referred to as “BIPA”) to cooperate in digital cultural heritage content sector by linking up the ‘ichLinks’ with ‘ASEAN·ROK ICT Convergence Village’ project.
2022 ICH Associate Expert Program Open Call for Application
2022-06-24
The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) welcomes applications for the 2022 ICH Associate Expert Program. The key objective of this program is to support a person who wants to become a professional in the ICH field through internship and research in ICH safeguarding.
Call for Papers: 2022 Living Heritage Series
2022-06-24
The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and International Centre for Water Security and Sustainable Management (i-WSSM) are pleased to invite you to be a tentative author of the 2022 Living Heritage Series, (tentatively) Water: Interconnectivity between the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Science, from 23 March to 11 June 2022.
Call for Articles: 2023 Living Heritage Series
2022-06-24
At 16.COM in Paris, the #HeritageAlive Editorial Board chose “Storytelling” as the topic for the next book in the Living Heritage Series. The new book will be published collaborated with ICHCAP and will be ready by the end of 2023 to be presented at 18.COM.
An Online Course on Bringing Living Heritage to the Classroom in Asia-Pacific
2022-06-24
ICHCAP, UNESCO, and Category 2 Center APCEIU collaborated and developed an online course on “Bringing Living Heritage to the Classroom in Asia-Pacific”. We invite you to join the online course that will launch on 22 April 2022 (14:00-15:30 UCT+7).
Young practitioners in Toba, Indonesia, lead the post-pandemic recovery
2022-06-23
The pilot project Recovery of living heritage from the COVID-19 pandemic: Ulos weavers and Gorga sculptors in the Toba region in Indonesia. This, is one of the eight pilot projects that are currently implementing the recommendations for post-pandemic recovery, presented in the UNESCO report “Living Heritage in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic”.
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