Countries of Central America and the Caribbean come together to safeguard their Afro-descendant living heritage
2022-06-22
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, all States Parties to the 2003 Convention, are the eight member States of the Central American Integration System(SICA). Together with Cuba, they have agreed during a recent meeting of the Council of Ministers of Culture and Education of the SICA Educational and Cultural Coordination (CECC/SICA) to implement a safeguarding strategy for the cultural heritage of Afro-descendant communities.
Community-based needs identification underway for living heritage among displaced communities from Ukraine
2022-06-22
In cooperation with national partners, UNESCO launched a community-based needs identification for living heritage among communities, groups and individuals from Ukraine displaced in five neighbouring countries: Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
A Briefing Session on the ichLinks Archive Package Distribution Project Held Online
2022-06-22
ICHCAP (hereinafter the center) held a briefing session for distribution of the ichLinks Archive Package through an online video conference from 2pm to 4pm Korean time on Thursday, March 17, 2022.
ichLinks (ICH Information Sharing Platform) to Provide Newly Curated Content Services
2022-06-22
ichLinks, an ICH information-sharing platform in the Asia-Pacific region, will provide a series of newly curated contents. There will be a total of eight new contents in 2022 including two on ICH Journey, three on Online Exhibition, two on ICH Story, and one on ICH VR.
New publication coordinated by UNESCO Office in Montevideo on living heritage and social inclusion
2022-06-22
A new publication emphasizing the strong links between intangible cultural heritage and social inclusion in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) is being launched. Coordinated by the UNESCO Office in Montevideo, the publication features case studies of activities, projects and programmes implemented by communities, governments and various stakeholders from seven countries in LAC that exemplify the role that living heritage can play as a driver for social inclusion.
5 June: join the Living Heritage Entity in celebrating World Environment Day
2022-06-22
Held annually on 5 June, World Environment Day is celebrated by millions of people across the world. It reminds us that the protection and health of our environment is critical for our wellbeing.
The Gambia reaffirms its commitment to safeguard its living heritage
2022-06-21
This voluntary contribution by France to the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Fund will allow for in-depth training of stakeholders involved in safeguarding ICH, in collaboration with the National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) of the Gambian Ministry of Tourism and Culture, and with the UNESCO office in Dakar. This event is the result of several months of sensitization, planning and mobilization, marked by the context of the pandemic.
Launch of a three-year project for safeguarding living heritage during emergencies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific and the Caribbean
2022-06-21
On 7th and 8th of April, an inter-regional workshop took place to launch the project ‘Capacity building for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in emergencies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific and the Caribbean’.
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