Join the free UNESCO MOOC on living heritage and sustainable development!
2022-01-25
UNESCO’s innovative MOOC on Living heritage and sustainable development helps to understand the connections between intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development.
ICH’s contribution to SDGs project: an expert meeting and international symposium were held
2022-01-25
International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region held an expert meeting and a public symposium online on 21-22 December 2021 to summarize the two-year project “ICH’s contribution to SDGs – Education and Community Development.”
UNESCO publishes case studies on living heritage and climate change in East Africa
2022-01-19
UNESCO has published a series of case studies as part of the pilot project to support research and documentation on traditional knowledge systems, recognized as part of communities’ living heritage, for biodiversity conservation, climate change and disaster risk reduction in East Africa.
Inauguration of Jisung Kim, the new Director-General of UNESCO ICHCAP
2022-01-13
Mr Jisung Kim, newly assigned as the Director-General of the UNESCO ICHCAP, began his three-year term from 1 January this year.
A new UNESCO Category 2 Centre in the field of intangible cultural heritage in the Arab States
2022-01-07
UNESCO and the United Arab Emirates signed in December 2021 an agreement to establish the International Centre for Capacity Building in Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Arab States in Sharjah.
Welcome to the little world of Tugging Rituals and Games in the box!
2022-01-07
ICHCAP made ‘ICHCAP Culture-Full Box’ last year to share information, to help understanding of various cultures and establish the foundation of Intangible Cultural Heritage education for future generations with the representative ICH in East Asia, Tugging Rituals and Games.
Online questionnaire survey on ICH affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
2021-12-28
IRCI has just started an online questionnaire survey on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This questionnaire is specifically addressed to individuals or organizations engaged in specific ICH, such as researchers closely working with specific ICH, ICH communities, and the practitioners of ICH.
43 elements inscribed on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage lists
2021-12-22
During their annual meeting, held online from 13 to 18 December, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed four elements on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and 39 elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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