Report shows safeguarding living heritage in technical and vocational education and training a promising new area
2019-04-10
A new report published by UNESCO shows that safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is a pertinent, yet unexplored, topic.
IRCI's International Symposium was held for ICH's contribution to education
2019-02-18
IRCI organised an International Symposium on “Multi-disciplinary study on intangible cultural heritage’s contribution to sustainable development: Focusing on education” on 21 and 22 January 2019 at Nara University of Education in cooperation with Nara University of Education.
Survey reveals a diversity of university programmes in Southern Africa working on intangible cultural heritage
2019-02-08
A recent survey of universities in Southern Africa acknowledged that a diversity of disciplines are integrating intangible cultural heritage including culture, heritage, archaeology, tourism, history, indigenous knowledge systems, theatre and African languages.
Lebanon launches pilot project on intangible cultural heritage and education
2019-01-30
On December 18, 2018, UNESCO Beirut launched a pilot project called ‘Learn with the Intangible Cultural Heritage for a sustainable future’ that targets Lebanese public and private schools that are part of UNESCO’s Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet).
Comoros strives to strengthen its legislative framework for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage
2019-01-21
A national workshop for the elaboration of a strategic review document to strengthen the legislative framework for the safeguarding of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Comoros was held from 20 to 22 November 2018, in Moroni.
Ghana developing an enabling environment for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
2019-01-14
Following the fieldwork in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Cape Coast to identify the needs for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Ghana, the UNESCO office in Accra organized a needs assessment validation workshop on 13 and 14 December 2018.
Heritage, education and youth: UNESCO and the European Union launch a new project
2019-01-08
Under the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, UNESCO and the European Union teamed up to develop a new project strengthening the connections between heritage, youth and education.
Colombia to host next Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2019
2019-01-04
The next annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place from 9 to 14 December 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia.
- 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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