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  • Periodic reporting kicks off in Africa

    2023-02-27

    UNESCO will carry out a tailored capacity-building programme on periodic reporting under the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, for Africa during the first semester of 2023.

  • 15 February: reporting deadline for NGOs

    2023-02-13

    The deadline (15 February 2023) is approaching for 91 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to submit their reports on the contribution and commitment of their organization to the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and their relations with the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the past four years.

  • UNESCO MOOC now available in French and Spanish

    2023-02-07

    How is intangible cultural heritage – or living heritage - related to sustainable development? How is it relevant for addressing today’s development challenges in areas such as health, education, gender, natural disasters and conflict? If you are interested in finding out the answers, UNESCO’s innovative MOOC on living heritage and sustainable development helps to understand the connections between the two.

  • New forms for submitting nominations available

    2023-01-23

    Following the completion of the global reflection on the listing mechanisms of the Convention by the ninth session of the General Assembly in July 2022, the Secretariat has made available on the website of the 2003 Convention, newly revised forms to be completed by States when submitting.

  • 2022 Advisory Committee Meeting of ICHCAP

    2022-12-30

    ICHCAP held the 2022 Advisory Committee Meeting on 15 December 2022 in Seoul.

  • ICHCAP Signed a Multi-Party MOU on Eurasia Cooperation Network

    2022-12-30

    On 13 December 2022, ICHCAP signed an MOU on Eurasia Cooperation Network that was established by the Busan Foundation for International Cooperation (BFIC).

  • ICHCAP and Institute for Eurasian Turkic Studies at Dongduk Women’s University Held Work-level Advisory Meeting on the Silk Roads Living Heritage Safeguarding Strategies

    2022-12-30

    On December 21, 2022, ICHCAP and the Institute for Eurasian Turkic Studies at Dongduk Women’s University held a domestic work-level advisory meeting on strategies for safeguarding living heritage along the Silk Roads.

  • ichLinks Renewed!

    2022-12-26

    ICHCAP carried out the renewal of ichLinks, an ICH information-sharing platform, for six months, from May to November 2022. The ichLinks platform is a one-stop online platform where you can easily meet a wide range of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) information shared by and with Asia-Pacific Member States.