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.
The 16th session of the Committee is now finished, here are some highlights
2021-12-21
For the second year in a row, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage met using a fully online modality.
ICH’s contributions to SDGs: Conference in the Kyrgyz Republic
2021-12-20
On 26 November 2021, IRCI held an international conference “Safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage through education” online, in cooperation with Taalim-Forum Public Foundation (TFPF) and the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek.
Seven C2Cs active in the field of ICH gathered online
2021-12-20
The Ninth Annual Coordination Meeting of Category 2 Centres Active in the Field of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held on 29 November 2021 online.
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