Call for Papers ǁ 2021 Expert Meeting for Building Network on Maritime Heritage
2021-08-23
ICHCAP is calling for presentation submissions for the 2021 Expert Meeting for Building Network on Maritime ICH. To be held tentatively on 29 October 2021, the theme of the expert meeting is “Coastal Communities in the Asia-Pacific Region and Their Traditional Food System.”
Youth Involvement Given Focus at the 2021 Southeast Asian Collaborative Meeting on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
2021-08-23
In thinking about youths and future generations and in the spirit of UNESCO 2003 Convention, ICHCAP and the Singapore National Heritage Board (NHB) are co-hosting the 2021 Southeast Asian Collaborative Meeting on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage.
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
2021-08-23
Many Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) elements are directly linked to the history of the slave trade. Thus, living heritage allows us to reflect upon the tragedy of the slave trade through another lens.
The Living Heritage Entity celebrates the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
2021-08-06
Several responses to the survey conducted by the Living Heritage Entity testified to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts on indigenous peoples.
Safeguarding practices and rituals in sacred sites in Kyrgyzstan
2021-07-29
In November 2018, UNESCO approved an international assistance request from Kyrgyzstan to develop an inventory and safeguarding measures concerning pilgrimages to sacred sites and performance of ritual practices.
Bringing education and living heritage closer together: the first global Online training of trainers course on living heritage and education ended recently
2021-07-20
UNESCO organized with 27 education and culture specialists from 16 June to 2 July; with a second edition to follow in September to accommodate different time zones.
Colombian communities of the Orinoco region have strengthened their ICH safeguarding capacities thanks to a successful International Assistance project
2021-07-14
With communities in the lead, the ‘My Heritage, My Region: Strategy for Capacity-building in Social Management’ pilot safeguarding project was operationalized in 2019 with support from the International Assistance mechanism, through UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund.
“IRCI Brochure 2021” has been published online
2021-07-07
“IRCI Brochure 2021” (English version) has been published online. IRCI’s latest research projects on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region are plainly introduced with various pictures.
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