Morocco is perfecting its knowledge in international mechanisms for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage
Having already received two training workshops on the implementation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention at national level and on participatory inventories, Morocco hosted a workshop on international assistance and the lists of the Convention in Casablanca from May 25 to 29, funded by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund through a contribution from Norway.
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A mid-term project meeting of representatives of the ministries of culture of Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia was held from 23 to 25 February 2015 in Casablanca, the purpose of which was to review the half way results of an ongoing capacity building project in the field of intangible cultural heritage funded by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund through a contribution from Norway. The project aims to assist these three countries of the Maghreb sub-region in safeguarding their intangible …
From 20 to 27 May 2014 the city of Marrakesh is hosting its first training workshop on the preparation of a participative inventory of the intangible cultural heritage.
This training is part of a wider capacity-building programme for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage funded thanks to a generous contribution from Norway to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund. It follows on from a first workshop on the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage which was held in Agadir in March.
The …
Where do Arab countries stand with the development of policies and institutional frameworks for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage? How successfully do they involve sectors other than culture, whose policies fundamentally affect the future of intangible cultural heritage, but which are often not recognized as such? What about issues, such as community involvement, cultural rights and gender equality?
Starting from these substantive questions, about 30 representatives of Ministries of Culture and UNESCO-trained experts from different countries …
Following on from Mauritania and Tunisia, Morocco took its turn to host the training workshops on the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. From 26 to 30 March, Agadir hosted an initial national meeting as part of the capacity building project for the safeguarding of living heritage established in the three countries thanks to the generous contribution from Norway to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund.
Organised by the UNESCO Rabat Office, this workshop was attended not only by officials …
On Wednesday 4 December, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed two new elements on List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding:
It also selected “[Methodology for inventorying …
