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Three new elements inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List
25 November 2014 Belgium, Kenya, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),The ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage today inscribed three new elements on the List of ›››
Seventeen new elements inscribed on the lists of the Convention
4 December 2013 Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Cyprus, Croatia, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Morocco, Mongolia, Niger, Uganda, Portugal,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 ›››
Donor country for the safeguarding of ICH
Latest projects supported
Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Starting date: 1 December 2013Benefitting country(ies):Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Starting date: 1 February 2011Benefitting country(ies):Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Latest events supported
Capacity building review meeting in Harare on elaborating policy and legal framework for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage
3 September 2012 - 7 September 2012, :HarareCapacity building workshop on preparing nominations to the lists of the 2003 Convention
11 June 2012 - 15 June 2012, :HarareFunds-in-Trust (since 2009)
Ms Arlette THYS / Mr Marc JACOBS
International Cooperation Coordinator for Cultural Heritage / Director of FARO (Flemish Interface for Cultural Heritage)