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Supporting policy development in the field of intangible cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean
3 October 2016 – Lima Peru,What is policy development for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage? What are the needs in this field in Latin America and the Caribbean? How does ›››
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Supporting policy development in the field of intangible cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean
3 October 2016 Peru,What is policy development for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage? What are the needs of Latin America and the Caribbean in this field? How does ›››
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Twenty elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
2 December 2015 Saudi Arabia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Greece, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam,Windhoek, 2 December—The Committee for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage meeting in Namibia until 4 December inscribed today 20 new elements on the Representative List of ›››
Project
Sub-regional capacity-building workshops in Central America and South America on safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
1 September 2008 – 1 May 2011Amount (US$) 200,000
Benefitting country(ies): El Salvador , Panama , Peru ,
Strengthening the Transmission of the Traditional Textile Knowledge of Taquile
1 December 2006 – 1 June 2009Amount (US$) 79,439
Benefitting country(ies): Peru ,
Bi-national Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Revitalization of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of the Zápara Community
1 December 2005 – 1 September 2007Amount (US$) 203,956
Benefitting country(ies): Ecuador , Peru ,