Albania - intangible heritage - Culture Sector

... and the 2003 Convention

- Ratification: 4 April 2006
  Read the Convention in: Albanian
- 2010 / 2014
- Albanian folk iso-polyphony (2008, RL)
- - > 1 elements inscribed
    - 2008: Albanian folk iso-polyphony (RL)

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New steps for safeguarding living heritage in Albania

10 September 2015 Albania,

Following a needs assessment carried out with UNESCO’s support, Albania is taking new steps in building professional and institutional capacities for safeguarding its living ›››

Albania well equipped to tailor its efforts in safeguarding living heritage

30 March 2015 Albania,

How can Albania effectively implement the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and benefit from its different provisions? These and many ›››

Intangible cultural heritage: New strategies for sustainable development, tourism and partnerships

23 May 2013 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Italy, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro,

The seventh annual regional meeting of experts on Intangible Cultural Heritage in South East Europe will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 27-28 May 2013. The ›››

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Inventory of Albanian folk iso-polyphony

24 March 2011 – 23 March 2012
Amount (US$) 24,500
Benefitting country(ies): Albania ,

The purpose of this project was to establish an electronic database on Albanian folk iso-polyphony, incorporated in the Representative List of the Int... ›››

Safeguarding Albanian Folk-Iso-polyphony

1 December 2006 – 1 March 2010
Amount (US$) 91,033
Benefitting country(ies): Albania ,

Derived from Byzantine church music, Albanian Iso-polyphony is a sophisticated form of group singing, performed mostly by men. The rise of cultural to... ›››

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Albanian folk iso-polyphony (2008, RL)