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Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development in Bangladesh
30 January 2017 Bangladesh,The first of a series of capacity-building trainings aiming at strengthening the national institutional capacities of Bangladesh to implement the 2003 Convention is going to ›››
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New inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
1 December 2016 Germany, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Republic of Korea, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Czechia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Afghanistan,Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - Sixteen new elements have been added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage following the decisions adopted by the ›››
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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 ›››
Project
Strengthening the capacities of Bangladesh for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
1 July 2016 – 1 June 2018Amount (US$) 200,000
Benefitting country(ies): Bangladesh ,
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Baul Songs
1 December 2008 – 1 October 2010Amount (US$) 67,800
Benefitting country(ies): Bangladesh ,