The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was ratified in the Republic of Moldova in 2006: what is the status of its implementation now? How effective are the policies and infrastructure in place for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage? How ›››
From 3 to 7 April 2017, representatives from Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten met in Kralendijk, Bonaire, to take part in a workshop entitled ‘Mechanisms for International Cooperation under the 2003 Convention.’
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The last of three capacity-building workshops for the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Center is taking place this week in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from 16 to 20 April 2017.
Under the title ‘Developing Safeguarding Plans in the Emirate of Dubai’, the workshop ›››
En su última reunión virtual, la Mesa del Comité aprobó el cambio de la sede de la duodécima reunión del Comité Intergubernamental. Inicialmente prevista en Seúl, la sesión del Comité se llevará a cabo en la isla de Jeju, en la ›››
Continuando con los esfuerzos para asentar la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial en las estructuras institucionales y sociales de Guatemala, se inicia un nuevo proyecto de fortalecimiento de capacidades en este ámbito, financiado por la generosa contribución del ›››
Bigwala, a cultural performance that is recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding by UNESCO is being revived by the members of the Basoga communities through a two-year International Assistance project (September 2015 – August 2017) supported under the Intangible ›››
The 2003 Convention’s new Operational Directives related to sustainable development encourage States Parties to safeguard health practices recognized by communities as living heritage and harness their potential to achieve quality health care for all. In parallel, a growing number of voices in ›››
Six thousand young people from southern Togo were keen to discover the traditional musical instruments of their region. This was made possible thanks to a one-year project implemented by the National Commission for Cultural Heritage (CNPC) of Togo to safeguard this ›››
What is the strategy for the future of the capacity-building programme and its facilitators’ network? What are the new demands and how can we address them? In what ways has the role of facilitators changed since the early days of the ›››