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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 ›››
Regional meeting for Latin America and Cuba
28 June 2004 – Paraty Brazil,The aim of the meeting was to promote the Convention with a view not only to its ratification but also to its implementation following ›››
Expert meeting on “Intangible Cultural Heritage: Priority Domains for an International Convention”
22 January 2002 – Rio de Janeiro Brazil,At this time the experts confirmed the definition adopted in Turin, while recommending that further consultation take place on questions of terminology. Further, the ›››
Project
Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Traditional Knowledge, Oral and Graphic Expressions of the Wajapi in Amapa
1 July 2006 – 1 November 2008Amount (US$) 99,293
Benefitting country(ies): Brazil ,
Donor country for the safeguarding of ICH
Funds-in-Trust (since 2009)
Ms Celia CORSINO
Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Institute