Colombia and the 2003 Convention

Latest news and events

Bureau decides on Jeju Island as the location for the Intergovernmental Committee and grants International Assistance to Uganda and Colombia

6 April 2017

During its last electronic consultation, the Bureau of the Committee approved a change in venue of the twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Committee. Initially ›››

Twenty elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

2 December 2015

New inscriptions on the lists of intangible cultural heritage

1 December 2015

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2014 (submitted on time)
15/12/2020

On Urgent Safeguarding List elements

Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region

2015

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

19 March 2008

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Committee Member

2016-2020

Membership and participation

Contact

Listing of ICH

Carnival of Barranquilla (2008, RL)

9 elements inscribed

2015: Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region (USL)
2015: Marimba music, traditional chants and dances from the Colombia South Pacific region and Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador (RL)
2012: Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó (RL)
2011: Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí (RL)
2010: Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero) (RL)
2009: Carnaval de Negros y Blancos (RL)
2009: Holy Week processions in Popayán (RL)
2008: Carnival of Barranquilla (RL)
2008: Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2017: Colombian-Venezuelan llano work songs (USL)

Project

Safeguarding of the traditional knowledge for the protection of sacred natural sites in the territory of the Jaguars of Yuruparí, Vaupés Province, Colombia

1 June 2017 – 28 February 2018

Amount (US$) 25,000 ›››

Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Carnival of Barranquilla

1 January 2005 – 1 October 2008

Amount (US$) 150,008 ›››

Public awareness campaign in Colombia on the importance of safeguarding the intangible heritage (pilot project)

1 July 2003 – 1 December 2005

Amount (US$) 136,860 ›››

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Interviews

Ms Sonia SARMIENTO-GUTIERREZ / Mr Juan Luis ISAZA LONDONO<br />
Permanent Delegate of Colombia to UNESCO / Director of the Heritage Department of the Ministry of Culture of Colombia

Ms Sonia SARMIENTO-GUTIERREZ / Mr Juan Luis ISAZA LONDONO
Permanent Delegate of Colombia to UNESCO / Director of the Heritage Department of the Ministry of Culture of Colombia

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Accredited NGOs located in this country

Fundación Erigaie - COLOMBIA

1991

Erigaie Foundation - COLOMBIA ›››

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Category 2 center(s)

Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Latin America

Peru

Legislation

Decree 02941 of 2009

2009

Decree No. 2941 of August 6, 2009 (whereby Law 397 of 1997 as amended by Law 1185 of 2008, as for the Cultural Heritage of the Nation of immaterial nature are partially regulated)

2009

Ley 1185 de 2008

2008

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