Evaluation Body

Starting with 2015 cycle, and in conformity with paragraph 27 of the Operational Directive, the Committee established a consultative body (the ‘Evaluation Body’) to evaluate the nominations to the Lists, the proposals for the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices and International Assistance requests greater than US$100,000. The Evaluation Body makes recommendations to the Committee for its final decision.

The Evaluation Body is composed of twelve members appointed by the Committee: six experts qualified in the various fields of the intangible cultural heritage representatives of States Parties non-Members of the Committee and six accredited non-governmental organizations, taking into consideration equitable geographical representation and various domains of intangible cultural heritage.

The duration of office of a member of the Evaluation Body shall not exceed four years. Every year, the Committee shall renew one quarter of the members of the Evaluation Body (see paragraph 28 of the Operational Directives for more details on the renewal procedure).

2017 Evaluation Body members

Expert representatives of States Parties non-Members of the Committee

Electoral Group	Expert	Country	Cycles
I	Ms Amélia Maria de Melo Frazão Moreira	Portugal	2015-2018
II	Mr Saša Srećković	Serbia	2015-2018
III	Ms Sonia Montecino Aguirre	Chile	2017-2020
IV	Ms Hien Thi Nguyen	Viet Nam	2017-2020
V(a)	Mr John Moogi Omare	Kenya	2016-2019
V(b)	Mr Ahmed Skounti	Morocco	2015-2017

Accredited non-governmental organizations

Electoral Group	NGO	Cycles
I	Norsk Håndverksinstitutt / Norwegian Crafts Institute	2016-2019
II	Czech Ethnographical Society	2016-2019
III	Associação dos Amigos da Arte Popular Brasileira – Museu Casa do Pontal / Association of Friends of Brazilian Folk Art – Casa do Pontal Museum	2015-2017
IV	中国民俗学会 / China Folklore Society (CFS)	2015-2017
V(a)	The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU)	2015-2018
V(b)	Egyptian Society for Folk Tradition	2017-2020