The ICH Winter School is a five-day event organized for young professionals under the age of 35. The main aim of the initiative is to further raise awareness among and strengthen the capacity of these young experts in fields related to ICH, thereby also helping to increase the visibility of the Convention.
With a view to enhancing interdisciplinary work, the attendees would be selected from different fields of expertise related to ICH. Through the programme, the attendees would be involved in both courses and discussions on current debates in a participatory manner.

The Turkish National Commission for UNESCO, in cooperation with the NGO named Institute for Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Turkish Folklore Research and Application Center (THBMER), is planning to organize a one-day expert meeting on The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Education: North and West Africa Experience from 31 March to 2 April 2015 in Istanbul.
The goal of this expert meeting is to consider the current situation of ICH in formal and informal education, with a focus on North and West Africa, promote awareness about and cooperation in education on ICH, and convert the findings of the meeting into a road map for ICH and education.
A workshop during which experts from Africa and Turkey would share their experiences and a strategic roadmap and communication network would be created is being planned.
The participation of the following is expected: Benin, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Morocco, Ivory Islands, Gabon, Gambia, Senegal, Cameroon, Congo, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Toga, Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa.