Twelfth session of the Committee

A family member of Jeju haenyeo waits outside of a sea and carries marine products Read more on the element© Haenyeo Museum, 2013

The twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, from Monday 4 to Saturday 9 December 2017.

Over the six days, the twenty-four members of the Committee, elected by the General Assembly of the 2003 Convention, will discuss a number of issues that are important for the safeguarding of living heritage around the world.

Part of the meeting will be dedicated to the international cooperation mechanisms established under the 2003 Convention, such as inscriptions on the Lists and requests for International Assistance as well as the examination of national reports and the accreditation of NGOs. On this occasion, the Committee is also being asked to examine some important items such as the establishment of an overall results framework for the Convention, the use the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund together with proposals for two funding priorities for the next four years as well as the complex role that communities play in safeguarding their living heritage at risk in emergencies.

A number of other issues have also been tabled to initiate reflections that could lead to some important redirections in the overall implementation of the Convention. These include proposed reforms to the periodic reporting systems, the roles of accredited NGOs and other actors, and nature of the listing mechanism.

Committee Members

Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Colombia, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mongolia, Palestine, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Turkey and Zambia

Bureau: Composition and meetings

Files presented for this session

Information and exchange session
Presentations:
- Secretariat: English|French
- Republic of Korea: English|French

11 periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention (item 8.b)
12 reports on an element inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List (item 8.c)
6 nominations to the Urgent Safeguarding List (item 11.a)
35 nominations to the Representative List (item 11.b)
1 request for removal and transfer (item 11.c)
3 requests for International Assistance (item 11.d)
4 proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices (item 11.e)
50 new accreditation requests submitted by NGOs (item 17)
59 reports of NGOs accredited in 2012 to be examined (item 17)

Agenda

Committee Members wishing to submit amendments are invited to fill in following form (English/French) and to send it to ICH-amendments@unesco.org.

Out of concern for the environment and in order to reduce costs, printed copies of the documents will not be provided.

	Item of the agenda	Documents
1	Opening	ITH/17/12.COM/INF.1 Rev.: English\|French General information
2	Adoption of the agenda	ITH/17/12.COM/2: English\|French ITH/17/12.COM/INF.2.1: English\|French Provisional Timetable ITH/17/12.COM/INF.2.2 Rev.2: English\|French Provisional list of documents
3	Observers	ITH/17/12.COM/3: English\|French
4	Adoption of the summary records of the eleventh session of the Committee	ITH/17/12.COM/4: English\|French
5.a	Report by the Committee to the General Assembly on its activities (January 2016 to December 2017)	ITH/17/12.COM/5.a: English\|French
5.b	Report by the Secretariat on its activities	ITH/17/12.COM/5.b: English\|French
6	Voluntary supplementary contributions to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund	ITH/17/12.COM/6: English\|French
7	Draft plan for the use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund in 2018–2019	ITH/17/12.COM/7: English\|French
8.a	Reports of States Parties on the use of International Assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund	ITH/17/12.COM/8.a: English\|French
8.b	Examination of the reports of States Parties on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity	ITH/17/12.COM/8.b: English\|French See the 11 reports
8.c	Examination of the reports of States Parties on the current status of elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding	ITH/17/12.COM/8.c: English\|French See the 12 reports
9	Draft overall results framework for the Convention	ITH/17/12.COM/9: English\|French ITH/17/12.COM/INF.9: English\|French Summary records of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group meeting on developing an overall results framework for the Convention
10	Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on periodic reporting	ITH/17/12.COM/10: English\|French
11	Report of the Evaluation Body on its work in 2017	ITH/17/12.COM/11: English\|French
11.a	Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding	ITH/17/12.COM/11.a Rev.: English\|French See the 6 nominations
11.b	Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity	ITH/17/12.COM/11.b Add.: English\|French See the 35 nominations
11.c	Removal of an element from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and its transfer to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity	ITH/17/12.COM/11.c: English\|French See the 1 request
11.d	Examination of requests for International Assistance	ITH/17/12.COM/11.d: English\|French See the 3 requests
11.e	Examination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices	ITH/17/12.COM/11.e Add.: English\|French See the 4 proposals
12	Procedures to facilitate dialogue between the Evaluation Body and the submitting State(s)	ITH/17/12.COM/12: English\|French
13	Report of the informal ad hoc working group	ITH/17/12.COM/13: English\|French
14	Reflection on the removal of an element from a List and the transfer of an element from one List to the other	ITH/17/12.COM/14: English\|French
15	Intangible cultural heritage in emergencies	ITH/17/12.COM/15: English\|French
16	Follow-up to the recommendations of the External Auditor’s ‘Report on the governance of UNESCO and dependant funds, programmes and entities’ (Document 38C/23)	ITH/17/12.COM/16: English\|French
17	Accreditation of new non-governmental organizations and review of accredited non-governmental organizations	ITH/17/12.COM/17: English\|French See 50 NGOs requesting accreditation and 59 NGOs accredited in 2012 to be examined
18	Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2018 cycle	ITH/17/12.COM/18 Rev.: English\|French
19	Date and venue of the thirteenth session of the Committee	ITH/17/12.COM/19: English\|French
20	Election of the members of the Bureau of the thirteenth session of the Committee	ITH/17/12.COM/20: English\|French
21	Other business
22	Adoption of the list of decisions
23	Closure