Workshop on developing safeguarding plans for intangible cultural heritage
21/25-04-2019Cairo (Egipto)
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A five-day workshop will be organized for the platform members and trainers who received training on inventory making within the framework of the project “Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Egypt for sustainable development”, generously funded by Abu Dhabi Culture and Tourism Authority. It will aim to provide technical and educational tools to participants for the development of safeguard plans particularly from inventory making. The training will be jointly led by two Arabic-speaking facilitators and the coordinator of the project from the UNESCO Office in Cairo. The two facilitators will use the UNESCO educational materials and will work on adapting them to the country context.
Workshop on community-based inventory and participative video
19/29-03-2019Moroni (Comoras)
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Within the framework of the project ’Strengthening the capacities of the Comoros for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage for sustainable development’, a workshop on community-based inventorying will be organized in Moroni from 19 to 29 March 2019. This activity aims to equip participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct inventories adapted to the specificities of local communities and based on collective community engagement. In this regard, 25 people will participate in the workshop, including ministerial officials, community organizations(, members of local communities, researchers and non-governmental organizations. This activity is organized in collaboration with the Comoros Directorate General of Arts and Culture and the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa in Nairobi.
Information and exchange session on the provisional upstream dialogue for nominations to be examined in 2019 by the Intergovernmental Committee
01-03-2019París (Francia)
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The Secretariat of the Convention organizes an information and exchange session on the provisional upstream dialogue for nominations to be examined in 2019 by the Intergovernmental Committee on Friday, 1 March 2019. This meeting takes place in Room XI (Fontenoy) from 3 to 5 p.m.
This meeting is co-organized by the Secretariat of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Permanent Delegation of Colombia to UNESCO in its capacity as representative of the Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Committee and of the informal ad hoc open-ended working group.
The purpose of this meeting is to present and discuss, in the presence of the members of the Evaluation Body, a proposed procedure for the provisional upstream dialogue mechanism. This meeting is open to interested States Parties, which are not members of the Committee and States not party to the Convention.
Workshop for the Implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
20/23-02-2019Beirut (Líbano)
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This workshop is aimed at civil servants from the Ministry of Culture who will be responsible for the implementation of the 2003 Convention and those of the ministries involved in safeguarding the ICH and the Lebanese National Commission for Unesco. It will also target members of associations / NGOs and university representatives, as well as heritage bearers working in the field of living heritage. The workshop is organized within the framework of the project “Strengthening capacities for the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention of the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Lebanon”, generously funded by the Japan Funds-in-Trust.
Formulation of Strategy and Policy Outlines for safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage in Sudan
27/31-01-2019Khartoum (Sudán)
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Within the framework of technical assistance for the elaboration of a national strategy to safeguard intangible cultural heritage, a workshop on “Formulation of policies for safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage’ will be held in Khartoum, designed for national heads of ministries and institutions dealing with intangible cultural heritage. It will focus in particular, on ways to enhance the links between intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development within the legislative framework, with a particular focus on peace building. It will emphasize the need to involve communities. This workshop is a part of the project “Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Sudan”, generously funded by Abu Dhabi Culture and Tourism Authority.
Training on inventorying and technical assistance for setting up an inventory framework
13/17-01-2019Khartoum (Sudán)
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Within the framework of the project “Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Sudan”, generously funded by Abu Dhabi Culture and Tourism Authority, a 10-day assessment mission is organised to identify and analyse previous inventory activities in the field of intangible cultural heritage in Sudan. The mission will include a series of meetings and consultations as well as basic training sessions related to community-based inventorying as understood by the 2003 Convention.
During the mission, the priorities for the development of a strategy for inventory making will be set through group discussions with the various stakeholders concerned, including community representatives. The objective will be to update previous inventorying experiences, set up a knowledge management system and promote community-based participative approaches when inventorying ICH elements.