The meeting will provide participants with an opportunity to develop their institutional and operational capacities on ICH-related policy frameworks for safeguarding, with special focus on the engagement of local community actors. To this end, the programme combines presentations by participants on the respective experiences at country level, with workshop discussions and group exercises led by technical facilitators, taking the “Traditional Violin Craftsmanship in Cremona” (inscribed in 2012 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) as case-study.
In addition, the meeting is an opportunity to discuss and advance cooperation on intangible cultural heritage with and among Member States and other relevant partners in South-East Europe, confirming the importance of intangible cultural heritage as a mainspring for dialogue, integration and sustainable development in the region.