The Committee meets annually to evaluate nominations proposed by States Parties to the 2003 Convention and decide whether or not to inscribe those cultural practices and expressions of intangible heritage on the Convention’s Lists.
By clicking on the inscribed elements below, you can discover the nominations, photos and videos, together with Committee decisions and evidence of community consent.
2016 | |||
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Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making | Turkey |    | |
2014 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Zmijanje embroidery | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
2012 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics | Romania | | |
2011 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates | | |
2010 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars | Armenia | | |
| Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making | France | | |
| Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | | |
2009 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Lacemaking in Croatia | Croatia | | |
| Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika | Cyprus | | |
| Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture | Japan | | |
| Scribing tradition in French timber framing | France | | |
2008 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Cross-crafting and its symbolism | Lithuania | | |
| Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi | Brazil | | |
| Vanuatu sand drawings | Vanuatu | | |
| Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry | Madagascar | | |