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Decisión del Comité intergubernamental: 6.COM 20

The Committee,

  1. Having examined Document ITH/11/6.COM/CONF.206/20;
  2. Recalling Article 7(c) of the Convention and Resolution 3.GA 8 of the General Assembly;
  3. Decides to base the draft plan for the use of the resources of the Fund for the periods of 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013 and 1 January to 30 June 2014 on the total unrestricted operating reserves available as of 31 December 2011, including any unused balance;
  4. Submits for approval to the General Assembly the plan for the use of the resources of the Fund, as annexed to this Decision;
  5. Delegates to its Bureau the authority to decide upon the utilization of the funds allocated under item 3 of the Plan, ‘Other functions of the Committee’, on the basis of specific proposals to be prepared by the Secretariat;
  6. Authorizes the Director-General, when utilizing the funds allocated under item 3 of the Plan, to make transfers between activities included within the specific proposals approved by the Bureau up to a cumulative amount of US$25,000, informing the Members of the Bureau in writing, at the session following such action, of the details and reasons for these transfers.

ANNEX

Draft plan for the use of the resources of the Fund

For the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013, as well as for the period 1 January to 30 June 2014, the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage fund may be used for the following purposes:

% of the total amount

1.

International assistance, comprising the safeguarding of the heritage inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List, the preparation of inventories, and the support for other safeguarding programmes, projects and activities;

54%

2.

Preparatory assistance for nomination files for the Urgent Safeguarding List, as well as for proposals for the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices;

6%

3.

Other functions of the Committee as described in Article 7 of the Convention and in the Operational Directives, including the publication of the Lists and the Register of Best Practices, capacity-building and awareness-raising programmes, as well as the development and implementation of activities and measures to promote and disseminate best practices and the work of the Committee;

18%

4.

The participation in the sessions of the Committee, its Bureau and its subsidiary bodies of experts in intangible cultural heritage representing developing States Members of the Committee;

3%

5.

The participation in the sessions of the Committee of experts in intangible cultural heritage representing developing States that are Parties to the Convention but not Members of the Committee;

3%

6.

The participation in the sessions of the Committee, its Bureau, and its subsidiary bodies of public or private bodies, private persons, notably members of communities and groups, that have been invited by the Committee to consult them on specific matters as well as of experts in intangible cultural heritage representing accredited NGOs from developing countries;

5%

7.

The costs of advisory services to be provided at the request of the Committee;

6%

8.

To build up the Reserve Fund referred to in Article 6 of the Fund’s Financial Regulations.

5%

 

Total

100%

Funds that have not been committed at the end of the period of this Plan are carried over to the next financial period and shall be allocated in accordance with the Plan approved by the General Assembly at that time.

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