Georgia and the 2003 Convention

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UNESCO and the Georgian Heritage Crafts Association to explore the rich living heritage of Old Tbilisi

27 November 2020

UNESCO and the Georgian Heritage Crafts Association are embarking on a pilot activity to inventory living heritage in Old Tbilisi, Georgia. The project will ›››

Workshop on the implementation of the 2003 Convention in Georgia

5 November 2018

New inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

1 December 2016

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2014 (submitted on time)
15/12/2021

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

18 March 2008

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Committee Member

Membership and participation

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Listing of ICH

Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet (2016, RL)

4 elements inscribed

2018: Chidaoba, wrestling in Georgia (RL)
2016: Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet (RL)
2013: Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method (RL)
2008: Georgian polyphonic singing (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2020: Wheat culture in Georgia, culture of wheat endemic species and landraces cultivation and utilization in Georgia (USL)

Backlog nomination(s)

2021: Tradition of Georgian Supra (feast) (RL)

Project

Community-based inventorying of intangible heritage in urban areas

1 January 2018 – 1 December 2021

Amount (US$) 566,000 ›››

Safeguarding and Promotion of Georgian Traditional Polyphony

1 July 2003 – 1 February 2006

Amount (US$) 166,178 ›››

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Activities with the patronage

'Tales and legends of my motherland from a grandma's trunk', Highs School student's competition

2016-05 – 2016-06 – Tbilisi

Traditions of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in Georgia (Certificate of high school students' competition)

2014-11 – 2015-05 – Tbilisi, Georgia

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Accredited NGOs located in this country

ხელოვნების საერთაშორისო ცენტრი - GEORGIA

1995

Georgian Arts and Culture Center - GEORGIA ›››

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Category 2 center(s)

Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe

Bulgaria

Legislation

Law on the State Support of National Cinematography

2000

Law on Georgian Theatres

1999

Law on Preservation of Cultural Heritage

1999

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