Fifteenth session of the Committee
Information and exchange session presentation: English|French
The fifteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place online from 14 to 19 December 2020 with one three-hour session per day (1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Paris time).
During the meeting, the debates will be transmitted by webcast in their original language as well as their interpretation into English and French in real time on this website.
Committee Members
Bureau: composition & meetings
Azerbaijan, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Czechia, Djibouti, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland and Togo
Files presented for this session
- 9 reports on an element inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List (item 7)
- 4 nominations to the Urgent Safeguarding List (item 8.a)
- 42 nominations to the Representative List (item 8.b)
- 4 proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices (item 8.c)
- 2 requests for International Assistance (item 8.d)
Agenda and documents
Committee Members wishing to submit amendments are invited to fill in the following form (Amendments) and to send it to ICH-amendments@unesco.org.
| Item of the agenda | Documents |
1 | Opening | LHE/20/15.COM/INF.1: soon available General information |
2 | Adoption of the agenda | LHE/20/15.COM/2: English|French
LHE/20/15.COM/INF.2.1: English|French Provisional timetable LHE/20/15.COM/INF.2.2 Rev.2: English|French Provisional list of documents |
3 | Replacement of the Rapporteur | LHE/20/15.COM/3: English|French |
4 | Observers | LHE/20/15.COM/4: English|French |
5 | Adoption of the summary records of the fourteenth session of the Committee | LHE/20/15.COM/5: English|French |
6 | Report of the non-governmental organizations forum | LHE/20/15.COM/6: English|French |
7 | Examination of the reports of States Parties on the current status of elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | LHE/20/15.COM/7: English|French See the 9 reports |
8 | Report of the Evaluation Body on its work in 2020 | LHE/20/15.COM/8: English|French
Order of files/ Ordre des dossiers: English|French (Indicative) |
8.a | Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | LHE/20/15.COM/8.a: English|French See the 4 nominations |
8.b | Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | LHE/20/15.COM/8.b+Add.2: English|French See the 42 nominations |
8.c | Examination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices | LHE/20/15.COM/8.c: English|French See the 4 proposals |
8.d | Examination of requests for International Assistance | LHE/20/15.COM/8.d: English|French See the 2 requests |
9 | Number of files submitted for the 2020 and 2021 cycles and number of files that can be treated in the 2022 and 2023 cycles | LHE/20/15.COM/9: English|French |
10 | Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2021 cycle | LHE/20/15.COM/10 Rev.: English|French |
11 | Date and venue of the sixteenth session of the Committee | LHE/20/15.COM/11: English|French |
12 | Election of the members of the Bureau of the sixteenth session of the Committee | LHE/20/15.COM/12: English|French |
13 | Other business | |
14 | Adoption of the list of decisions | |
15 | Closure | |