Ecuador and the 2003 Convention

Latest news and events

UNESCO launches the platform ‘Transmedia Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development in the Andean countries’

27 January 2022

In April 2020, the Living Heritage Entity launched an online survey to grasp the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. The “Living Heritage ›››

Learning with Intangible Cultural Heritage for a Sustainable Future in Latin America and the Caribbean - Ecuador

30 August 2021

Ecuador consolidates its public policy for the safeguarding of its intangible cultural heritage

2 October 2017

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2014 (submitted on time)
15/12/2020 (submitted)
15/12/2026

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

13 February 2008

Read the Convention in: [name_language]

Committee Member

Membership and participation

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Listing of ICH

Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people (2008, RL)

4 elements inscribed

2021: Pasillo, song and poetry (RL)
2015: Marimba music, traditional chants and dances from the Colombia South Pacific region and Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador (RL)
2012: Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat (RL)
2008: Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people (RL)

Project

Learning with intangible cultural heritage for a sustainable future in Latin America and the Caribbean

1 February 2021 – 1 June 2022

Amount (US$) 111,000 ›››

T-ICH4SD: transmedia intangible cultural heritage for sustainable development in Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador

1 June 2021 – 1 December 2021

Amount (US$) 10,000 ›››

Strengthening capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Ecuador

1 February 2015 – 1 June 2017

Amount (US$) 250,000 ›››

Bi-national Action Plan for the Safeguarding and Revitalization of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of the Zápara Community

1 December 2005 – 1 September 2007

Amount (US$) 203,956 ›››

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Category 2 center(s)

Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Latin America

Peru

Legislation

Ley de patrimonio cultural: codificacion

2004

Decreto N.1061 B Reglamento general de la ley de defensa del artesano

1998

Codificacion de la ley de defensa del artesano

1997

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