Bringing education and living heritage closer together: the first global Online training of trainers course on living heritage and education ended recently

19 July 2021 – South Africa, Belgium, Spain, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Uganda, Thailand,

Living heritage has so much to offer to education and vice versa, as education is indispensable for broad-based safeguarding of living heritage in harmony ›››

Intangible heritage during lockdown

22 April 2020 – Colombia, Croatia, Spain,

While physical distancing and confinement are affecting the way we live, some communities are finding creative ways to adapt to the circumstances and continue ›››

Teaching and learning with living heritage: Lessons learnt from UNESCO-EU pilot project

15 April 2020 – Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Czechia,

“When students are motivated, they achieve better results. With living heritage, learning becomes more interesting, meaningful and motivating for students. It also stimulates innovative ›››

Promotion measures of drum-playing rituals

26 March 2020 – Spain,

The objective is to reach a greater promotion at a national and international scope, giving the drum-playing rituals and the Holy Week itself a ›››

Heritage Good Practices Journeys

4 October 2019 – Spain,

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the inclusion of the pedagogic project of the school museum of Pusol in the UNESCO Register ›››

Printed publication of the XXXI edition of the 'Tambor' magazine as well as the poster announcing the Tamborada 2019

15 April 2019 – Spain,

The magazine ‘Tambor’ is an annual publication that contains the different activities to the drum and the popular and cultural tradition that take place ›››

Fallas de València

1 March 2018 – Spain,

The Fallas Festivity takes place from the 1st to the 19th March every year in the city of Valencia. For a few days in ›››

Forum 'Flamenco y Cultura' 2017

3 November 2017 – Spain,

‘Flamenco y Cultura’ is a project of the Delegación de Cultura Memoria Histórica y Democrática de la Diputación de Granada (local government), which proposes to ›››

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

1 December 2016 – Germany, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Republic of Korea, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Czechia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Afghanistan,

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - Sixteen new elements have been added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage following the decisions adopted by the ›››

Summer Solstice Fire Festival in the Pyrenees

1 April 2016 – Spain,

The Comarca de Sobrarbe generally works on the promotion of local cultural heritage, especially World Heritage such as the Pirineos Monte Perdido and the ›››

New inscriptions on the lists of intangible cultural heritage

1 December 2015 – Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, France, North Macedonia, Mongolia, Namibia, Uganda, Portugal,

Windhoek, 1 December—The Committee for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage meeting in Namibia until 4 December, on Tuesday inscribed five elements on the List of I ›››

Expert meeting on a model code of ethics for intangible cultural heritage

30 March 2015 – Spain,

In 2012, at its seventh session, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) invited UNESCO’s Secretariat ‘to initiate work on a m ›››

Towards codes of ethics for intangible cultural heritage?

23 March 2015 – Spain,

What are the core values and ethical principles – drawn from the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage – that ought to guide all ›››

Seventeen new elements inscribed on the lists of the Convention

4 December 2013 – Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Cyprus, Croatia, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Morocco, Mongolia, Niger, Uganda, Portugal,

On Wednesday 4 December, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed two new elements on List of Intangible Cultural Heritage ›››

International Congress of Flamenco

12 November 2013 – Spain,

The Department of Culture and Sport, through the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco, is organizing the II International Congress of Flamenco in order to highlight ›››

Atelier du Langage Sifflé du patrimoine de la Gomera

14 October 2013 – Spain,

Cet atelier propose l’élaboration d’un programme progressif et structuré en deux niveaux (niveau d’initiation et moyen), qui essaye de montrer les n ›››

First Flamenco Exhibition

26 September 2013 – Spain,

The department of Culture and Sport has arranged the First Flamenco Exhibition- Teatro Central which, meeting the needs of flamenco professionals to increase the ›››

Les Canaries et l’Afrique. Une coopération au développement à travers le patrimoine culturel immatériel.

3 July 2013 – Spain,

Cette journée clôturera les activités menées dans le cadre du Projet européen CODEPA. En plus d’exposer un nombre de conclusions et un résumé du d ›››

International jury for the proclamation by UNESCO of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity - extraordinary meeting

21 September 2001 – Spain,

An extraordinary session of the International Jury for the proclamation by UNESCO of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity was ›››