Belize and the 2003 Convention

Latest news and events

Countries of Central America and the Caribbean come together to safeguard their Afro-descendant living heritage

12 May 2022

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, all States Parties to the 2003 Convention, are the eight member States ›››

Launch of a three-year project for safeguarding living heritage during emergencies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific and the Caribbean

11 April 2022

pilot activity on community-based inventorying in Belize

1 November 2013

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2013 (submitted on time)
15/12/2020 (submitted)
15/12/2026

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

4 December 2007

Read the Convention in: [name_language]

Committee Member

Membership and participation

Contact

Listing of ICH

Language, dance and music of the Garifuna (2008, RL)

1 elements inscribed

2008: Language, dance and music of the Garifuna (RL)

Project

Capacity building for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in emergencies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific and the Caribbean

1 April 2022 – 1 April 2025

Amount (US$) 500,000 ›››

Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago through strengthening their capacities for implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

1 June 2012 – 1 December 2015

Amount (US$) 300,000 ›››

Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Garifuna Language, Music and Dance

1 April 2006 – 1 June 2009

Amount (US$) 226,000 ›››

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