‘Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in basic education in Namibia and Zimbabwe’ is a project implemented with the support of the Government of Flanders, Belgium.
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UNESCO clearinghouse on living heritage and education
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‘Teaching and learning with living heritage in Ukraine’ is a pilot project implemented with the support of the UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund.
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On 25th March, UNESCO Bangkok and the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) are organizing an online event ‘Bringing Living Heritage to the Classroom in Asia-Pacific to Promote Transformative Education’, held in the context of the 2022 Asia-Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development (28 – 31 March). Save the date and register now.
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To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Slovak ratification of the 2003 Convention, the Slovak Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre in cooperation with the National Institute of Folk Culture in Strážnice, Czechia will host a webinar for Slovak and Czech-speaking teachers on 24th September 2021 from 9am to 1pm.
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The first global Online training of trainers course on living heritage and education ended recently. The Living Heritage Entity takes this opportunity to highlight the beneficial relationship between living heritage safeguarding and education.
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A webinar on ‘Teaching and learning with living heritage’ will allow European teachers and students to share their experience on 29 June 2021 from 3 to 5 p.m. (Paris time).
This event concludes the project ‘Engaging Youth for an Inclusive and Sustainable Europe’ implemented jointly by UNESCO and the European Union to raise awareness about the benefits and challenges of teaching and learning with living heritage in primary and secondary schools. Register to follow the event!
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From 31 May to 4 June 2021, the Global ASPnet meeting will bring together teacher education and training institutions represented by deans, teacher educators and student teachers from the UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet). Tomorrow, an online session dedicated to Living heritage as an enabling force for transformative education is taking place. It aims at highlighting the importance of bringing together safeguarding living heritage and education in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on quality education. 13 teachers from Asia, Middle East and Europe will share their inspiring insights. Do not miss this great opportunity to learn from experiences on the ground!
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UNESCO welcomes young heritage professionals, students and heritage enthusiasts to join the upcoming open Webinar on European Youth and Heritage being held on 23 April 2021 from 14:00 to 15:30 Paris time, and discover a thriving network of Cultural Heritage Messengers. Online registration here.
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The UNESCO Bangkok Field Office and the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICHCAP) have jointly published the results of a recent survey on ‘Teaching and learning with and about intangible cultural heritage in Asia and the Pacific’, which provides an overview of different tools for teachers to integrate ICH in schools and several case studies from Asia and the Pacific.
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For several years, UNESCO has been putting a strong emphasis on bringing education and living heritage safeguarding together. In that regard, a webinar will take place on 26 January 2021, 13.00-14.30, Paris time
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The workshop ‘Integrating intangible cultural heritage in school-based education. Lessons learnt from the UNESCO-EU pilot project’, was organized from 27 February to 1 March 2020 in Rotterdam in partnership with the UNESCO Associated Schools network (ASPnet)
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Interview with Tarcila Rivera Zea, Executive Director, Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú. She grew up speaking Quechua and only learnt Spanish at the age of 10 when she started attending school. Since a young age, she has defended the rights of indigenous peoples
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The introduction of living heritage into schools can make education more exciting, accessible and relevant for both teachers and children. A pilot project entitled the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage: Engaging Youth for an Inclusive and Sustainable Europe.
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The new priority on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education is gaining ground thanks to strong collaboration between the Culture and Education Sectors at UNESCO.
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UNESCO Almaty organized this sub-regional meeting for Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 18 to 19 June 2019, which was hosted by the National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO.
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A new report published by UNESCO shows that safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is a pertinent, yet unexplored, topic.
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On 18 December 2018, UNESCO Beirut, in partnership with the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO, launched a pilot project called ‘Learn with the Intangible Cultural Heritage for a sustainable future’ that targets Lebanese public and private schools.
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Under the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, UNESCO and the European Union teamed up to develop a new project strengthening the connections between heritage, youth and education.
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From 29 October to 7 November, 2018 the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section and UNESCO-UNEVOC will co-host a virtual conference on ‘Integrating the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in technical and vocational education and training (TVET)’.
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A sub-regional meeting for ICH safeguarding in Northeast Asia was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 28 to 29 August 2018 on ‘ICH in Education: Towards Joint Collaboration for Promoting ICH in Formal and Non-Formal Education’.
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Co-organized by the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Section and the International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa, a roundtable event on ‘Learning with Intangible Cultural Heritage in Education’ took place
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