Events and meetings on intangible cultural heritage (co-)organized by UNESCO

Series Learning objectives:
1.Getting to know each other
2.Familiarizing incoming facilitators with the spirit of the Convention, the global capacity buildingprogramme and the facilitators network (an overview and introduction)
3.Exploring participatory training programmes and facilitation (the ‘spirit of the convention’ inpractice – with communities at the centre and ethical principles)
4.Engaging with expectations; what does it mean to be a facilitator and understanding theexpectations of the incoming facilitators
5.Introducing incoming facilitators to the basic knowledge and skills required

Intangible cultural heritage and emergencies: prevent, resist, repair and reconcile

9th International Conference of the French Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage Ethnopole

In partnership with the Unesco Chair “Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development”, with the support of the Directorate General of Heritage and Architecture of the Ministry of Culture and the City of Vitré and in collaboration with the University of Rennes 2 and the University of Bretagne Occidentale.

https://www.maisondesculturesdumonde.org/nos-actions/rechercher-et-documenter/patrimoine-culturel-immateriel-le-patrimoine-vivant-en-situation-durgence

The Secretariat of the 2003 Convention in the framework of its global capacity-building programme is organizing an online Training of trainers for selected members of the facilitators network in Africa on how to support the roll out of the periodic reporting process in the region in 2023. The trainings will take place over three days and seek to reinforce the network of facilitators in Africa and mobilize them to co-facilitate the training for periodic reporting country points in the region in 2023.

The training is the first stage of a two-stage process for the capacity-building approach on periodic reporting in Africa in 2022-2023. In the second stage, a regional training will be organized with country focal points designated by their countries to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to carry out periodic reporting in their countries in line with the Convention’s Overall results framework.

This workshop will take place from 17 to 26 October in Banjul, The Gambia. It will comprise three parts. In part 1, the training will be targeted to Gambian media specialized in culture and will provide an introduction to the 2003 Convention and their role in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. In part 2, the training will be targeted to Gambian heritage experts, community representatives and key government technical staff and provide a training on community-based inventorying, under the 2003 Convention, including its ethical considerations, methods and techniques. In part 3, a pilot inventorying exercise will be undertaken with communities in the Banjul area. The activity is being undertaken in the framework of the extrabudgetary project ‘Capacity-building for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and contributing to sustainable development’ being funded through an earmarked contribution to the Fund from the Government of France.

“Presentation of the publication Intangible Cultural Heritage and Social Inclusion. Contributions to the development agenda of the post-COVID era in Latin America and the Caribbean at the University of the Republic (UDELAR) in Uruguay will be presented, with the participation of Alcira Sandival, the author of the Uruguay chapter, and teachers and children from rural schools.

The event will be streamed online through the University’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/UniversidaddelaRep%C3%BAblica.”