For two years Argentina, along with Paraguay and Uruguay were accompanied in a capacity-building process for the effective and sustainable safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. A closing ceremony on Thursday 13 February at the National House of the Bicentenary in Buenos Aires ›››

Please note that the deadline for submission of candidature files, of proposals and requests for assistance for the 2015 cycle, is set for March 31, 2014. The forms have been updated. Kindly note the introduction of new requirements regarding candidatures files for inventories, in ›››

Intangible cultural heritage bearers from six Cuban provinces (Las Tunas, Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo and Camagüey) will join members of the respective provincial councils and national cultural heritage institutions from 11 to 14 February in Santiago de Cuba to participate in a ›››

From 20 to 24 January 2014, a capacity-building session on preparing nominations to the Lists of UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage took place in Ventiane Province. About 30 participants, including government officials and experts involved in the safeguarding of cultural h ›››

The locality of Matmata, Tunisia, is hosting its first training workshop on the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage from 27 to 31 January 2014. This workshop, organised by the UNESCO Rabat Office thanks to a generous contribution ›››

A virtual exhibition illustrating the role Intangible Cultural Heritage plays in sustainable development is now online. Its message is that culture is a fundamental enabler of sustainability, a source of meaning and energy, a wellspring of creativity and innovation, and a ›››

The 8th annual session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, marked by the 10th anniversary of UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage, ended in Baku today with the election of José Manuel Rodríguez Cu ›››

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage, holding its 8th session until 7 December, today inscribed 11 elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This marks the end of this year’s inscriptions. The Representative List of t ›››

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 in Need of Urgent Safeguarding: Mongolian calligraphy (Mongolia) Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and ›››

The eighth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage today reviewed the periodic reports of States Parties on their implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. These reports, which show the ›››