The two-year project ‘Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in Central Asia’ concludes with a training workshop on community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage from 11 to 17 May 2014 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Since the launching of the programme in 201 ›››

Where do Arab countries stand with the development of policies and institutional frameworks for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage? How successfully do they involve sectors other than culture, whose policies fundamentally affect the future of intangible cultural heritage, but which are often ›››

Guatemala and the Dominican Republic benefitted in March from intensive training in drawing up inventories of intangible cultural heritage with the participation of the communities that practise and experience it. The Guatemala training focussed on the traditional knowledge of ceramic crafts ›››

Following on from Mauritania and Tunisia, Morocco took its turn to host the training workshops on the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. From 26 to 30 March, Agadir hosted an initial national meeting as part of ›››

The activities for the inventory of intangible cultural heritage were officially launched by the Malian Minister of Culture during a ceremony on 7 March in Bamako, in the presence of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and representatives ›››

In the framework of the regional capacity building project in the Asia-Pacific Region funded by the UNESCO Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, a number of representatives from governmental and non-governmental institutions from Sri Lanka and Bhutan ›››

The Director-General of UNESCO, Ms. Irina Bokova, and the Algerian Minister of Culture, Ms. Khalida Toumi, signed an agreement on 28 February for the creation of a Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa under the auspices ›››

In celebration of International Mother Language Day, the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage launches a new ‘Festival Photo Gallery’ showcasing the many cultural experts who shared their language revitalization efforts and cultural traditions as part of the One World, Many ›››

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 ›››