Jeju (Republic of Korea), 6 December — The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in Jeju until 9 December, today inscribed six new elements from Botswana, Colombia and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mongolia, Morocco, Turkey and the United Arab E ›››

How can universities integrate intangible cultural heritage in their programmes? How we get young people interested in this topic? These were some of the questions addressed at a roundtable organized on 5 December, as a side event to the 12th session of ›››

Jeju (Republic of Korea), 03 December—The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage opened its 12th session in Jeju today with a ceremony featuring Korean performances like the traditional Arirang song. “A great deal has been achieved under the 200 ›››

The twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is about to start in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, with the opening ceremony planned for on 3 December. More than 700 delegates have already registered online. During ›››

From 13 to 19 September 2017, a series of consultations were held in Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo) with local stakeholders, in the framework of the community-based needs identification project for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in North Kivu. The consultations week ›››

UNESCO recognizes the important role that tertiary education institutions play in training future decision-makers, planners and administrators to work in the field of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. For this reason, following a Regional Symposium in Asia-Pacific in 2015 on integrating intangible cultural ›››

Intangible cultural heritage and disaster risk management are mutually beneficial; this is the finding made by a desk study (الإنجليزية) recently commissioned by UNESCO. The purpose of the study was to take stock of the current state of knowledge regarding the impact di ›››

The documents of the twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage can now be consulted online at: https://ich.unesco.org/en/12com. The documents are available in the two working languages of the ›››

On September 5, Suriname became the 175th State to join the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage bringing the convention close to attaining universal ratification. This important step has been reached following an increased number of ratifications over the ›››

In July 2015, the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage approved a grant of US$24,990 for the project “Safeguarding and promotion of Bigwala gourd trumpet music and dance of Busoga Kingdom in Uganda” from the Int ›››