Decision of the Intergovernmental Committee: 16.COM 12

The Committee,

  1. Having examined document LHE/21/16.COM/12,
  2. Recalling Article 25.5 of the Convention and Chapter II of the Operational Directives,
  3. Further recalling its previous decisions regarding voluntary supplementary contributions to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund, and in particular Decisions COM 6and 14.COM 6,
  4. Thanks all the contributors that have generously supported the Convention and its Secretariat through voluntary supplementary contributions to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund for projects under implementation during the 2018-2021 quadrennium, namely Azerbaijan, France, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain (Generalitat de Catalunya), Switzerland, the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICHCAP) and the Fondazione Museo del Violino Antonio Stradivari, as well as the People’s Republic of China for its in-kind support;
  5. Takes note that while the mobilization targets for both funding priorities have not been met in terms of voluntary supplementary contributions to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund, the Convention has received significant support through the Funds-in-Trust and other earmarked modalities, and expresses appreciation to all the contributors that have generously supported the Convention during the 2018-2021 quadrennium;
  6. Approves the two funding priorities for the period 2022-2025 entitled ‘Strengthening capacities to safeguard intangible cultural heritage using multi-modal approaches and contribute to sustainable development’ and ‘Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education’, accepts any future voluntary supplementary contributions made to support activities within the scope of these priorities, and authorizes the Secretariat to make immediate use of them;
  7. Encourages potential contributors to consider the possibility of supporting the Convention, in particular through the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund and the Sub-fund for enhancing the human resources of the Secretariat, to allow the Secretariat to respond positively to the needs expressed by States Parties in line with the two funding priorities;
  8. Further encourages the Secretariat to pursue its efforts to mobilize funds to support the implementation of the Convention, in particular for the two funding priorities approved for the period 2022–2025, and to enhance the human resources of the Secretariat;
  9. Requests that the Secretariat report, at its seventeenth session, on the progress made in the implementation of any voluntary supplementary contributions it may have received since the sixteenth session.

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