Decision of the Intergovernmental Committee: 19.COM 6.a.12

The Committee,

  1. Having examined document LHE/24/19.COM/6.a,
  2. Recalling Chapter V of the Operational Directives and its Decisions 6.COM 8.10, 11.COM 9.b.2 and 15.COM 7.4,
  3. Expresses its appreciation to Iran for submitting, on time, its third report on the status of the element ‘Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf’, inscribed in 2011 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding;
  4. Takes note of the efforts undertaken by the State Party to safeguard the element, in particular by raising public awareness and developing inclusive promotional materials, supporting the practice and transmission of the element, increasing the number of workshops, providing education and training opportunities for younger generations, and enhancing community stewardship over their heritage;
  5. Further takes note of the importance of the element for providing livelihoods for local communities and the development of tourism infrastructure and services related to the element, and encourages the State Party to continue to take particular heed of the impact of tourism on the safeguarding of the element;
  6. Invites the State Party to pursue its efforts to strengthen the transmission of the element in the context of contemporary maritime and shipbuilding education and industry, to transmit all aspects of the element, including traditional navigation knowledge and traditional sailing terminologies, to enhance multilateral cooperation among local communities and various institutions and organizations, and to ensure the participation of practitioners in developing the safeguarding measures;
  7. Also takes note of the increased governmental assistance for securing the livelihood of retired captains involved in the transmission of the element, and further encourages the State Party to continue developing synergies among various funding sources, with due consideration to balancing the funding planned for supporting the bearers and practitioners of the element, and for other safeguarding expenditures.

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