Decision of the Intergovernmental Committee: 18.COM 2

The Committee,

  1. Having examined document LHE/23/18.COM/2,
  2. Adopts the agenda of its eighteenth session (Kasane, Republic of Botswana, 5 to 8 December 2023) as follows:

Agenda

  1. Opening
  2. Adoption of the agenda
  3. Observers
  4. Adoption of the summary records of the seventeenth session of the Committee
  5. Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2022 to June 2023)
  6. Twentieth anniversary of the 2003 Convention in 2023
  7. Periodic reporting
  8. Examination of the reports by States Parties on the current status of elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
  9. Examination of the reports of the regional cycle of periodic reporting on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by States Parties in the Arab States
  10. Update on the regional cycles of the Convention’s periodic reporting and proposal for related amendments to the Operational Directives
  11. Report of the Evaluation Body on its work in 2023
  12. Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
  13. Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
  14. Examination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
  15. Examination of requests for International Assistance
  16. Follow-up on elements inscribed on the Lists of the Convention
  17. Report on International Assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund and proposal for related amendments to the Operational Directives
  18. Reflection on a broader implementation of Article 18 of the Convention and proposal for related amendments to the Operational Directives
  19. Thematic initiatives on living heritage and sustainable development
  20. Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund: voluntary supplementary contributions and other issues
  21. Draft plan for the use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund in 2024 and 2025
  22. Report of the non-governmental organizations forum
  23. Accreditation of new non-governmental organizations and review of accredited non-governmental organizations
  24. Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2024 cycle
  25. Date and place of the nineteenth session of the Committee
  26. Election of the members of the Bureau of the nineteenth session of the Committee
  27. Report by the Committee to the General Assembly on its activities (January 2022 to December 2023)
  28. Other business
  29. Adoption of the list of decisions
  30. Closure

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