Benefitting country(ies): Bosnia and Herzegovina

Overview:

The needs assessment aims to explore the legislative and policy documents in the sphere of ICH in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to analyze the institutional and administrative framework for the implementation of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention, and to study the situation of awareness-raising activities, inventorying procedures, and educational and training programs on ICH issues in the country. It also aims at outlining the major challenges encountered in the implementation of the 2003 Convention on the national level, identifying the main needs in the field of ICH safeguarding, and proposing recommendations for improvement, with a special attention to aspects of urgency, sustainability, and long-terms effects. The needs assessment will enable to tailor further actions within the framework of UNESCO global capacity-building strategy for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, especially by using the opportunity to elaborate requests for international assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund, established under the 2003 Convention.

01/06/2017 - 28/02/2018 – Safeguarding of the traditional knowledge for the protection of sacred natural sites in the territory of the Jaguars of Yuruparí, Vaupés Province, Colombia30/06/2016 - 16/06/2017 – Safeguarding of Nkhonde, Tumbuka and Chewa proverbs and folktales