Eleventh session of the Committee - intangible heritage - Culture Sector

The eleventh session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage took place in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, from 28 November to 2 December 2016.

Committee Members

Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Colombia, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mongolia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Saint Lucia, Senegal, State of Palestine, Türkiye and Zambia

Bureau: Composition and meetings

Inscriptions: read more on the new elements inscribed on the Lists

Decisions

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Files presented for this session

Video provided by the Ethiopian authorities
Let’s meet in Ethiopia

6 periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention (item 9.a)
6 reports on an element inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List (item 9.b)
6 nominations to the Urgent Safeguarding List (item 10.a)
37 nominations to the Representative List (item 10.b)
7 proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices (item 10.c)

Agenda

	Item of the agenda	Documents	Recordings*
1	Opening	ITH/16/11.COM/INF.1 Rev.: English\|French General information	2016-11-28 10:00: English\|French\|VO (video)
2	Adoption of the agenda Decision: 11.COM 2	ITH/16/11.COM/2 Rev.: English\|French ITH/16/11.COM/INF.2.1 Rev.3: English\|French Provisional Timetable ITH/16/11.COM/INF.2.2 Rev.3: English\|French Provisional list of documents	2016-11-28 10:35: English\|French\|VO (video)
3	Observers Decision: 11.COM 3	ITH/16/11.COM/3: English\|French	2016-11-28 10:45: English\|French\|VO (video)
4	Adoption of the summary records of the tenth session of the Committee Decision: 11.COM 4	ITH/16/11.COM/4: English\|French	2016-11-28 11:00: English\|French\|VO (video)
5	Report by the Secretariat on its activities Decision: 11.COM 5	ITH/16/11.COM/5: English\|French ITH/16/11.COM/INF.5: English\|French Financial statement for the period 1 January 2016 – 30 June 2016	2016-11-28 11:20: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-11-28 15:00: English\|French\|VO (video)
6	Voluntary supplementary contributions to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund Decision: 11.COM 6	ITH/16/11.COM/6 Rev.: English\|French	2016-11-28 16:30: English\|French\|VO (video)
7	Follow-up to the Recommendations of the External Auditor’s ‘Report on the governance of UNESCO and dependant funds, programmes and entities’ (Document 38C/23) Decision: 11.COM 7	ITH/16/11.COM/7: English\|French	2016-11-28 17:00: English\|French\|VO (video)
8	Clarification on the decision making process concerning inscription, selection, or approval, of nominations, proposals and requests Decision: 11.COM 8	ITH/16/11.COM/8: English\|French	2016-11-29 09:40: English\|French\|VO (video)
9.a	Examination of the reports of States Parties 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 Decision: 11.COM 9.a	ITH/16/11.COM/9.a: English\|French See the 6 periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention	2016-11-29 11:12: English\|French\|VO (video)
9.b	Examination of the reports of States Parties on the current status of elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding Decisions: 11.COM 9.b 11.COM 9.b.1 11.COM 9.b.2 11.COM 9.b.3 11.COM 9.b.4 11.COM 9.b.5 11.COM 9.b.6	ITH/16/11.COM/9.b: English\|French See the 6 periodic reports on USL elements	2016-11-29 12:00: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-11-29 14:30: English\|French\|VO (video)
9.c	Reports of States Parties on the use of International Assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund Decision: 11.COM 9.c	ITH/16/11.COM/9.c: English\|French	2016-11-29 15:00: English\|French\|VO (video)
10	Report of the Evaluation Body on its work in 2016 Decision: 11.COM 10	ITH/16/11.COM/10: English\|French	2016-11-29 15:35: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-12-02 09:30: English\|French\|VO (video)
10.a	Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding Decisions: 11.COM 10.a.1 11.COM 10.a.3 11.COM 10.a.4 11.COM 10.a.5 11.COM 10.a.6	ITH/16/11.COM/10.a+Add.: English\|French See the 6 nominations	2016-11-29 16:30: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-11-30 09:30: English\|French\|VO (video)
10.b	Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Decisions: 11.COM 10.b.1 11.COM 10.b.2 11.COM 10.b.3 11.COM 10.b.4 11.COM 10.b.5 11.COM 10.b.6 11.COM 10.b.7 11.COM 10.b.8 11.COM 10.b.9 11.COM 10.b.10 11.COM 10.b.11 11.COM 10.b.12 11.COM 10.b.13 11.COM 10.b.14 11.COM 10.b.15 11.COM 10.b.16 11.COM 10.b.17 11.COM 10.b.18 11.COM 10.b.19 11.COM 10.b.20 11.COM 10.b.21 11.COM 10.b.22 11.COM 10.b.23 11.COM 10.b.24 11.COM 10.b.25 11.COM 10.b.26 11.COM 10.b.27 11.COM 10.b.28 11.COM 10.b.29 11.COM 10.b.30 11.COM 10.b.31 11.COM 10.b.32 11.COM 10.b.33 11.COM 10.b.34 11.COM 10.b.35 11.COM 10.b.36 11.COM 10.b.37	ITH/16/11.COM/10.b: English\|French See the 37 nominations	2016-11-30 10:10: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-11-30 14:40: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-12-01 09:30: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-12-01 14:40: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-12-01 18:15: VO (video)
10.c	Examination of proposals to the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices Decisions: 11.COM 10.c.1 11.COM 10.c.2 11.COM 10.c.3 11.COM 10.c.4 11.COM 10.c.5 11.COM 10.c.6 11.COM 10.c.7	ITH/16/11.COM/10.c: English\|French See the 7 proposals	2016-12-01 19:30: English\|French\|VO (video)
11	Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2017 cycle Decision: 11.COM 11	ITH/16/11.COM/11: English\|French	2016-12-02 12:20: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-12-02 14:30: English\|French\|VO (video)
12	Number of files submitted for the 2017 cycle and number of files that can be treated in the 2018 and 2019 cycles Decision: 11.COM 12	ITH/16/11.COM/12: English\|French	2016-12-02 14:43: English\|French\|VO (video)
13	Reflection on the transfer of an element from one List to the other and the removal of an element from a List	ITH/16/11.COM/13: English\|French
14	Preliminary expert meeting on developing an overall results framework for the Convention Decision: 11.COM 14	ITH/16/11.COM/14: English\|French	2016-12-02 15:20: English\|French\|VO (video)
15	Intangible Cultural Heritage in emergencies Decision: 11.COM 15	ITH/16/11.COM/15: English\|French	2016-12-02 15:40: English\|French\|VO (video)
16	Date and venue of the twelfth session of the Committee Decision: 11.COM 16	ITH/16/11.COM/16: English\|French	2016-12-02 14:50: English\|French\|VO (video)
17	Election of the members of the Bureau of the twelfth session of the Committee Decision: 11.COM 17	ITH/16/11.COM/17: English\|French	2016-12-02 15:05: English\|French\|VO (video)
18	Other business
19	Adoption of the list of decisions		2016-12-02 14:40: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-12-02 17:05: English\|French\|VO (video)
20	Closure		2016-12-02 17:20: English\|French 2016-12-02 17:20: English\|French\|VO (video) 2016-12-02 17:20: English/French 2016-12-02 17:20: English/French 2016-12-02 17:20: English/French

*The interpretation of proceedings serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic record of the proceedings. Only the original speech is authentic.