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    • Convention
      • About Intangible Heritage
        • What is Intangible Heritage?
        • Why safeguard ICH?
        • Intangible Heritage domains
        • FAQ
      • Texts and emblem
        • Text of the Convention
        • Operational Directives
        • Forms
        • Ethical principles
        • Use of the emblem
        • Research on the Convention
      • Governance
        • States Parties
        • General Assembly
        • Committee
        • Secretariat
        • Evaluations, audits and governance
      • Overall results framework
        • Overall results framework
      • Periodic reporting
        • Submissions and deadlines
        • Committee documents and in-depth studies
        • Regional consultation meetings in preparation of the reflection year
      • Funding
        • ICH Fund
    • Events
      • Statutory meetings
        • 08/12/2025 - 20.COM
        • 02/12/2024 - 19.COM
        • 11/06/2024 - 10.GA
        • 05/12/2023 - 18.COM
        • 04/07/2023 - 18.COM WG ART18
        • 28/11/2022 - 17.COM
        • 05/07/2022 - 9.GA
        • 01/07/2022 - 5.EXT.COM
        • 25/04/2022 - 17.COM WG
        • 13/12/2021 - 16.COM
      • Workshops and expert meetings
        • 27/03/2025 - Online (-)
        • 17/03/2025 - Online (-)
        • 05/03/2025 - Online (-)
        • 27/02/2025 - Online (-)
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      • Exhibitions
        • We are Living Heritage photo exhibition (2023)
        • Sounds of living heritage, a journey through indigenous languages (2019)
        • Tell your living heritage story (2018)
        • Passing it on: Inventorying living heritage in Africa (2016)
        • ICH for sustainable development: a virtual exhibition (2013)
        • Recognizing Our Cultural Heritage... (2010)
        • Living Heritage: Exploring the Intangible (2007)
    • Themes
        • Education Education
        • Priority Africa Priority Africa
        • Livelihoods Livelihoods
        • Climate change Climate change
        • Emergency situations Emergency situations
        • Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples
        • Sustainable development Sustainable development
    • Lists
      • About Lists
        • Purpose of the Lists
        • Procedure of inscription
        • Nomination forms
        • Global reflection on the listing mechanisms
        • Reflection on a broader implementation of Article 18
        • Guidance on multinational nominations
      • Elements inscribed
        • Browse the Lists
        • Dive into intangible cultural heritage!
      • Under process
        • Files 2025 under process
        • Mechanism to encourage multinational files
    • Safeguarding
      • Safeguarding
        • Involvement of communities
        • Ethics and ICH
        • Inventorying Intangible Heritage
        • Transmission
        • Legislation
      • Capacity building
        • Massive Online Open Course (MOOC)
        • Content of training materials
        • Facilitators
        • Materials repository
      • International Assistance
        • Requesting assistance
        • Assistance granted
        • Toolkit for requesting International Assistance
      • Projects and activities
        • Safeguarding projects
        • Engaging youth for an inclusive and sustainable Europe
        • Good Safeguarding Practices
        • Former projects
    • Actors
      • Organs of the Convention
        • General Assembly
        • Intergovernmental Committee
        • Bureau of the Committee
        • Evaluation Body
        • Secretariat
      • NGO, centers and research
        • Accreditation of NGOs
        • Accredited NGOs
        • NGO Forum
        • Category 2 Centres
        • UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks
        • Global tertiary education networking
        • 2003 Convention and Research
      • Donors and partners
        • Donors
        • Partners
    • Country