The eighth session of the Intergovernmental Committee took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 December 2013.
Summary records and decisions
Committee members
Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Czechia, Egypt, Greece, Grenada, Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, Tunisia, Uganda and Uruguay
- Bureau: composition and meetings
Files presented by States Parties for this session
Inscriptions
Read more on the elements inscribed
- 10 periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention and one report on an element inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List
- 12 nominations to the Urgent Safeguarding List
- 2 proposals for the Register of Best Safeguarding pratices
- 1 financial assistance request greater than US$25.000
- 31 nominations to the Representative List
- 19 accreditation requests presented by NGOs
Agenda
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(compiled on 25/11/2013)
An NGO Forum took place on the eve of the opening session on Sunday, 1 December.
| Item of the agenda | Documents | Recordings* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening of the session | ITH/13/8.COM/INF.1: English|French General information (cf. webpage) | 2013-12-02 10:34: English|French|VO (video) |
| 2 | Adoption of the agenda of the eighth session of the Committee Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/2 Rev.: English|French ITH/13/8.COM/INF.2.1 Rev.: English|French Provisional timetable ITH/13/8.COM/INF.2.2 Rev.2: English|French Provisional list of documents | 2013-12-02 10:49: English|French|VO (video) |
| 3.a | Admission of observers Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/3.a: English|French | 2013-12-02 11:13: English|French|VO (video) |
| 3.b | Amendment of the Rules of Procedure Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/3.b: English|French | 2013-12-02 11:18: English|French|VO (video) |
| 4 | Adoption of the summary records of the seventh session of the Committee Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/4: English|French | 2013-12-02 11:20: English|French|VO (video) |
| 5.a | Report by the Committee to the General Assembly on its activities (June 2012 to June 2014) Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/5.a: English|French | 2013-12-02 11:21: English|French|VO (video) |
| 5.b | Report by the Secretariat on its activities (2013) and on the contributions of category 2 centres to UNESCO’s strategy and programme (2012-2013) Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/5.b: English|French | 2013-12-02 11:30: English|French|VO (video) |
| 5.c | Report on the evaluation by the Internal Oversight Service of UNESCO’s standard-setting work of the Culture Sector and the related audit of the working methods of Cultural Conventions Decisions: | ITH/13/8.COM/5.c: English|French ITH/13/8.COM/INF.5.c: English|French Evaluation by the Internal Oversight Service of UNESCO’s standard-setting work of the Culture Sector. Part I: 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage | 2013-12-02 15:00: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-03 10:01: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-06 17:25: English|French|VO (video) |
| 6.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: | ITH/13/8.COM/6.a: English|French See the 10 reports | 2013-12-03 10:47: English|French|VO (video) |
| 6.b | Examination of the report of Brazil on the current status of an element inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/6.b: English|French See the report | 2013-12-03 11:47: English|French|VO (video) |
| 6.c | Reports of States Parties on the use of international assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/6.c: English|French | 2013-12-03 12:06: English|French|VO (video) |
| 7 | Report of the Consultative Body on its work in 2013 Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/7: English|French ITH/13/8.COM/INF.7 Rev.: English|French Transversal issues arising in the evaluation and examination of nominations, proposals and requests | 2013-12-03 12:14: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-03 15:03: English|French|VO (video) |
| 7.a | Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | ITH/13/8.COM/7.a+Add.2: English|French See the 12 nominations | 2013-12-03 15:26: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-04 10:01: English|French|VO (video) |
| 7.b | Examination of proposals for selection to the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices Decisions: | ITH/13/8.COM/7.b: English|French See the 2 proposals | 2013-12-04 11:43: English|French|VO (video) |
| 7.c | Examination of requests for International Assistance Decisions: | ITH/13/8.COM/7.c: English|French See the request | 2013-12-04 12:30: English|French|VO (video) |
| 8 | Report of the Subsidiary Body on its work in 2013 and examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | ITH/13/8.COM/8+Add.2: English|French See the 31 nominations ITH/13/8.COM/INF.7 Rev.: English|French Transversal issues arising in the evaluation and examination of nominations, proposals and requests | 2013-12-04 15:16: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-05 10:06: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-05 15:07: English|French|VO (video) |
| 9.a | Establishment of the Consultative Body and adoption of its terms of reference Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/9.a: English|French | 2013-12-05 15:40: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-06 10:02: English|French|VO (video) |
| 9.b | Establishment of the Subsidiary Body and adoption of its terms of reference Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/9.b: English|French | 2013-12-05 15:53: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-05 19:27: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-06 16:10: English|French|VO (video) |
| 10 | Number of files submitted in the 2014 cycle and number of files that can be treated in the 2015 and 2016 cycles Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/10: English|French | 2013-12-05 16:06: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-05 19:01: English|French|VO (video) |
| 11 | Draft plan for the use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/11: English|French | 2013-12-05 19:28: English|French|VO (video) 2013-12-06 16:54: English|French|VO (video) |
| 12 | Voluntary supplementary contributions to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/12 Rev.: English|French | 2013-12-05 19:36: English|French|VO (video) |
| 13.a | Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on safeguarding, commercialization and sustainable development Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/13.a: English|French | 2013-12-06 10:12: English|French|VO (video) |
| 13.b | Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on the referral option for the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/13.b: English|French | 2013-12-06 10:43: English|French|VO (video) |
| 13.c | Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on the procedure for extension and/or reduction of an already inscribed element Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/13.c: English|French ITH/13/8.COM/INF.13.c: English|French Summary records of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on the right scale or scope of an element | 2013-12-06 12:04: English|French|VO (video) |
| 13.d | Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on the procedure for the evaluation of nominations: status of the Subsidiary Body and Consultative Body Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/13.d: English|French | 2013-12-06 16:11: English|French|VO (video) |
| 13.e | Integrating the definition of ‘emergency’ into the Operational Directives and aligning the different linguistic versions of the Operational Directives Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/13.e: English|French | 2013-12-06 12:21: English|French|VO (video) |
| 14.a | Accreditation of non-governmental organizations Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/14.a: English|French See the 19 accreditation requests | 2013-12-06 16:57: English|French|VO (video) |
| 14.b | Report on the profile of the NGOs accredited to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee and the nature of their work and proposal of an evaluation form for assessing their potential contribution to the implementation of the Convention Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/14.b: English|French | 2013-12-06 17:03: English|French|VO (video) |
| 15 | Date and venue of the ninth session of the Committee Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/15: English|French | 2013-12-06 17:29: English|French|VO (video) |
| 16 | Election of the members of the Bureau of the ninth session of the Committee Decision: | ITH/13/8.COM/16: English|French | 2013-12-06 17:33: English|French|VO (video) |
| 17 | Other business Decision: | 2013-12-06 17:48: English|French|VO (video) | |
| 18 | Adoption of the List of Decisions | 2013-12-07 11:10: English|French|VO (video) | |
| 19 | Closure of the session | ITH/13/8.COM/INF.19: soon available List of participants | 2013-12-07 11:35: English|French|VO (video) |