Accreditation of non-governmental organizations (item 9 of the agenda)

Below are requests for accreditation that were presented to the eighteenth session of the Committee in 2023, in accordance with the procedures established in the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Each accreditation request includes the Form ICH-09, together with the relevant supplementary documents regarding sections D.1 and D.2 of that Form. The requests and the supplementary documents are presented in the languages in which they were submitted.

The designations employed in the texts and documents of the accreditation request presented by the organization do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Committee nor UNESCO concerning a) the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, b) the legal status of its authorities or c) the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

Accreditation request (73)
Organization or institution	Country of registered office	Documents
4 Grada Dragodid 4 Grada Dragodid	Croatia	NGO-90566 English/Croatian
Acción Cultural Ngobe Ngäbe Cultural Action	Panama	NGO-90583 English/Spanish
American Folklore Society	United States of America	NGO-90563 English
ART - Meșteșugurile Prutului ART - Prut Crafts Association	Romania	NGO-90577 English/Romanian
Asia Pacific Higher Education Network for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (APHENICH)	India	NGO-90574 English
Asociația Biologic Non-Governmental Research Organisation Biologic	Romania	NGO-90594 English
Associação Camará Capoeira Camará Capoeira Association	Brazil	NGO-90543 English/Portuguese
Associação Nacional das Baianas de Acarajé, Mingau, Receptivo, e Similares National Association of Baianas of Acarajé, Mingau, Receptive, and Similarities	Brazil	NGO-90580 English/Portuguese
Association Al Muniya de Marrakech pour la revivification et la préservation du patrimoine du Royaume du Maroc	Morocco	NGO-90528 French/Arabic
Association Culture, Paix et Développement (CPD)	Togo	NGO-90564 French
Association tunisienne de sauvegarde et de valorisation du Patrimoine Culturel Immatériel tunisien	Tunisia	NGO-90525 French
Associazione Cultura Italiae Association Culture of Italy	Italy	NGO-90589 English/Italian
Associazione Ecomuseo Casilino ad Duas Lauros Ecomuseum Casilino ad Duas Lauros Association	Italy	NGO-90582 English/Italian
Baakhan Nyane Waa Come listen to stories	Nepal	NGO-90567 English
Barbados Museum & Historical Society	Barbados	NGO-90554 English
Biedrība «Suitu kultūras mantojums« Suiti Cultural Heritage Foundation	Latvia	NGO-90570 English/Latvian
Blanchard House Institute	United States of America	NGO-90597 English
Bursa UNESCO Derenği Bursa UNESCO Association	Türkiye	NGO-90545 English/Turkish
Center for Research and Preservation of Heritage and Cultural Diversity ARFEY-CIRPADIC Civil Association Center for Research and Preservation of Heritage and Cultural Diversity ARFEY-CIRPADIC	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	NGO-90542 English/Spanish
Centro de Patrimonio de la Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile Center for Cultural Heritage at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile	Chile	NGO-90569 English/Spanish
Clube Carbavalesco Mixto Seu Malaquias Carnival Club Mixto Seu Malaquias	Brazil	NGO-90540 English/Portuguese
Conseil International de la Danse - CID	France	NGO-90538 French
Corporacion Cinemateca Municipal de Valledupar Cinemateca Vallenata Valledupar Municipal Cinematheque Corporation Cinemateca Vallenata	Colombia	NGO-90592 English/Spanish
Corporación Huiltur - CorpoHuiltur Huiltur Corporation	Colombia	NGO-90576 English/Spanish
Corporacion Memoria Austral Memoria Austral Association	Chile	NGO-90586 English/Spanish
Fondazione Santagata per l’Economia della Cultura ETS (ente del terzo settore) Fondazione Santagata for the Economics of Culture ETS (third sector entity)	Italy	NGO-90552 English/Italian
Fundación Casa Taller Workshop Home Foundation	Panama	NGO-90579 English/Spanish
Fundación La Sacha Sacha Foundation	Argentina	NGO-90546 English/Spanish
Grenada National Trust	Grenada	NGO-90555 English
Heimilisiðnaðarfélag Íslands Icelandic Handicraft Association	Iceland	NGO-90533 English
Iepé - Instituto de Pesquisa e Formação Indígena Iepé - Indigenous Research and Training Institute	Brazil	NGO-90584 English/Portuguese
Kadın ve Demokrasi Vakfı (KADEM) Women and Democracy Foundation (KADEM)	Türkiye	NGO-90557 English/Turkish
Kingdom Excellence Leadership Institute	Ghana	NGO-90529 English
Kulturno Umjetničko Društvo ‘Puračić’ Cultural Artistic Association ‘Puračić’	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NGO-90541 English/Bosnian
L’Œuvre d’Orient	France	NGO-90548 French
La Société du réseau ÉCONOMUSÉE	Canada	NGO-90562 French
Latin Mass Society for the promotion of the Traditional Roman Rite	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	NGO-90553 English
O.R.S. Osservatorio Ricerca Sociale. Centro studi, politiche e ricerche sociali - APS O.R.S. Social Research Observatory. Centre studies, policies and social researches - APS	Italy	NGO-90539 English/Italian
Office pour le Patrimoine Immatériel - OPCI-Ethnodoc	France	NGO-90536 French
Operação Amazônia Nativa (OPAN) Operation Amazon Native (OPAN)	Brazil	NGO-90559 English/Portuguese
Organisation Internationale de la dentelle au fuseau et à l’aiguille OIDFA International Bobbin and Needle Lace Organisation	France	NGO-90585 English/French
Ozan-Der Halk Ozaları Kültür Derneği Ozan-Der Minstrels Cultural Association	Türkiye	NGO-90573 English/Turkish
Pearl Rhythm Foundation	Uganda	NGO-90578 English
Persatuan Penulis Nasional Malaysia (PENA) Malaysian National Writers Association (PENA)	Malaysia	NGO-90587 English/Malay
Pertubuhan Kraft Malaysia (Dikenali Sebagai Malaysian Craft Council) Malaysian Craft Council	Malaysia	NGO-90531 English/Malay
Plataforma en Defensa de la Arquitectura Tradicional de Aliste Platform in Defence of the Traditional Architecture of Aliste	Spain	NGO-90595 English
Pusat Budaya Pusaka SDN. BHD PUSAKA	Malaysia	NGO-90532 English/Malay
Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale International Repertory of Music Literature	United States of America	NGO-90527 English
Sanggar Seni Rempelis Gayo Rempelis Gayo Art Study	Indonesia	NGO-90593 English
Society of Native Nations	United States of America	NGO-90596 English
Sri Idagunji Mahaganapati Yakshagana Mandali, Keremane ®	India	NGO-90568 English/Hindi
Stowarzyszenie Una Voce Polonia Una Voce Polonia Association	Poland	NGO-90588 English
Svenska Hemslöjdsöreningarnas Riksförbund National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies	Sweden	NGO-90544 English/Swedish
Théâtre la Danse du Dragon Dragon Dance	Canada	NGO-90549 English
Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) Ealain is Cultar Traidiseanta Alba	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	NGO-90561 English
Türkischer Klassischer Choir Association Zurich Turkish Classical Choir Association	Switzerland	NGO-90560 English/German
Uluslararasi Mevlana Vakfi International Mevlana Foundation	Türkiye	NGO-90547 English/Turkish
UN ETXEA- Asociación del País Vasco para la UNESCO UN ETXEA- Basque Country Association for UNESCO	Spain	NGO-90590 English/Spanish/Basque
Vabnagar Foundation	Bangladesh	NGO-90526 English/Bengali
West Indian Tribal Society	Jamaica	NGO-90537 English
World Music асоцијација Србије World Music Association of Serbia	Serbia	NGO-90530 English/Serbian
Yayasan Noken Papua (YNP) Papua Noken Foundation (PNF)	Indonesia	NGO-90572 English/Indonesian
Yayasan Toraja Melo Toraja Melo Foundation	Indonesia	NGO-90575 English/Indonesian
Εθελοντική Ομάδα Κιμώλου Κιμωλίστες (ΑΜΚΕ) Kimolos Volunteer Team Make (Kimolistes)	Greece	NGO-90565 English/Greek
Μεσογειακό Ινστιτούτο για τη Φύση και τον Άνθρωπο Institut Méditerranéen pour la nature et anthropos Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos	Greece	NGO-90556 English/Greek
Ґромадська орґанізація ЖІНКИ плюс WOMEN plus	Ukraine	NGO-90558 English/Ukrainian
Фондация Стойна Кръстанова Stoyna Krastanova Foundation	Bulgaria	NGO-90571 English/Bulgarian
جمعية الصعيد للتربية والتنمية Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development	Egypt	NGO-90535 English/Arabic
جمعية حرفة التعاونية Herfah Cooperative Association	Saudi Arabia	NGO-90591 English/Arabic
جمعيّة صيانة القصور والمحافظة على التّراث ببني خداش Association de protection de ksour et sauvegarde du patrimoine à Béni Kheddache	Tunisia	NGO-90534 French/Arabic
مؤسسة راقودة للفن والتراث Raquda Foundation for Art and Heritage	Egypt	NGO-90581 English/Arabic
مؤسسه فرهنگی هنری مانا نقش شهاب Mana Naqsh Shahab Art & Culture Institute	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	NGO-90551 English/Persian
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಜಾನಪದ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು Karnataka Janapada Parishath	India	NGO-90550 English/Hindi