Objectives

1. Identify, Conserve and Preserve iran diverse tangible and intangible cultural heritage resources as a basis for retaining and enhancing strong community character 2. Defining a preliminary suitable template for a National and local Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage to: Enhance knowledge of intangible cultural heritage among the community and tourists; Familiarize national officials with the mechanisms of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003), and organize training in the documentation of intangible cultural heritage. 3. Promote cultural tourism and cultural heritage through supporting local craftmenship and training activities 4. Raising public awareness in protecting tangible and intangible cultural heritage in historical quarters 5- Promote historic and cultural resource conservation and preservation as a socio-economic tool in the revitalization of historical quarters