Capacity Building Workshop for Local ICH Boards and Regional Informative Meeting in Mediterranean Region of Türkiye will be held in Hatay on 13–14 October 2026, in coordination with the Directorate General of Living Heritage and Cultural Activities of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Hatay Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism.

To mark the International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the workshop aims to strengthen cooperation among relevant stakeholders and support the identification and documentation of intangible cultural heritage elements within the framework of ICH National Inventory of Türkiye. The fifth in a series of meetings to be held in four regions in 2026 will be held for the Local ICH Boards of the Mediterranean Region. As part of the meeting, a capacity-building workshop will be organized for members of the Adana, Antalya, Burdur, Hatay, Isparta, Kahramanmaraş, Mersin, Osmaniye Intangible Cultural Heritage Provincial Identification Boards.

The workshop will provide an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences, discuss approaches to identifying living heritage, and strengthen participants’ practical capacities in recognizing and documenting heritage elements in their respective provinces. By bringing together representatives of provincial administrations and relevant stakeholders, the activity seeks to encourage a more systematic, participatory, and community-sensitive approach to inventorying intangible cultural heritage. It will also contribute to strengthening coordination between national and provincial levels in the safeguarding of living heritage.

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