Benefitting country(ies): State of Palestine

Overview:

Implemented by the UNESCO Office in Ramallah, in close coordination with the Directorate of Heritage of the Ministry of Culture of the State of Palestine, this two-year project aims to support the implementation of the 2003 Convention through community-based inventorying and planning for urgent safeguarding measures focusing on three key objectives. The first objective is to strengthen national capacities by conducting training workshops on the 2003 Convention, inventory processes and the development of effective safeguarding plans. The training will target communities, civil society, academia, staff from the Ministries of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Agriculture, Women’s Affairs and Industry, and other stakeholders. The second objective is to update the national inventory by identifying up to nine new elements of living heritage in need of urgent safeguarding and to include the information about these elements in an existing online database maintained by the Ministry of Culture of the State of Palestine. The third objective is to establish specific safeguarding plans for some of the identified living heritage elements. The main activities will take place in eleven governorates of the West Bank, grouped into three clusters to facilitate access, coordination and stakeholder engagement. In addition to enhancing national capacities to support safeguarding initiatives, the project will also highlight the role of communities and bearers in safeguarding cultural practices under challenging conditions, lay the foundations for cross-sectoral cooperation, and contribute to the creation of a decentralized, community-driven infrastructure for the safeguarding of living heritage.

01/09/2024 - 01/09/2027 – Building capacities for safeguarding living heritage and preparing nominations to the Lists of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa 22/05/2025 - 31/05/2027 – Preparation of inventories of the intangible cultural heritage of Honduras with the active participation of the communities