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Throughout the Committee session, a series of side events on the theme of living heritage safeguarding may be organized outside the plenary meetings, in coordination with the host country (Republic of Paraguay) and subject to available spaces.

These events are meant to enrich and complement the 19.COM session by providing opportunities to discuss, share experiences, celebrate achievements, while exploring collaborations to promote and safeguard cultural diversity.

Proposals for side events may be submitted until 10 October 2024. Should you wish to propose a side event during the nineteenth session of the Committee, kindly fill in this form English|French.

Side events

DayTime (Asunción)EventPlace
Sunday 1 December09:30
17:30
Symposium on participatory approaches to safeguarding ICH and presentation on guidance notes and handbook on periodic reporting
ICH NGO Forum
Room Copa America
Sunday 1 December19:00
22:00
Opening ceremony
Host country (Paraguay)
Asunción, Port Cultural Centre
Monday 2 December13:15
14:15
Exploring connections – teaching and learning with living heritage
UNESCO
Copa Libertadores da América Hall
Monday 2 December13:15
14:15
Roundtable ‘Bolivian heritage towards Bicentennial celebration - Carnival of Oruro 2025’
Ministerio de Culturas, Descolonización y Despatriarcalización of Bolivia
Room Conmebol
Monday 2 December13:15
14:15
Roundtable ‘Saberes Ancestrales: La Importancia de las Lenguas Indígenas para el Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial en el Paraguay’
Secretaría Nacional de Cultura, Paraguay
Room FIFA
Monday 2 December13:15
14:15
Roundtable ’Traces of Women’s Art from Everyday Life’
KADEM NGO, Türkiye
Room Juventud
Monday 2 December17:45
18:45
Roundtable ‘An interdisciplinary space of Higher Education Institutions in pursuit of the strengthening and preservation of the manifestations of the ICH of the region’
Interuniversity Network on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean (RIUCA PCI LAC)
Room Conmebol
Monday 2 December17:45
18:45
Film projection ’Weaving stories of Indonesia in three generations’
NGO Oral Tradition Association & Toraja Melo Foundation
Room FIFA
Monday 2 December17:45
18:45
Healing Ceremony and Umai-Sham fire ritual
NGO Aigine Cultural Research Center, Kyrgyzstan
Conmebol esplanade
Tuesday 3 December13:15
14:15
Roundtable Exploring connections – climate actions for living heritage (Part I)
UNESCO, CRESPIAL and ICH NGO Forum
Room 9 de Julio
Tuesday 3 December13:15
14:15
Heritage Alive film festival
ICH NGO Forum
Room Copa America
Tuesday 3 December13:15
14:15
Roundtable ‘Between the Amazon and the Andes: Pasto Varnish mopa-mopa of Putumayo and Nariño’
Mundo Espiral Foundation, Colombia
Room Conmebol
Tuesday 3 December13:15
14:15
Youth and Living Heritage. New approaches in a comparative perspective
UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law, University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza, Italy
Room FIFA
Tuesday 3 December17:45
18:45
Working Group: Legal and policy development
ICH NGO Forum
Room Conmebol
Tuesday 3 December17:45
18:45
Roundtable Exploring connections – climate actions for living heritage (Part II)
UNESCO, CRESPIAL and ICH NGO Forum
Room 9 de Julio
Tuesday 3 December17:45
18:45
Roundtable ‘ICH Safeguarding practices at War: Ukraine 2022-2024’
Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications, Ukraine
Room FIFA
Tuesday 3 December17:45
18:45
Celebration of the UNESCO Inscription of Reog Ponorogo performing art (After examination)
Permanent Delegation of Indonesia to UNESCO
Room Juventud
Wednesday 4 December09:00
09:30
Jang-making, commemorative gifts distribution (After examination)
Korea Heritage Service, Republic of Korea
Conmebol foyer
Wednesday 4 December13:15
14:15
Certificate ceremony
UNESCO
Plenary room
Wednesday 4 December13:15
14:15
Roundtable ‘Exploring connections – bringing foodways to a global platform’
UNESCO
Room 9 de Julio
Wednesday 4 December13:15
14:15
General Assembly
ICH NGO Forum
Room Copa America
Wednesday 4 December13:15
14:15
Roundtable ‘Modern interpretations and ways in transmitting intangible cultural heritage to youth and children’
Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO
Room Conmebol
Wednesday 4 December13:15
14:15
Tomyum Kung Exhibition and Cooking Demonstration (After examination)
Permanent Delegation of Thailand to UNESCO
Conmebol foyer
Wednesday 4 December16:45
20:30
Festival of the Guarania: Sound of the Paraguayan Soul
Paraguay Secretariat of Culture, National Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Popular Music, and Central Bank of Paraguay
Asunción
Thursday 5 December13:15
14:15
Certificate ceremony
UNESCO
Plenary room
Thursday 5 December13:15
14:15
Rountable ‘Exploring connections – Connecting Cultures: Regional Insights on Communities and Intangible Culture Heritage
UNESCO
Room 9 de Julio
Thursday 5 December13:15
14:15
Heritage Alive Symposium
ICH NGO Forum
Room Copa America
Thursday 5 December13:15
14:15
Exhibition and presentation of xeer cisseh through images of objects, books and traditional dress (After examination)
Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Djibouti to UNESCO
Room FIFA
Thursday 5 December13:15
14:15
Tomyum Kung Exhibition and Cooking Demonstration (After examination)
Permanent Delegation of Thailand to UNESCO
Conmebol foyer
Thursday 5 December13:15
14:15
Taste of Malaysian Heritage Breakfast (After examination)
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia
Conmebol foyer
Thursday 5 December13:15
14:15
Taif rose booth (After examination)
Culinary Arts Commission – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Conmebol foyer
Thursday 5 December17:45
18:45
Working Group: NGOs & Research
ICH NGO Forum
Room Copa America
Thursday 5 December17:45
18:45
Roundtable ’What Can Be Done With All Those inventoried Materials - Archiving for ICH Safeguarding’
International Society for Ethnology and Folklore and International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance, Permanent Delegation of Romania to UNESCO, Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to UNESCO, UNESCO Chair on Applied Studies of Intangible Cultural Heritage, University of Tartu, Estonia
Room Copa America
Thursday 5 December17:45
18:45
Roundtable ‘Traditional knowledge in the preparation and consumption of Casabe’
CRESPIAL
Room FIFA
Thursday 5 December17:45
18:45
Tasting Japanese SAKE! (After examination)
Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO
Conmebol foyer
Thursday 5 December17:45
18:45
Banya traditional dance and music style form of the Surinamese-Creole people in Suriname
NGO Cultural and Community organization NAKS, Suriname
Room Conmebol
Thursday 5 December17:45
18:45
Parade of three heritage dances that are components of 3 declarations of Bolivian intangible cultural heritage of humanity: Diablada, Morenada and Thinkus
Ministerio de Culturas, Descolonización y Despatriarcalización of Bolivia
Conmebol esplanade
Thursday 5 December17:45
18:45
Living Picture of Galeras (After examination)
Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Knowledge, Colombia
Room Sudamericana
Friday 6 December08:45
09:30
Taste of Malaysian Heritage Breakfast (After examination)
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Malaysia
Conmebol foyer
Friday 6 December13:15
14:15
Certificate ceremony
UNESCO
Plenary room
Friday 6 December13:15
14:15
Roundtable ‘Exploring connections – economic development of indigenous peoples’
UNESCO
Room 9 de Julio
Friday 6 December13:15
14:15
Working Group: Global results framework
ICH NGO Forum
Room Copa America
Friday 6 December13:15
14:15
Celebration of the UNESCO Inscription of Kolintang-Balafon (After examination)
Permanent Delegation of Indonesia to UNESCO
Room Juventud
Friday 6 December13:15
14:15
Intangible Cultural Heritage, Climate Change and Food Security: challenges and opportunities in food culture safeguarding
CRESPIAL
Room FIFA
Friday 6 December13:15
14:15
Celebration of traditional costumes in Norway, craftsmanship and social practice (After examination)
Norwegian Institute of Bunad and Folk Costume, Norway
Room Juventud
Friday 6 December13:15
18:45
Taif Rose booth (After examination)
Culinary Arts Commission, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Conmebol foyer
Friday 6 December17:45
18:45
Working Group: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage for refugees and displaced persons
ICH NGO Forum
Room Copa America
Friday 6 December17:45
18:45
Working Group: More Balanced Geographical Representation
ICH NGO Forum
Room Conmebol

Meetings, exhibitions and other events

DayTime (Asunción)EventPlace
Sunday 1 December13:15
14:15
Heritage Alive Editorial board meeting
ICH NGO Forum
Copa Sudamericana
Monday 2 to Friday 6 December09:00
18:45
Book and brochures distribution - Promotion of the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)
IRCI
Conmebol foyer
Monday 2 December17:45
18:45
Presentation of candidates for ICH NGO Forum Executive Board
ICH NGO Forum
Room Copa America
Monday 2 December17:45
18:45
Meeting with UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN networks
UNESCO
Room 9 de Julio
Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 December09:00
18:45
Book and brochures distribution - Knowledge, believes and practice related with Jang making in the Republic of Korea
Korea Heritage Agency, Republic of Korea
Conmebol foyer
Wednesday 4 to Thursday 5 December13:15
14:15
Kebaya exhibition (After examination)
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia
Room Juventud
Wednesday 4 to Thursday 5 December13:15
14:15
Aleppo Soap: Safeguarding Ancient Craftsmanship (After examination)
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia
Conmebol foyer
Thursday 5 December13:15
18:45
Exhibition ‘Giant kites from Santiago and Sumpango Sacatepéquez, Guatemala’ (After examination)
Permanent Delegation of Guatemala to UNESCO
Conmebol foyer
Thursday 5 December17:45
18:45
Project meeting ‘LAC Region: Strengthening Capacities for Resilient Communities through Sustainable Tourism and Heritage Safeguarding’
UNESCO
Room 9 de Julio
Friday 6 December13:15
14:15
Apthapi of the Latin American and Caribbean ICH NGOs
ICH NGO Forum
Room Copa Sudmericana
Friday 6 December17:45
18:45
Meeting with members of the UNESCO global network of facilitators
UNESCO
Room 9 de Julio
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