Decision of the Intergovernmental Committee: 15.COM 10

The Committee,

1. Having examined document LHE/20/15.COM/10 Rev. and its annexes,

2. Recalling Article 8.3 of the Convention, Paragraphs 27 and 28 of the Operational Directives and Rules 20 and 39 of its Rules of Procedure,

3. Further recalling its Decisions 9.COM 11 and 14.COM 18 as well as Resolution 8.GA 10,

4. Establishes a consultative body to be known as the ‘Evaluation Body’ for the evaluation in 2021 of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, of proposed programmes, projects and activities that best reflect the principles and objectives of the Convention and of International Assistance requests greater than US$100,000, and adopts its terms of reference as annexed to this Decision;

5. Appoints the following individual experts and accredited non-governmental organizations as members of the Evaluation Body for 2021:

Experts representatives of States Parties non-Members of the Committee

  1. EG I: Mr Pier Luigi Petrillo (Italy)
  2. EG II: Ms Ľubica Voľanská (Slovakia)
  3. EG III: Mr Nigel Encalada (Belize)
  4. EG IV: Mr Kirk Siang Yeo (Singapore)
  5. EG V(a): Mr Limeneh Getachew Senishaw (Ethiopia)
  6. EG V(b): Mr Saeed Al Busaidi (Oman)

Accredited non-governmental organizations

  1. EG I: Workshop intangible heritage Flanders
  2. EG II: European Association of Folklore Festivals
  3. EG III: Erigaie Foundation
  4. EG IV: Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation (CHF)
  5. EG V(a): Association pour la sauvegarde des masques (ASAMA)
  6. EG V(b): Syria Trust for Development
6. Notes that for the purpose of the election at its future sessions, the twelve seats of the Evaluation Body shall be filled as follows:

Seats to be filled for the 2022–2025 cycles:

EG III NGO

EG IV NGO

EG V(b) Expert

Seats to be filled for the 2023–2026 cycles:

EG I Expert

EG II Expert

EG V(a) NGO

Seats to be filled for the 2024–2027 cycles:

EG I NGO

EG II NGO

EG V(a) Expert

Seats to be filled for the 2025–2028 cycles:

EG III Expert

EG IV Expert

EG V(b) NGO

7. Decides to examine the 2021 cycle files in alphabetical order, starting with the files of States whose names begin with the letter X in the English alphabet, and requests that the Evaluation Body follow the same order when evaluating the files and that it present its report in that order.

Annex: Terms of Reference of the Evaluation Body for the 2021 cycle

The Evaluation Body

1.

shall be composed of twelve members appointed by the Committee: six experts qualified in the various fields of intangible cultural heritage representative of States Parties
non-Members of the Committee and six accredited non-governmental organizations, taking into consideration equitable geographical representation and various domains of intangible cultural heritage;

2.

shall elect its Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Rapporteur;

3.

shall hold private meetings in accordance with Rule 19 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee;

4.

shall be responsible for the evaluation in 2021 of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, of proposed programmes, projects and activities that best reflect the principles and objectives of the Convention and of International Assistance requests greater than US$100,000, in conformity with the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention. In particular, it shall include in its evaluation:

 

a.

an assessment of the conformity of nominations to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding with the inscription criteria, as provided in Chapter I.1 of the Operational Directives, including an assessment of the viability of the element and the feasibility and sufficiency of the safeguarding plan, and an assessment of the risks of it disappearing, as provided in Paragraph 29 of the Operational Directives;

 

b.

an assessment of the conformity of nominations to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity with the inscription criteria, as provided in Chapter I.2 of the Operational Directives;

 

c.

an assessment of the conformity of proposed programmes, projects and activities that best reflect the principles and objectives of the Convention with the selection criteria, as provided in Chapter I.3 of the Operational Directives;

 

d.

an assessment of the conformity of International Assistance requests greater than US$100,000 with the selection criteria, as provided in Chapter I.4 of the Operational Directives;

 

e.

recommendations to the Committee:

- to inscribe or not to inscribe the nominated elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding or the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, or to refer the nominations to the submitting State(s) for additional information;

- to select or not to select the proposed programmes, projects or activities that best reflect the principles and objectives of the Convention, or to refer the proposals to the submitting State(s) for additional information;

- to approve or not to approve the International Assistance requests greater than US$100,000, or to refer the requests to the submitting State(s) for additional information;

5.

shall provide the Committee with an overview of all files and a report on its evaluation;

6.

shall conduct a dialogue process with submitting States Parties during the evaluation process;

7.

shall cease to exist following the submission and presentation to the sixteenth session of the Committee of the report on its evaluation of the files to be examined by the Committee in 2021 and with the establishment of the next Evaluation Body.

Once appointed by the Committee, the members of the Evaluation Body shall act impartially in the interests of all States Parties and the Convention.

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