Decision of the Intergovernmental Committee: 20.COM 8

The Committee,

Having examined document LHE/25/20.COM/8 and its annex,
Recalling sub-Chapter I.15 of the Operational Directives,
Further recalling Decision COM 15,
Takes note of the issues brought forward concerning the treatment of files to the listing mechanisms of the Convention, appreciates the positive effects of the current approach to support the efforts from States and communities and recommends that the General Assembly at its eleventh session approve the amendments to the Operational Directives for the Implementation of the Convention, as annexed to this Decision;
Calls upon States Parties to refrain from undertaking substantial changes through the technical completeness check process, and at the same time, requests the Secretariat to explore ways to provide information to the Evaluation Body and the Committee on changes made during the technical completeness check process;
Further takes note of the measures taken to promote access and raise the visibility of the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices, requests the Secretariat to continue monitoring trends concerning the treatment of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices while operationalizing the online platform currently being established for a broader implementation of Article 18, and further requests the Secretariat to report on the situation for examination by the Committee at its twenty-second session;
Requests that the Secretariat publish the backlog of nominations as soon as possible following the establishment of the next cycle.

ANNEX
Proposed amendments to the Operational Directives

Note: The parts shadowed in grey are proposed revisions to the
Operational Directives addressed under Decision 20.COM 6.c

I.15

No change.

Phase 1:	No change
31 March Year 0	No change
15 December Year 0	Deadline for submission of transfer requests from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
31 March Year 1	No change
30 June Year 1	Deadline for submission of transfer requests from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
30 June 31 August Year 1	Deadline by which the Secretariat will have processed the files, including registration and acknowledgement of receipt. If a file is found incomplete, the State Party is invited to complete the file.
30 September 30 November Year 1	Deadline by which missing information required to complete the files, if any, shall be submitted by the State Party to the Secretariat. Files that remain incomplete are returned to the States Parties that may complete them for a subsequent cycle. As files revised by submitting States reach the Secretariat following its requests for additional information, they are posted online and replace the original files received. Their translations into English or French are also posted online as they become available.
31 January Year 2	No change

Phase 2:	No change
December Year 1 to May June Year 2	Individual evaluation of the files by the Evaluation Body members
June Year 2	No change
Two weeks after the June meeting Year 2	No change
Latest by September Year 2	No change
Four weeks prior to the session of the Committee	No change

Phase 3:

No change

November

Year 2

No change