19 October 2011 - 21 October 2011
Regional capacity-building workshop on the role of NGOs in implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
UNESCO is rolling out a comprehensive strategy to contribute to a better understanding of the key concepts of the Convention, the obligations of States Parties and the Convention’s mechanisms of international cooperation and assistance. It is in this context that two regional capacity-building workshops on the role of NGOs in implementing the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention are organized in Africa (in Libreville, Gabon, in September) and in Latin America (in Quito, Ecuador, in October).
The workshop for Latin America will be held from 19 to 21 October 2011 in Quito, Ecuador and will bring together eighteen Latin-American NGOs accredited by the General Assembly of States Parties to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee or recommended for accreditation. The objective of the workshop is to provide participants with technical knowledge regarding the role of NGOs in implementing the Convention at both the national and international levels, to create a space for debate and exchange of experiences, good practices and challenges and to reinforce dialogue and cooperation among NGOs at the regional level.
UNESCO trained facilitators, Mr Fabián Bedón Samaniego from the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Ecuador and Mr Francisco Javier López Morales from the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico will conduct the workshop. The workshop will be held in Spanish and Portuguese with simultaneous interpretation.