© Battulga P., Mongolia, 2021
27 March 2025 - 28 March 2025
Training of trainers on living heritage and disaster risk reduction
The purpose of this session is to provide a short introduction for facilitators to the 2003 Convention’s global network on the newly developed training materials on intangible cultural heritage and disaster risk reduction. This session is part of the 2025 training programme for the global facilitators network, which takes a two-way approach to both update facilitators’ knowledge in key thematic areas and provide opportunities for experience sharing.
UNESCO’s approach to safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in disaster contexts is guided by the Operational principles and modalities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in emergencies, adopted by the General Assembly of States Parties in 2020, and framed within the broader context of climate action for living heritage. Based on this approach, two training units have been developed as part of the 2003 Convention’s training curriculum to provide knowledge and skills on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in disaster contexts. These are:
- Basics in disaster risk reduction and intangible cultural heritage; and
- Integrating disaster risk reduction into intangible cultural heritage inventorying.
The training session will introduce facilitators to these training materials, and provide an opportunity to share lessons learnt and experiences on working in disaster contexts under the 2003 Convention. This session is designed for facilitators regardless of prior experience in emergencies and serves as an introduction to the topic.