25 September 2017 - 1 October 2017

Event

Workshop on participatory inventory methodology in eastern Guatemala

Date
25 September 2017 - 1 October 2017
Location(s)
Esquipulas, Chiquimula
Country
Guatemala
Type
Capacity-building workshop

The city of Esquipulas, Chiquimula, hosted a training workshop on participatory inventory methodology as advocated in the 2003 Convention in the framework of the project ‘Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Guatemala’. Thirty participants from the Ministry of Culture and Sports, local municipalities, civil society and local communities discussed both the theoretical and practical aspects of how to carry out a community-based inventory of intangible cultural heritage. Following this one-week training, a pilot inventory activity in the eastern region of Guatemala was carried out.

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