UNESCO Headquarters, Paris – The central role of community members’ in safeguarding living heritage is a core principle of the 2003 Convention. Its International Assistance mechanism thus attaches major importance to the communities’ participation in ensuring effective and sustainable safeguarding of intangible cultural herit ›››

UNESCO Headquarters, Paris – To emphasize the relevance of intangible cultural heritage in contemporary societies and the importance of its inter-generational transmission, UNESCO created a series of audio-visual stories on how young people nowadays engage with their intangible cultural heritage. These clips w ›››

The Intangible Cultural Heritage website of UNESCO serves as a clearing house and key entry point to all the official information related to the 2003 Convention and its mechanisms, from inscriptions on the Lists to periodic reporting and capacity-building resources. It is ›››

Within the framework of the Latin American and Caribbean Week which takes place from 29 to 31 May at UNESCO Headquarters, countries from the region come together and celebrate their intangible cultural heritage through different expressions. An exhibition on the intangible cultural heritage ›››

Ten South Sudanese participants in a two‐week UNESCO workshop in Juba have been trained to lead community‐based inventories and document the expressions and practices, knowledge and skills of the diverse ethnic groups in South Sudan as part of an effort to saf ›››

The seventh session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place from 4 to 6 June 2018 at UNESCO Headquarters in paris. The General Assembly is the Convention’s sovereign body a ›››

UNESCO Dhaka Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is convening a series of training workshops to strengthen the national institutional capacities of Bangladesh to implement the 2003 Convention under the project ‘Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage f ›››

A training workshop on the links between intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development was held in Tunis on 4 and 5 April 2018. the workshop emphasized the role of living traditions in the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. This workshop was ›››

This week concludes the training of the main Guatemalan actors related to ICH: national and municipal officials, as well as bearers and representatives of civil society. From April 25 to 27, the last of six training workshops will be held in Guatemala City ›››

The Secretariat has made available, on the website of the 2003 Convention, all the forms to be used for the 2020 cycles for nominations for the Representative List and Urgent Safeguarding List, proposals for the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices as well as ›››