Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage today inscribed the Chapei Dang Veng from Cambodia on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in N ›››

The President of Ethiopia, Mulatu Teshome, on Sunday opened the 11th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at an evening gala that featured examples of the wealth of Ethiopia’s intangible cultural heritage as performed b ›››

The eleventh session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is approaching. It will take place at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Conference Centre in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia from 28 November to 2 December 2016. This ›››

The Basic Texts of the 2003 Convention is a compilation of the text of the Convention, the Operational Directives, Rules of Procedures and other key reference documents and information. It is revised periodically to reflect the most recent developments of the 2003 Convention ›››

The venue of the eleventh session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has been changed from the African Union Conference Centre to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. The ›››

The capacity-building programme in Ecuador that the UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage has supported for two years concludes with a national meeting in Quito, from 9 to 11 November 2016. Focusing on public policy tools for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, the ›››

Documents of the eleventh session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage are now available online, in the two working languages (English and French) of the Committee, including the provisional timetable approved by the Bureau of ›››

Four new International Assistance requests were approved by the Bureau of the Committee on 20 October 2016 to support safeguarding efforts in Botswana, Kenya, El Salvador and Seychelles. This was the first meeting of the Bureau of the Committee to approve International Assistance ›››

Thirty-four participants representing officials from the Ministry of Information and Culture, local officials working in the field of culture and the Calabar community have been brought together to share the principles and methodologies of community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage during ›››

In the presence of the Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Committee, Mr Yonas Desta Tsegaye, an information and exchange session will take place at UNESCO premises, Room XI, on Thursday, 20 October 2016 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The purpose is to present ›››