Additions to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices: Safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace building, Colombia The safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace building addresses the weakening of traditional crafts through a system of intergenerational transmission of knowledge between ›››

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage meeting in the Colombian capital inscribed 35 elements on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The new inscribed elements are: Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions, Armenia ›››

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage meeting in the Colombian capital inscribed five elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The new inscribed elements are: Seperu folkdance and associated practices ›››

Colombia’s President Iván Duque Márquez and UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay were among more than 1,000 participants who attended the opening on 9 December of the 14th session of the Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage taking place in the Colombian cap ›››

On Monday 9 December, the fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will commence in Bogota, Colombia. Chaired by Ms María Claudia López Sorzano, Secretary for Culture, Leisure and Sport of the City of Bogota, ›››

Since the ratification of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage by Palestine in December 2011, UNESCO has accompanied national stakeholders in the implementation of the Convention by providing advice for the elaboration of a national strategy on cultural ›››

The complete set of documents has been published online for the fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on 8 November 2019. Available in the two working languages of the Committee (English and French), the documents ›››

From 4 to 8 November 2019, more than 20 intangible cultural heritage specialists are gathering in Oujda, Morocco, for a training of trainers workshop under the 2003 Convention’s global capacity-building programme. The workshop is being organized by the Living Heritage Entity with the generous support of t ›››

Since the adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2003, a growing body of research has been undertaken on its origins, purposes, uses, implementation and impacts. While some of this research is well known and widely ›››

The introduction of living heritage into schools can make education more exciting, accessible and relevant for both teachers and children. UNESCO and the European Commission have launched a pilot project entitled the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage: Engaging Youth for an ›››