The Bureau of the thirteen session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage met at UNESCO Headquarters on 22 March 2018. During its meeting, the Bureau approved six International Assistance requests: two from Zimbabwe, one request each from ›››

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - First training workshop for young people interested in safeguarding their living heritage is being organized from 9 to 13 April in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, by the National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO, the International Training Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage ›››

The training workshop organized from 20 to 23 March in Helsinki by the Finnish Heritage Agency in cooperation with UNESCO has raised a lot interest among heritage communities in Finland. 40 representatives of local communities, minorities, non-governmental organizations and government offices were selected to ›››

At the opening of the workshop on the preparation of nomination files to the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage and International Assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund on 19 February 2018, Ambassador Zemede Tecle – Commissioner for Culture and Sports in Eritrea – mentioned tha ›››

UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - The deadline of 31 March for submitting nominations to the Lists of the 2003 Convention, proposals to the Register for Good Safeguarding Practices and Requests for International Assistance for examination by the Intergovernmental Committee in 2019 is fast approaching. This year ›››

UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - By depositing their instrument of ratification respectively on 2 January and 22 February, Kiribati and Singapore became the 176th and 177th States to join the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. As States Parties to the Convention ›››

UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - The election of the members to the Committee of the 2003 Convention will take place during the seventh session of the General Assembly of the States Parties that will be held at UNESCO Headquarters from 4 to 6 June 2018 (Room II ›››

UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - The seventh session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held at UNESCO Headquarters from 4 to 6 June 2018 (Room II). This session will focus on ›››

UNESCO Headquarters, Paris – Despite the wide outreach and growing impacts of the 2003 Convention among its 176 State Parties, there is still pressing need to raise awareness on the dynamics of intangible cultural heritage and on its relevance to the world today among t ›››

Jeju (Republic of Korea), 9 December—The next annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place from 26 November to 1st December 2018 in Port-Louis (Republic of Mauritius). This decision was taken today in Jeju at t ›››