Non-governmental organizations accreditation requests

Upon recommendation of the Committee, the General Assembly is to accredit non-governmental organizations with recognized competence in the field of the intangible cultural heritage to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee.

The General Assembly already accredited 156 NGOs at its third (97) and fourth (59) session. The General Assembly is now to decide on 22 below listed NGOs wishing to be accredited and which were recommended by the Committee in December 2012 (10 NGOs by Decision 7.COM 16.a) and December 2013 (12 NGOs by Decision 8.COM 14.a).

Accreditation request (21)
Organization or institution	Country of registered office	Documents
Agence des Musiques des Territoires d’Auvergne - AMTA	France	NGO-90290 French
Associazione per la conservazione delle tradizioni popolari Association for the Preservation of Popular Traditions	Italy	NGO-90316 English
Associazione Sant’Antuono & le Battuglie di Pastellessa Sant’Antuono & the Battuglie of Pastellessa Association	Italy	NGO-90242 English
Berättarnätet Kronoberg The Storytelling Network of Kronoberg	Sweden	NGO-90306 English
Centre for Heritage Development in Africa (CHDA)	Kenya	NGO-90313 English
Centrum voor Agrarische Geschiedenis Centre d’Histoire agraire Centre for Agrarian History - CAG	Belgium	NGO-90300 English
Doostdaran and Hafezane Kheshte Kham Association - DHKKA	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	NGO-90289 English
Ens de l’Associacionisme Cultural Català Organe de l’Associationnisme culturel catalan	Spain	NGO-90318 English
INTACH België vzw Indian National Trust of Art and Cultural Heritage Belgium - INTACH Belgium	Belgium	NGO-90294 English
International Federation of Thanatologists Associations - IFTA Fédération Internationale des Associations de Thanatologues - FIAT	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	NGO-90253 English
International Mask Arts & Culture Organization - IMACO	Republic of Korea	NGO-90295 English
Lykeion Ton Hellenidon Lyceum Club des femmes hellènes Lyceum Club of Greek Women - LCGW	Greece	NGO-90286 English
Memória Imaterial Cooperativa Cultural CRL Intangible Memory - Cultural Cooperative CRL	Portugal	NGO-90307 English
Na Píobarí Uilleann The Society of Uilleann Pipers	Ireland	NGO-90283 English
Norges Husflidslag Norwegian Folk Art and Craft Association	Norway	NGO-90308 English
Sekretariat Nasional Perkerisan Indonesia (SNKI) Indonesian National Kris Secretariat	Indonesia	NGO-90284 English
Sekretariat Nasional Pewayangan Indonesia Indonesian National Wayang Secretariat - SENA WANGI	Indonesia	NGO-90297 English
The Eric Sahlström Institute Eric Sahlström Institutet	Sweden	NGO-90317 English
Udruga hrvatskih amaterskih kulturno umjetničkih društava u Bosni i Hercegovini Association of Croatian Amateur Cultural Clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina - UHAKUD	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NGO-90293 English
UNESCO Etxea: Centro UNESCO Euskal Herria UNESCO Etxea: Centre UNESCO du pays basque UNESCO Etxea - UNESCO Centre of the Basque Country UNESCO Etxea: Centro UNESCO del País Vasco	Spain	NGO-90032 English
Рэспубліканскае маладзёжнае грамадскае аб’яднанне “Студэнцкае этнаграфічнае таварыства” National Youth Non-Governmental Organization ‘Student Ethnographic Association’ - NYNGO ‘SEA’	Belarus	NGO-90304 English