Benefitting country(ies): Guatemala

Overview:

The project aims, on the one hand, to encourage a better understanding on the part of beneficiary communities of what intangible cultural heritage (ICH) means and strengthen the capacities of these communities to elaborate inventories. On the other hand, it also aims to strengthen the capacities of municipalities that formulate local policies aimed at safeguarding ICH. In order to achieve these aims, a series of actors working in the field of ICH at both national and local levels will benefit from a series of training workshops on the topics of implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, community-based inventorying, including the implementation of a pilot inventory project. The direct beneficiaries will primarily be municipal officials and community representatives, ICH bearers and community leaders who contribute to the development of their respective communities. The project is also expected to help strengthen the capacities of the Technical Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The main beneficiary municipalities will be Quetzaltenango and Chiquimula.

News and activities:

• 2018-11-27 – Consultation on the priorities for an Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guatemala
• 2018-04-26 – Guatemala concludes capacity-building cycle for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in its territory
• 2018-04-25 – Workshop on safeguarding plans for intangible cultural heritage
• 2017-09-25 – Workshop on participatory inventory methodology in eastern Guatemala
• 2017-09-25 – Guatemala continues to strengthen its capacity to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage of its indigenous communities
• 2017-06-16 – Community-based inventorying to safeguard intangible cultural heritage in western Guatemala
• 2017-06-12 – Santa Apolonia pottery pilot inventory
• 2017-06-05 – Community-based inventorying to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage in western Guatemala
• 2017-04-25 – Guatemala concludes capacity-building cycle for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in its territory
• 2017-04-03 – Capacity-building workshop on the implementation of the 2003 Convention at the national level in Guatemala
• 2017-04-03 – Capacity-building Project to Safeguard Guatemala´s Intangible Cultural Heritage Launched

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