Lebanon launches pilot project on intangible cultural heritage and education
h the Intangible Cultural Heritage for a sustainable future’ that targets Lebanese public and private schools that are part of UNESCO’s Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet). The project aims to integrate intangible cultural heritage into school courses and link intangible cultural heritage to sustainable development. As part of the proje... Lebanon
28 January 2019
Central Asia strengthens intersectoral cooperation on living heritage and education
ng institutions for intangible cultural heritage and on integrating intangible cultural heritage in schools. Participants saw a great need for teacher training in this new important area of work, its integration in in-service teacher qualification programmes and more support to non-formal education programmes. The latter have solid experience in wo... Kazakhstan
24 June 2019
in formal and non-formal education. The programme aims to integrate this dynamic living heritage across the school curriculum and non-formal education initiatives, as well as supporting its integration into policies and frameworks, such as the UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education. Harnessing the synergies between living heritage and edu... international
22 November 2023
Heritage, education and youth: UNESCO and the European Union launch a new project
f heritage professionals. UNESCO will carry out a series of activities with the UNESCO Associated Schools Network to foster learning about and through intangible cultural heritage in schools. It will map existing experiences of integrating intangible cultural heritage in school-based learning and pilot innovative approaches with new guidance mate... international
7 January 2019
Strengthening networking on ICH and education in Northeast Asia
in formal and non-formal education. Special attention was paid to the role of governments, communities, schools and actors from non-formal education programmes with the aim of creating a sustainable network to exchange practices concerning ICH safeguarding and education, as well as to promote sub-regional collaboration. Participants included gover... China
, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
, Japan
, Mongolia
3 September 2018
9am to 1pm. The webinar will bring together a wide range of participants, including primary and secondary school teachers and local NGOs working in the field of living heritage. Following the programme ‘Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education’, this webinar introduces the resource kit for teachers further... Slovakia
, Czechia
22 September 2021
9 August: UNESCO celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
providing financial and technical resources to States Parties through the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund. Field School for capacity-building in safeguarding living heritage of ethnic communities in Thailand This two-year project seeks to enhance the capacity of the Pgakenyaw Karen, Pwo Karen, Moken, Moklen and Urak Lawoiwer communities in Tha... international
8 August 2023
Find out the newly inscribed elements on the 2003 Convention Lists…
lia. The Committee also added 4 programmes to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices, including the School of Living Traditions (SLT) in the Philippines and the success story of promoting traditional foods and safeguarding traditional foodways in Kenya. For the first time this year, the Federated States of Micronesia, Montenegro, Democratic... international
17 December 2021
UNESCO organizes a side-event on living heritage and education in Asia-Pacific
cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education’. Incorporating intangible cultural heritage in school learning can enhance the quality of education, enliven the experiences of students and teachers and contribute to keeping heritage alive for current and future generations. In that sense, living heritage is an incredibly rich resource for... international
23 March 2022