Countries of Central America and the Caribbean come together to safeguard their Afro-descendant living heritage

12 May 2022 – Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama,

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, all States Parties to the 2003 Convention, are the eight member States ›››

Launch of a three-year project for safeguarding living heritage during emergencies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific and the Caribbean

11 April 2022 – Bahamas, Belize, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu,

On 7th and 8th of April, an inter-regional workshop took place to launch the project ‘Capacity building for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in emergencies i ›››

pilot activity on community-based inventorying in Belize

1 November 2013 – Belize,

heritage, a pilot activity on community-based inventorying was successfully carried out by the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) from November 2013 to April ›››

Inventorying the living heritage of Belize

1 October 2013 – Belize,

A national workshop on Community-based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held in Orange Walk district in Belize from 1 to 9 October 2013. This is ›››

Inventorying of living heritage presses on in Belize

30 September 2013 – Belize,

Having begun the development of its cultural policy and conducted a workshop on the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible ›››

Safeguarding of living heritage builds in Belize!

5 November 2012 – Belize,

At the time of growing interest surrounding the development of a national cultural policy in Belize, UNESCO has launched under its global strategy, a ›››

Good news for living heritage in the Caribbean

1 October 2012 – Belize, Jamaica, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago,

The diverse cultural communities of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, will be happy to know that in the context of its Global Strategy ›››