UNESCO launches the platform ‘Transmedia Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development in the Andean countries’

27 January 2022 – Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,

In April 2020, the Living Heritage Entity launched an online survey to grasp the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. The “Living Heritage ›››

Intangible heritage during lockdown

22 April 2020 – Colombia, Croatia, Spain,

While physical distancing and confinement are affecting the way we live, some communities are finding creative ways to adapt to the circumstances and continue ›››

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage selected two projects for inclusion on the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

13 December 2019 – Burkina Faso, Colombia, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),

Additions to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices: Safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace building, Colombia The safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for ›››

Safeguarding indigenous heritage and languages through education programmes

10 December 2019 – Colombia,

The side event shared opportunities and challenges related to safeguarding indigenous heritage and languages in education programmes in the context of the priority on ›››

The Republic of Colombia and UNESCO formalize their cooperation for the organization of the 14.COM

13 September 2019 – Colombia,

Colombia’s Foreign Minister, Mr Carlos Holmes Trujillo, and UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture, Mr Ernesto Ottone Ramírez, signed the host country agreement between UNESCO and ›››

Colombia to host next Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2019

20 December 2018 – Colombia,

The next annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place from 9 to 14 December 2019 in Bogotá ›››

Colombia bets on intangible cultural heritage for peacebuilding

14 September 2018 – Colombia,

Following sixty years of armed conflict, peacebuilding activities of the emergency International Assistance kicked off in the municipality of El Conejo, department of La ›››

Six elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

6 December 2017 – Botswana, Colombia, United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Mongolia, Türkiye, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),

Jeju (Republic of Korea), 6 December — The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in Jeju until 9 December, today inscribed six n ›››

Bureau decides on Jeju Island as the location for the Intergovernmental Committee and grants International Assistance to Uganda and Colombia

6 April 2017 – Colombia, Republic of Korea, Uganda,

During its last electronic consultation, the Bureau of the Committee approved a change in venue of the twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Committee. Initially ›››

Twenty elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

2 December 2015 – Saudi Arabia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Greece, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam,

Windhoek, 2 December—The Committee for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage meeting in Namibia until 4 December inscribed today 20 new elements on the Representative List of t ›››

New inscriptions on the lists of intangible cultural heritage

1 December 2015 – Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, France, North Macedonia, Mongolia, Namibia, Uganda, Portugal,

Windhoek, 1 December—The Committee for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage meeting in Namibia until 4 December, on Tuesday inscribed five elements on the List of I ›››

Capacity building for officers of the cultural heritage area in the Ministry of Culture in Colombia (2 workshops)

22 October 2012 – Colombia,

From 22 to 23 October 2012 and from 24 to 25 October 2012, Bogota welcomed two successive workshops on the results and the continuity of the implementation of the 2003 Convention ›››

Committee of experts on the modalities of applying the model provisions for national laws on the "Intellectual Property" aspects of the protection of the expressions of folklore and traditional folk culture in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

14 October 1981 – Colombia,

The Working Group on the Intellectual Property Aspects of Folklore Protection that had met in Geneva from 7 to 9 January 1980 had recommended that both Secretariats ›››