21 March: the International Day of Nowruz

18 March 2021 – Azerbaijan, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Afghanistan,

Do you know what Nowruz, Nauryz or Nevruz mean? These words signify ‘new day’ for more than 300 million people around the world, and correspond to ›››

New inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

1 December 2016 – Germany, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Republic of Korea, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Czechia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Afghanistan,

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - Sixteen new elements have been added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage following the decisions adopted by the ›››

Emergency workshop on nominations for Iraq

26 December 2015 – Iraq,

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Emergency workshop on community-based inventorying for Iraq

19 December 2015 – Iraq,

Due to difficult circumstances in Iraq, the community-based inventorying training and the nominations training are combined into one workshop in Amman Jordan. The structure ›››

Iraq: Workshop on the Implementation of the 2003 Convention

13 April 2014 – Iraq,

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