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Strengthening the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage: sub-regional training workshop for facilitators from Central Asia
19 June 2017 – Bishkek Kyrgyzstan,This training workshop is designed to equip a group of resource persons from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan with the knowledge and tools required ›››
New momentum to enhance ICH safeguarding capacities in Central Asia
19 June 2017 Kyrgyzstan,From 19 to 23 June 2017, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) is hosting a ‘sub-regional training workshop for facilitators for Central Asia’. UNESCO is organizing the workshop in the framework ›››
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, Turkey, 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 ›››
Project
Strengthening national capacities for effective safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Central Asia
1 January 2012 – 1 January 2016Amount (US$) 395,362
Benefitting country(ies): Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan ,
Safeguarding of the Art of the Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers
1 February 2005 – 1 October 2009Amount (US$) 148,493
Benefitting country(ies): Kyrgyzstan ,
Ms Dinara Chochunbaeva Director, Central Asian Crafts Support Association's Resource Centre in Kyrgyzstan (CACSARC-kg)