Poland - intangible heritage - Culture Sector

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9 October 2024

Living Heritage in Urban Contexts - 18th Annual Meeting of the South-East European Experts Network on Intangible Cultural Heritage

17 April 2024

Network of UNESCO Chairs welcomes a new chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Public and Global Governance

16 May 2022

Community-based needs identification underway for living heritage among displaced communities from Ukraine

24 November 2021

The Finnish Heritage Agency to lead a project in Northern Europe dedicated to safeguarding living heritage and sustainable development

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2017 (submitted on time)
15/12/2021 (submitted)
15/12/2027

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

16 May 2011

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Committee Member

Poland (2018 - 2022)

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Listing of ICH

Tree beekeeping culture (2020, RL)

6 elements inscribed

2023: Polonaise, traditional Polish dance (RL)
2022: Timber rafting (RL)
2021: Flower carpets tradition for Corpus Christi processions (RL)
2021: Falconry, a living human heritage (RL)
2020: Tree beekeeping culture (RL)
2018: Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2025: Basketry traditions (RL)

Files pending priority ‘0’ treatment

Saint Barbara's celebrations and traditions of miners (RL)

Project

Assessing the needs of living heritage safeguarding among displaced communities from Ukraine in five neighboring countries: Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia

1 April 2022 – 1 September 2022

Amount (US$) 57,800

2018 - European Year of Cultural Heritage: Engaging youth for an inclusive and sustainable Europe

1 January 2019 – 30 June 2021

Amount (US$) 349,650

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Activities with the patronage

19th World Folklore Review 'Integration 2019'

2019-08-09 – 2019-08-19 – Poznań, Swarzędz, Domasławek, Września, Wronki, Leszno, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Luboń, Nowy Tomyśl

18th World Folklore Review 'Integration' 2018

2018-08-10 – 2018-08-20 – Poznań, Swarzędz, Wronki, Września, Leszno Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Luboń, Nowy Tomyśl

17th World Folklore Review 'Integration' 2017

2017-08-12 – 2017-09-21 – Poznań, Swarzędz, Wronki, Września, Leszno, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Kostrzyn, Luboń, Nowy Tomyśl

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Accredited NGOs located in this country

Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze - POLAND

1895

Stowarzyszenie Serfenta - POLAND

2006

Stowarzyszenie Twórców Ludowych - POLAND

1968

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