Bringing education and living heritage closer together: the first global Online training of trainers course on living heritage and education ended recently

19 July 2021 – South Africa, Belgium, Spain, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Uganda, Thailand,

Living heritage has so much to offer to education and vice versa, as education is indispensable for broad-based safeguarding of living heritage in harmony ›››

30 April: online international conference on living heritage and climate change in Eastern Africa

29 April 2021 – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan,

On 30 April 2021, UNESCO is inviting stakeholders from Eastern Africa to an online conference to share case studies and review research results on the relationship ›››

Five communities in Western Uganda participated in documenting and revitalizing Empaako intangible cultural heritage

27 August 2020 – Uganda,

In 2017, the Tooro Youth Platform for Action (Engabu Z Tooro) started working with five communities in Western Uganda to revitalize and document ceremonies and ›››

Training of trainers workshop on ICH documentation

1 August 2018 – Uganda,

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Uganda: Young Ugandans mobilized for safeguarding Bigwala music and dance

16 October 2017 – Uganda,

In July 2015, the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage approved a grant of US$24,990 for the project ›››

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 ›››

Basoga communities of Uganda engage in the safeguarding of the Bigwala

20 March 2017 – Uganda,

Bigwala, a cultural performance that is recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding by UNESCO is being revived by the ›››

Traditions from Portugal, Uganda and Ukraine inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

30 November 2016 – Uganda, Portugal, Ukraine,

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage today inscribed elements from Portugal, Uganda and Ukraine on the L ›››

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 ›››

Peacebuilding, natural disasters mitigation and indigenous communities supported by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund

24 August 2015 – Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Uganda, Vanuatu,

Côte d’Ivoire is being supported with a grant of US$299,972 by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund on an emergency basis to conduct inventory work co ›››

Financial assistance, a key mechanism for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Africa

12 February 2015 – Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, Uganda, Senegal,

Senegal is about to conclude an eighteen-month project to safeguard traditional music accompanying various events of social life (rituals and celebrations related to birth ›››

Three new elements inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List

25 November 2014 – Belgium, Kenya, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),

The ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage today inscribed three new elements on the List of ›››

Seventeen new elements inscribed on the lists of the Convention

4 December 2013 – Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Cyprus, Croatia, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Morocco, Mongolia, Niger, Uganda, Portugal,

On Wednesday 4 December, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed two new elements on List of Intangible Cultural Heritage ›››

Four communities in Uganda commence inventory making of their intangible cultural heritage

2 July 2013 – Uganda,

In July 2013, a project has been launched which will enable four local communities to identify their living heritage, as an essential step for its ›››