The Nairamdal Camp in Ulaanbaatar is all set to host a five-day training workshop on developing safeguarding plans for intangible cultural heritage from 23-27 May 2016. This capacity-building workshop is the outcome of joint efforts by UNESCO Beijing Office, the Ministry of Education ›››

The States Parties to the 2003 Convention are to report periodically on its implementation in their territories and on the status of elements inscribed on the lists of the Convention. Such reports often describe achievements, challenges and difficulties they face in implementing ›››

Over twenty participants representing seven countries (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten and Suriname) will gather in Curaçao from 17 to 20 May 2016 for a workshop on developing plans to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage. Reflecting diverse communities and practitioners, as w ›››

A dynamic five-country project has strengthened capacities to safeguard intangible cultural heritage in Portuguese-speaking Africa. The project has organized 13 workshops, training over 170 government officials, community members, and other stakeholders in implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Cabo ›››

The sixth session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held at UNESCO Headquarters on 30 May to 1 June 2016. The session will focus on a number of important ›››

Participants representing Afro-Surinamese, Javanese, Maroons, Chinese, Jewish, Hindustani and Indigenous communities are joining forces to develop a framework for inventorying their living heritage at a five-day workshop on community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage taking place at the Surinaamsch Rumhouse from ›››

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is taking active steps in building institutional capacities for safeguarding its living heritage. A workshop on key concepts and implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at the national level ›››

Just last month, on 7 March 2016, Guinea Bissau submitted the instrument of acceptance of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. During the three months that it takes for the membership to become effective, the latest member state to ›››

El Ministerio de Cultura y Patrimonio, el Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural de Ecuador (INPC) y la oficina de la UNESCO en Quito organizan una serie de tres talleres sobre el desarrollo de herramientas de política pública para la salvaguardia del p ›››

The presentation of the project ‘Capacity-building in Niger for the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage’ will take place next Wednesday, 9 March, at Niamey University in the presence of the Minister of Culture, Arts and Lei ›››