Participatory approaches to Living Heritage: NGO perspectives
Web Dossier on Intangible Cultural Heritage and sustainable tourism
Benefits and challenges when intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and tourism meet, and to develop sustainable living heritage tourism.
What’s new in the Forum
2025 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH
Based on the Jeonju Declaration on the Protection of ICH adopted by the first international intangible heritage decree in 2017, the Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (JIAPICH) aims to encourage the model safeguarding practices of ICH in the global community regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, race, age,…
Webinar on Heritage skills, transmission and policies on 25th February
The Working group on Legal and Policy Development of the ICH NGO Forum organizes a webinar on Heritage skills, transmission and policies. The relevance of the European Charter project for implementing UNESCO’s 2003 Convention. How can the heritage sector, in the broadest sense (hence including safeguarding intangible cultural heritage), be…
Call for Nominations for the Executive Board Election for the Africa Region
Dear NGO members, The Electoral Board is pleased to announce the call for candidates for the election of one member from the Africa region to join the ICH NGO Forum Executive Board, which was elected in December 2024. In compliance with the electoral rules, this election aims to select one…
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Safeguarding living cultural traditions
NGOs are a pillar for the safeguarding of the World’s living traditions, together with the holders of these traditions and the States. The Forum also welcomes NGOs that are active in the field of ICH and are in the process of accreditation.
Messages to the 2003 Convention
The ICH NGO Forum invites individuals and actors from around the world to share their Messages Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Your NGO on this website
Make your ngo visible on the ICH NGO Forum’s website
ONLINE JOURNAL
#HeritageAlive
Sharing Experience
Share knowledge from fieldwork in communities and with practitioners, between the UNESCO accredited NGOs and experts, in order to learn from each other.
