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.
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#HeritageAlive: on April 7th a webinar on ICH and armed conflicts
#HeritageAlive webinar ICH and armed conflicts April 7th 2025 14.00 CET In cooperation with NAKS Suriname, the Norwegian Crafts Institute and the Persian Garden Institute for Living Heritage, NGOs accredited to UNESCO, #HeritageAlive is organising an online conference with the presentation of case studies from NGOs operating in the regions…
Online seminar series of the wg on ich, climate change and the environment
Dear Accredited NGOs, Please join us at our monthly seminar on Tuesday at 15h00 Paris UNESCO time. Chris Ballard will be presenting the Guidance note, Climate Action for Living Heritage, followed by a commentary on the part of Susanne Schnuttgen of the Living Heritage Entity. (French version follows / la version française…
Will Heritage Save Us? ICH and the SD Turn
Summary Drawing on extensive ethnographic engagement with the social world of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, this Element explores the mainstreaming of sustainable development principles in the heritage field. It illustrates how, while deeply entwined in the UN standardizing framework, sustainability narratives are expanding…
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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
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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.
