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Albert van der Zeijden Prize: the 2023 winner is Charlotte Courtois #heritageAliveNews

Albert van der Zeijden Prize: the 2023 winner is Charlotte Courtois

On December 6th, 2023, during the UNESCO 18.COM in Kasane, Botswana, #HeritageAlive and the ICH NGO Forum had the pleasure to award Charlotte Courtois from the UNESCO accredited NGO Konstelacio in France, this year’s Albert van der Zeijden Prize. With this award Charlotte is being recognized for her contributions to…
ICH NGO Forum
January 11, 2024
2024 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH News

2024 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH

The forthcoming autumn will witness Jeonju City serving as the venue for the 2024 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (JIAPICH). This distinguished international award ceremony was instituted to commend individuals or organizations that have demonstrated exemplary leadership in the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage on…
ICH NGO Forum
January 10, 2024
Storytelling: the new book from #HeritageAlive #heritageAliveNews

Storytelling: the new book from #HeritageAlive

Storytelling is more than stories. Storytelling connects generations, families, friends, creates identity, curiosity and stimulates creativity, in the spirit of the 2003 Convention. This book, with the topic Storytelling, was made with contributions from twelve writers, representing different NGOs, from countries across the globe. Here you can download and read…
ICH NGO Forum
December 21, 2023
ICH NGO FORUM Elections 2023: Applications and Cvs of the candidates Elections 2023News

ICH NGO FORUM Elections 2023: Applications and Cvs of the candidates

Dear members of the ICH NGO Forum, The Electoral Board is pleased to present the list of the eligible candidates for the 2023 elections of the Intangible Cultural Heritage NGO Forum Executive Board, for the following seats: Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean and Arab States. Because the mandate of the…
ICH NGO Forum
November 21, 2023
Draft declaration on the Safeguarding, Promotion and Mobilization of ICH in the face of Climate Change DocumentsNews

Draft declaration on the Safeguarding, Promotion and Mobilization of ICH in the face of Climate Change

Dear accredited NGOs and members of the ICH NGO Forum, I am writing to let you know that the English and French versions of the Draft Declaration are now available. Please find attached files, (ENG-FR) of the Draft Declaration on the Safeguarding, Promotion, and Mobilization of ICH in the Face of Climate Change…
ICH NGO Forum
November 20, 2023
2023 ICH NGO Forum Election – Call for Candidates for the Executive Board Elections 2023News

2023 ICH NGO Forum Election – Call for Candidates for the Executive Board

(French version follows / La version française suit) Dear NGO members, The Electoral Board is pleased to launch the call for candidates for the election of four members to the ICH NGO Forum Executive Board. In compliance with the Electoral Rules, the elections this year are aimed at electing members…
ICH NGO Forum
October 5, 2023
Patrimoine culturel immatériel (PCI): un tourisme durable est-il possible ? News

Patrimoine culturel immatériel (PCI): un tourisme durable est-il possible ?

Patrimoine culturel immatériel (PCI): un tourisme durable est-il possible ? Séminaire organisé par l’Institut de Recherche et d’Études Supérieures du Tourisme (IREST) de l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, en partenariat avec le Forum des ONG du PCI et la chaire UNESCO « Culture, tourisme et développement », à l’occasion du 20e anniversaire…
ICH NGO Forum
September 29, 2023
Call for Applications for Funding to Accredited NGOs in Situations of Crises News

Call for Applications for Funding to Accredited NGOs in Situations of Crises

(lire en français)   The ICH NGO Forum launched a fundraising campaign last year to assist accredited ICH NGOs  (ANGOs) impacted by emergency situations. A growing number of NGOs and communities are being struck by natural disasters, climate change (floods, cyclones, mud slides, heat waves, forest fires, drought), armed conflict…
ICH NGO Forum
August 4, 2023
18.COM: beyond the 20th anniversary of Unesco’s 2003 Convention News

18.COM: beyond the 20th anniversary of Unesco’s 2003 Convention

Moving forward with State and non-State stakeholders beyond the 20th anniversary of the Unesco’s 2003 Convention French version follows To mark the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and to expand accredited NGOs’ foundational works, the Executive Board of ICH-NGO Forum,…
ICH NGO Forum
August 1, 2023
Call for ICH NGO Forum Electoral Board || Appel pour le Bureau électoral du Forum des ONG du PCI News

Call for ICH NGO Forum Electoral Board || Appel pour le Bureau électoral du Forum des ONG du PCI

(French version follows / La version française suit) The ICH NGO Forum has opened a call for officers to sit on the 2023 ICH NGO Forum Electoral Board. Applications must be submitted before 10 August 2023 midnight (Eastern Daylight Time, EDT). The Executive Board invites applications only from electoral regions that…
ICH NGO Forum
July 31, 2023
Executive Board 2022 – 2023 News

Executive Board 2022 – 2023

Executive Board 2022 – 2023 No. Electoral Region Name Organization & Country Executive Position Term 1 EG I(Western Europe & North America) Mr. Matti Hakamäki Finnish Folk Music Institute, Finland Communication 2022-2024 2 EG II (Eastern Europe) Ms. Tamara Nikolic Deric Association House of Batana, Croatia Vice-President 2021-2023 3 EG III (Latin…
ICH NGO Forum
December 21, 2022
Minutes from the #HeritageAlive Editorial board meeting #heritageAliveNews

Minutes from the #HeritageAlive Editorial board meeting

November 29th, 2022 in Rabat, Rose garden at Sofitel hotel Present: Antoine Gauthier, Rachel Gefferie, Ananya Bhattacharya, Laura Lopez, Vakil Jayaran, Hanhee Ham, Paulina Adamska, Eivind Falk Welcome / introduction Eivind gave a short introduction to the #HeritageAlive history and concept for the new members of the Editorial Board Thursdays…
ICH NGO Forum
December 2, 2022
Minutes of the Extraordinary General Assembly / Verbal de l’Assemblée générale extraordinaire du Forum des ONG du PCI Elections 2022News

Minutes of the Extraordinary General Assembly / Verbal de l’Assemblée générale extraordinaire du Forum des ONG du PCI

Minutes of proceedings of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the ICH NGO Forum held online on November 2nd 2022   Procès-verbal de l'Assemblée générale extraordinaire du Forum des ONG du PCI tenue en ligne le 2 novembre 2022.
ICH NGO Forum
November 25, 2022
Working Group – Research meeting in Rabat – 1 December  2022 17.COMNews

Working Group – Research meeting in Rabat – 1 December  2022

Thursday 1 December   12h30-14h30 - Sofitel Hotel in Rabat Working Group on Research  Chaired by Valentina Zingari, Giovanny Arteaga, Jorijn Neyrinck and Martin Andrade Valentina Zingari and Giovanny Arteaga. Opening greetings to all new members, presentation of the actual coordination team, introduction on the past year's activities of the WG Research and…
ICH NGO Forum
November 17, 2022
Launch of a Fund to Assist Intangible Cultural Heritage NGOs and Communities in Situations of Crises News

Launch of a Fund to Assist Intangible Cultural Heritage NGOs and Communities in Situations of Crises

(Le français suit/French follows) Please click on this link to donate: gofund.me/431b7e64 The ICH NGO Forum is the membership organization of NGOs that are accredited to UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. It operates, among other things, as a networking organization among NGOs most of whom operate on…
ICH NGO Forum
November 7, 2022
#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: extended deadline for Storytelling #heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: extended deadline for Storytelling

In order to receive more contributions, the #HeritageAlive Editorial board have decided to extend the deadline for submission of articles on Storytelling to November 20. Call for Articles: Storytelling At 16.COM in Paris, the #HeritageAlive Editorial Board chose “storytelling” as the topic for the next book in the Living Heritage…
ICH NGO Forum
October 20, 2022
UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development: Statement of the ICH NGO Forum DocumentsNews

UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development: Statement of the ICH NGO Forum

UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development Mexico City, 28-30 September 2022 Statement of the ICH NGO Forum Hello I’m Jorge Gustavo Caicedo of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Encyclopedia, an Accredited NGO to the 2003 Convention and member of the ICH NGO Forum I come here to deliver…
ICH NGO Forum
October 19, 2022
Ich Ngo Forum Statement at 7.GA Documents

Ich Ngo Forum Statement at 7.GA

ICH NGO Forum STATEMENT 7.GA - Paris UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural heritage (Download the pdf file in english or french) This is 2018 – a year when the UNESCO 2003 Convention will celebrate 15 years of international cooperation for the safeguarding of living heritage practices throughout the globe: a…
ICH NGO Forum
June 8, 2018
Cultural Research Foundation: meeting with other accredited NGOs News

Cultural Research Foundation: meeting with other accredited NGOs

Visiting Accredited Ngos for Establishing Network As the Cultural Research Foundation - CRF (Kültürel Araştırmalar Vakfı- KAV), we have been working in the fields of culinary culture, traditional toys, rituals and handicrafts since 2002. This year, we worked to establish an international network with NGOs accredited by UNESCO. Our aim…
ICH NGO Forum
May 10, 2017

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